1970s

  1. Stargazer

    FIGAT (FIberGlass Aerial Target) USAF and USN tow targets

    I recently happened on a photo of a U.S. Navy tow target which I hadn't previously seen. Linked from the VC-2 squadron page of the A-4 Skyhawk Association website, it was accompanied by no explanatory text, only a short caption saying "1974: Ed Jennings tells us about the "FIGAT". As I was...
  2. M

    Vought Track Air Cushion Vehicle

    Good Day All - Some non aircraft/missile drawings from the Vought Archives of a proposed TACV - Track Air Cushion Vehicle. Apparently there as a model similar to this design shown at Transpo '72. An article on the similar (but built) Rohr TACV is at...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1970s aerotrains cold war hover train space age united states vought
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    • Forum: The Bar
  3. P

    Saab Viggen concepts and unbuilt versions

    Is there anywhere in this fine forum which gives more indepth information into the proposed Saab 37E and Saab 37X variants of the Viggen? The Saab 37E was proposed as a Lockheed F-104 replacement for European NATO airforces in 1975; While the Saab 37X was proposed to Norway in 1967–68. Ive...
  4. Orionblamblam

    JPL Interstellar Precursor

    The first of the "Thousand Astronomical Unit" space probes designed from the late 70's into the 80's. Nuclear electric propulsion would send the craft on a fifty-year mission into interplanetary space to test technologies for a future true interstellar mission, for deep-space science and to map...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • 1970s 1980s deep space probes interstellar space jet propulsion laboratory nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets nuclear-electric propulsion solar system stellar cartography thousand astronomical unit
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. Petrus

    Egyptian unguided rockets of 1960s

    At ordata.info you may find information on three types of Egyptian unguided rockets: 110 mm HE rocket: https://ordata.info/ordnance?id=1325 80 mm HE rocket: https://ordata.info/ordnance?id=1312 84 mm HEAT rocket: https://ordata.info/ordnance?id=1320 They bear a resemblance to the Swiss...
  6. flateric

    US & German Harassment Drone / LOCUST / DAR Designs

    https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usaf-northrop-harassment-weapons-1817855401
    • flateric
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    • 1970s 1980s anti-radar boeing bundeswehr cold war dornier drone e-syatems germany mbb north atlantic treaty organisation northrop rpv teledyne brown engineering teledyne ryan united states united states air force vfw-fokker west germany
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. Graham1973

    Stealth Aircraft designs of the 1970s - A speculative question

    This is a spin-off of my Fictional Warships thread. The most recent novel I have added is "Poseidon's Shadow" by A . P. Kobryn, a 1979 technothriller which has a brief appearance by a stealthy successor to the SR-71 'Blackbird' which the novel describes as a "...distant predecessor..." It's...
  8. Triton

    Boeing Arctic Surface Effects Vehicle

    Artist's impression of Boeing Arctic Surface Effects Vehicle concept circa 1974. Source: http://www.boeingimages.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2JRSN2PXTVFZGH&SMLS=1&RW=1850&RH=906#/SearchResult&VBID=2JRSN2PXTVFZGH&SMLS=1&RW=1850&RH=906&PN=3
  9. uk 75

    NATO Standard Tank for the 60s and 70s: Which would you choose?

    As we know the Russians managed to standardise their tanks forces in the 60s and 70s on two designs: The T55 and later the T72. What tank should NATO have chosen if politics had been no object?
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s 1970s alternate history cold war heavy tank mbt medium tank north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield tank tank design tank gun
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  10. P

    Help needed identifying unknown SPAAG prototype

    G’day gents I’ve stumbled across this web site http://doktorkurgan.livejournal.com/36798.html?thread=61630 which depicts a prototype (in 1977) SPAAG, which from what I can make out (via translation), combines a 25mm cannon, with the chassis of the XM-701 MICV! It appears it’s a response to the...
    • Pioneer
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    • 1970s air defense artillery branch cold war mechanised infantry combat vehicle micv-70 spaag u.s. army united states army
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. Y

    Iranian Cancelled Acquisitions of the 1970s

    Hopefully this is the right forum for this. A bit of browsing on the Flight International archive yields this gem from 1974: http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1974/1974%20-%201113.PDF Then, five years later, http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1979/1979%20-%200470.PDF The...
    • Yellow Palace
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    • 1970s cold war imperial iranian air force imperial iranian army imperial iranian navy imperial state of iran ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Military
  12. Triton

    Boeing Model 759-159

    From Boeing Images: Source: http://www.boeingimages.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2JRSN2AZURCA EDIT: Attachment removed. See large image below.
  13. Triton

    Shanghai Y-10

    http://youtu.be/-idcnKx3PQo http://youtu.be/MGQ-7TtM4Kg The Shanghai Y-10, the Chinese attempt to copy the Boeing 707. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23269353@N00/5288276795/in/photostream/
    • Triton
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    • 1970s awacs civil aviation civil aviation agency of china cold war dachang air base early 1980s general administration of civil aviation (prc) ministry of transport (prc) people's liberation army air force people's republic of china shanghai aircraft manufacturing factory shanghai aircraft research institute
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. hesham

    Mitsubishi Helicopter Projects

    Hi, has anyone a more info about Mitsubishi XMH-4M helicopter project ?. http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/2415/sato.html
  15. Grey Havoc

    ARPANET

    http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-internets-save-the-date-a-tiny-item-in-a-ucla-stu-898064971 http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-arpanet-1969-1989-in-one-gif-1258090851
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced research projects agency advanced research projects agency network cold war computing darpa defense advanced research projects agency department of defense history of the internet telecommunications united states
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Military
  16. uk 75

    Planned UK carrier order of battle 1975

    I know this is a well covered subject but I was wondering if there is anywhere an RN document from 1965 or 1966 showing what its planned 1975 or so carrier fleet was supposed to look like. Based on what has been posted here already here is a stab at what I think was intended Fleet Carriers...
    • uk 75
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    • 1970s aircraft carrier cold war fleet air arm great britain late 1960s royal navy united kingdom
    • Replies: 136
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  17. Spook

    AWG-9/AIM-54 Phoenix for P-3F ??!

    Hello, Recently i found out a PDF file regarding Military sells of US to Iran before the revolution. The part of the text mentions that Shah was curious to know whether is it possible to equip the P-3Fs and Helicopters to AWG-9 and ultimately AIM-54 Phoenix missile. According to...
    • Spook
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    • 1970s awacs cold war imperial iranian air force imperial iranian navy imperial state of iran ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. N

    Mauve-camouflaged JASDF fighters during seventies

    Hi all: one of the worst problem getting older is memory. Probably I said that before but... I don't remember... During the Seventies I saw a publication (perhaps a Japanes "AiReview" or "Koku-Fan" but could be also an European one) dealing with Japanese Self-Defense Air Force fighters with...
    • Nico
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    • 1970s cold war japan japan air self-defense force jsdf
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Bar
  19. Grey Havoc

    AIRLAND BATTLE 2000 (1982)

    http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a127471.pdf
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000 ad armoured family of vehicles close air support cold war late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield tactical air command tank tradoc u.s. army u.s. army training and doctrine command united states united states air force united states army west germany
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
  20. hesham

    NASA Oblique-Wing Missiles Launcher Aircraft

    From "A Summary Of A Half-Century of Oblique Wing Research" by Mike Hirschberg, David M. Hart and Thomas J. Beutner
    • hesham
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    • 1970s albm cold war nasa nasa ames research center space and missile systems organization (usaf) strategic air command united states air force
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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