Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects

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Unbuilt and cancelled aviation projects since 1945. Designs that never made it into production.
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Bendix Helicopters Model K "Whirlaway"
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F-104 Starfighter Projects
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Rotor-Craft Corp. projects
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Dassault Mirage IVC
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McDonnell Douglas F101B Voodoo - carrying MIM-23 Hawk Missile
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European Joint Tiltrotor proposals
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Tupolev Tu-324/Tu-414
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Northrop pre-ATF and ATF studies
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F-117 Developments ??
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Richard Timewell's Space Ranger
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Westland W.80, W.81, W.85 and W.90 Goliath
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Republic F-105 Design evolution
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SNCAC (Centre) NC.3021 « Belphégor »
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Gaucher "Remicopter"
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Bristol Brabazon
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Convertawings « Quadrotor » designs (Models A to F)
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Piasecki PA-59 Airgeep and derived projects
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Boeing Global Patrol Aircraft for USN
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Obscure MiG-23 Variants
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Chrysler VZ-6
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Yak-24K and Yak-24P presidential helicopter projects
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CL-1320-15 Reduced Energy for Commercial Air Transportation (RECAT) studies
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Flying Flapjacks
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MX-2147 "Bald Eagle" High Altitude Reconnaissance Projects
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Piasecki "Gargantua"
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GA-ASI Gambit
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The Spey Mirage
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Alexander Lippisch's weird designs for Collins
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Myasishchev M-201 « Sokol » (Falcon) light multipurpose aircraft
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XV-1 / XV-2 / XV-3 competition
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Lockheed Martin and the Yak-141
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NASA/Langley Hypersonic Configurations of 1960s,1970s & 1980s
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Boeing Spanloader Aircraft Designs
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Convair Jet Flying Boat Projects
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BAE UAS Concepts (2022)
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Convair P6Y
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American Aircraft Corp. (Aerocraft) Patriot aka 'Unidentified Russian tilt-rotor' at Russell Military Museum
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G.T.R. Hill delta wing project
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Boeing / Dassault Collaboration (Mirage IIIW, Mirage IIIV)
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DH Comet development
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Shorts Belfast
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Frank Hofmann Twinster twin-engine twin-boom ultralight aircraft project
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NATF: planned Navy versions of the F-22 and F-23
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Bell/Boeing « Mighty Mouse » (FAAV contender)
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SNCASO (Sud-Ouest) SO.5100 « Champagne »
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David Taylor Model Basin Aircraft and misc. items.
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USAF CARA Competition and its Projects
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Fairchild NEPA 'Studies of Fourteen Nuclear-Powered Airplanes' (1952)
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Besler's steam-powered aircraft designs
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Convair B-58 "Hustler" Design Evolution
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Supermarine Attacker Trainer
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Republic of Korea UCAV programs
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The Lear Fan 2100 early model
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Jet helicopter projects from the mid-1950s
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A-90 Orlyonok Ekranoplan Interior Pictures
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Citroën-Marchetti RE-2 Helicopter Prototype
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BAC/Sud Aviation Concorde - Development, Variants, Projects
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Douglas XA2D-1 Skyshark
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Sukhoi S-51
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Martin Model 216
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Yves Gardan Aircraft & Projects
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ID These Two Fighters ?
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1946 USAAF Penetration Fighter (XF-88, XF-90)
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USAAF / USAF November 1945 Light Bomber Competition
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Boeing Sonic Cruiser aka 'Project 20XX' aka 'Project Glacier'
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Lockheed LGA-144
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Rockwell Advanced Bomber Studies
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Rockwell NR-356 Sea Control Ship (SCS) V/STOL fighter (XFV-12A)
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1965 - 1969 FX Competition (F-15 alternatives)
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DC-10 Projects and Variants
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Various Sukhoi projects and unknown designs
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McDonnell-Douglas Hypersonic projects from the 60s and 70s
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Douglas D-2085 Logistic Transport Support System (SS-476L)
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NASA Ames/USAF Wright Laboratory FLAC/SHARC
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Early US ATF Projects- references
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USAF AFMC Wright Laboratory b.10JF-B fighter
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Teledyne Ryan VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects (NOT liftfan/Fan-In-Wing)
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Ryan Model 38, 84, 112, 115: VATOL Fighters for the USAF and USN
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Ryan Vertiwing
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Ryan Model 187 Advanced Vertifan strike aircraft (1965)
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Sukhoi Su-24BM / T-60 / T-60S / izdeliye 54 tactical bombers
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Kingfish carriers
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US Air Force PAVE COIN program
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Fairchild Transport Aircraft Projects
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C-130 V/STOL modification projects
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Boeing Commercial VTOL Aircraft Projects
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North American Rockwell VTOL / VSTOL projects
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Misc McDonnell-Douglas VSTOL/STOL projects
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Jim Wickham and his aircraft
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Airbus futuristic studies (NACRE, E2, A30X...)
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Brantly Helicopter Projects
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Shorts PD.65
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15
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Westland Lynx Projects
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44
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USAAF 1946 Informal Design Competition, Glider, Assault, Light
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10
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