1970s

In this months Spaceflight, there is an article on Starships of the Future (mostly Daedalus and Icarus) that mentions a suggestion by G H Stein published in Analog, October 1973 called "A Program for Star Flight". 'A full program of exploration was proposed which would utilise a fleet of no...

The space shuttle project thread, http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1928.0, had a brief discussion of ideas to put passenger modules in the cargo bay. I thought it might be interesting to try and capture some more details in a separate thread. I believe some concepts were...

J-13 develop by SAC（Shenyang Aircraft Corporation） in 70s，This blogger(Rainbow Bear) is the authors of old J-13's CG. Ten years later, he interviewed several designers, re-produced J-13 of the CG, and write an article of the J-13 project. part1...

To reply no. 55 by Aerofranz, I misidentified the illustration's top sensor carrier as the Bell SeaPig. It's actually the SeaKat, still from Bell Aerospace. I apologize for the error. Attached are a couple views of a SeaKat factory model. I would be grateful for any info about this little-known...

I have finished some simple drawings of US destroyer designs from the 1960s and 1970s. The drawings are based on sketches and artist renderings found in Norman Friedman's book "US Destroyers An Illustrated Design History". I find the nuclear frigate design (Typhoon) very interesting. Fishjay

In a e-book 'TUO MAO: THE OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY' I have information on a very interesting Chinese AFV: And below you'll find two photos of both the versions of the WZ141, which I've just googled. Perhaps somebody knows more on the subject. Any further info would...

During 1970/71, the Norvegian Aker Group studied concepts for an icebreaking tanker with the capability of year round operation under Artic conditions. Three concepts were considered: a conventional hull icebreaker (IBT) and a couple of semi-sumersible concepts (SSIT). Source: Aviation & Marine...

Photographs of Fairchild ESV (Experimental Safety Vehicle). Source: From the Archives at Grumman Memorial Park Calverton, Long Island, New York or The Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, Long Island via Warbird Information Exchange forum...

Relevant to current interest in high altitude http://www.atf3.org/Ryan_Compass_Cope_2.html

sorry guys did not know where to post this queston ... ! I was wondering if there is any NR-1 replacement project or prototype ?? thanks

Artist concepts of BGM-110 Vought Archives

Hello, I am looking for info on the San Diego Aircraft Engineering ( Sandaire ) "Stinger". This was the lightest V/STOL design that was proposed for the VFA for the Sea Control Ships in the early 1970's.

-Rising Chamber -Cased telescoped ammunition -Withdrawn after Phase I of the ACR competition -Related to Future Assault Rifle Concept (FARC)?

from The Common Aero Vehicle: Space Delivery System Of The Future George Richie, ANSER AIAA Space Technology Conference & Exposition 28-30 Sept. 1999 Albuquerque, NM from A Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) - Model, Description, and Employment Guide Terry H Phillips, Schafer Corporation

Well I don't have much information on this vehicle which is exactly why I am asking about it. All I have is some information from an old 1980s AFV guide. It was an IFV similar in appearance to the German Marder with a low profile turret carrying a 20mm autocannon. There were two MG turrets in...

Found this in Archives II. I believe we have a live one here that nobody's found until yet. ;D I bet the guys for this wasted time to come up with the SHAG acronym ;D

The Boeing RC-1, for Resource Carrier 1, was a joint development project of Boeing and the Great Plains Project, a think tank created by the Canadian government under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to develop the country's Far North. Of particular interest was extracting oil, natural gas...

Kascak, A. F.; Rom, F. E. The Potential of Nuclear Power for High-Speed Ocean-Going Air-Cushion Vehicles NASA Lewis Research Center September 1, 1969 Abstract: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19690026345_1969026345.pdf Rom, F. E. Airbreathing Nuclear Propulsion, A New...

It appears that the "Type 2000" submarine was first proposed to the USN during the Ford Administration when there was a degree of interest in conventionally powered patrol subs for the mid-Atlantic ASW mission. Nearly a decade later, the design was offered to Australia, where it was apparently...

The Russians introduced their BMP family of MICVs in the 1960s. In NATO the only country to do likewise was Germany which replaced its basic HS 30 vehicle (an early MICV of a sort) from the 70s with the Marder. Modified Marders are still in service with the German forces. In contrast Britain...