1949

  1. Hood

    Vickers VC.4

    I have come across some information on the proposed VC.4 three-engined transatlantic airliner project of 1949. Information on the VC.4 was used to demonstrate aerodynamic drag issues in a Royal Aeronautical Society lecture by E. J. Edwards on 24 November 1949 entitled A Review of Aerodynamic...
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    • 1949 airliner civil aviation cold war great britain late 1940s post-world war ii vickers vickers-armstrongs vickers-armstrongs limited
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. Triton

    Soviet Navy Project P-2 combination submarine

    In 1949 a preliminary draft for a missile submarine designated Project P-2--to strike enemy land targets--was drawn up at TsKB-18 (later Rubin) under chief designer FA Kaverin. The submarine was to have a surface displacement of almost 5,400 tons and carry 12 R-1 ballastic missiles, a Soviet...
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    • 1949 cold war early 1950s late 1940s post-world war ii red fleet soviet navy submarine submarines ussr
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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