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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Ryan Model 59 'Primary Phase Jet Trainer' (1952)
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Dassault Mirage G8A / ACF / Super Mirage
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USAF Weapon System 302A Tactical Bomber Competition
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Lockheed & Grumman Multiple Purpose Subsonic Naval Aircraft (MPSNA) studies (1986)
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Postwar US Bombers (misc)
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Armstrong Whitworth AW.171 Super Sonic VTOL Flying Wing Project
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Dassault Variable Geometry: Mirage G / G4 /G8 family
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Marcel Jurca Projects and Prototypes
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Postwar Payen Projects
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US Supersonic Transport(SST) Program post-1971
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Various Westland projects
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Northrop HAVSTOL and RALS studies
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Vought (LTV) V-530 and V-534 (US Navy "Type A" proposals)
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Lockheed ADP/NASA Langley 1990 Mach 4 - Mach 5 methane fueled aircraft studies
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Lockheed S-3 Viking Variants and Projects
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Boeing 767 Transport & Projects
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Grumman Model 623 VSTOL/CTOL Navy Fighter (VFAX)
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Aero Spacelines and the "Saro Princess"
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FIAT Aviazione projects
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Curtiss P-517/518 Phantom - 1946 Light Bomber Projects
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Grumman / Shin Meiwa ASR-544-4
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BMDO RAPTOR / TALON PROGRAM
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Sikorsky S-57 (XV-2) single-blade rotor project
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Navy AX and A/F-X projects
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de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter modified for STOL trials
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Armstrong Whitworth AW.58
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Mirage F2 and F3
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Swearingen SA-28T ???
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MiG Lightweight Fighter Projects of the 70s/80s
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SNCAN (Nord) 500 « Cadet » VTOL prototype
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Hughes Model 77 AAH competition winner (became the AH-64)
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Various Bell projects
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Hughes VHLH very-heavy-lift helicopter
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Lockheed CL-1700 (AAH contender)
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Boeing Vertol/Grumman BV-222 tilt-rotor projects
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SNCASO (Sud-Ouest) SO.7100 "Dogue" ground attack/COIN aircraft project
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Competition of the LOH - YHO-4, YHO-5 and YHO-6
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SNCASO (Sud-Ouest) SO.30 derivative versions
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USAF/NASA/Rockwell Hypersonic Technology Integration Demonstrator (HYTID) 1978
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Guangdong Changsheng China Star airliner
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Mil' Mi-38 (Mi-382 and Mi-383 PDTV)
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US Army Aggressor Helicopter Conversions And Proposals
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Agusta A.109 Attack Helicopter
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McDonnell-Douglas Advanced Design Proposals - Name That Design Game
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Curtiss-Wright CW-32
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Aerospatiale AGV - Avion à Grande Vitesse
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ADDAX-1/S New Zealand Combat Aircraft
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Post-WWII Vertol Piasecki Projects
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Fan-Wing aircraft
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Rockwell pre-ATF and ATF studies
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Texas/Transland/Weick Ag-1 to Ag-3 series (forerunners of the Piper Pawnee)
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Douglas DC-9 Development Concepts
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Boeing 367 Projects
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Cruise Missile Carrier Airliner conversions
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1970s Boeing Advanced Bomber Studies
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Il-86 precursors
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Consolidated R2Y "Liberator Liner"
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Avro 720 and derivatives
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Interesting collage from Lockheed's Skunk Works site
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Rheem Aircraft & Targets
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Various Lockheed helicopter projects
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Type Spec 149: alternatives to the Grumman A-6
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Firestone XR-9
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Various Lockheed VTOL/VSTOL/STOL Projects
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F-4E(S) & F-4X
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Handley Page Victor Development & Projects
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Grumman S-2 Developments
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Hughes Helicopter Prototypes & Projects
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Hiller Models 1089, 1108 and other flying cranes
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TEMCO Air Trailer
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Ryan "Rogallo wing" concepts
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Martin XB-51
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Doman helicopter projects
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OKB-1 Military Aircraft and Projects
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Lockheed WIG transport aircraft studies
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Jean Bertin Projects
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Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 / HS.681
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Piasecki PA-97 Helistat & PA-39 Projects
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SNCAN (Nord) 5000 « Harpon »
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Postwar VTOL Designs by Gerald P. Herrick
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Orion Industries Model 706 Sea Bat
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Nemeth ramjet helicopter design
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Vickers Type 559 (F155T) fighter
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British Aerospace 'P.125'
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Various Boeing tilt-wing VTOL designs
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Messerschmitt Postwar Projects
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Fairey Tactical Strike Aircraft GOR.339 Project 75
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Messerschmitt P.141 & P.160
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Bendix Helicopters Model K "Whirlaway"
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Rotor-Craft Corp. projects
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