in end of 1930 the British aircraft manufacturer Hillson
came up with exotic Aircraft concept
to increase take off performance of monoplane, by making them temporal biplane !
the concept was called "Bi-mono"
Noel Pemberton Billing, (inventor, pilot and politician) proposed a wing with own...
Hello,
I am looking for any information concerning the 2 tailless military projects, refered as "Pterodactyl II" and "Pterodactyl III", presented by Geoffrey HILL to the Air Minitry in 1925-1927 , after the successful tests of his first powered "Pterodactyl" (aircraft now on show at the Science...
Hi all,
I search for drawing of some Hawker fighter projects. Hope you can help:
1) Hawker Henley Escort fighter conversion
2) Hawker Henley Close Support Bomber
3) Hawker Typhoon with Turbo-Supercharger
4) Hawker Tempest with Bristol Centaurus
5) Hawker Tempest Mk.I with Sabre IV
6)...
We may need a thread dedicated to Armstrong Whitworth aircraft. Here is the AW drawing for Armstrong Whitworth B.1/39. Drawing date is 3/6/39. Dwg No. is AW9186? (last number is cut off in this photo)
I have also added a favorite detail image, showing the location of twelve large bombs.
* I had...
Hi All,
Tried the search function and didn't find anything,
Likewise tried searches on the net, zilch.. nada...
I am after a drawing of the gloster F9/37 with the peregrine engines fitted, anyone seen any, or know of a link ?
cheers
Jerry
I was wondering...(always a bad sign)...
The Defiant proved quite effective for a short time, until Luftwaffe crews quickly learned its limitations.
How good a fighter might the Defiant have proved if it had been designed from the outset to have a more conventional armament arrangement rather...
Firstly, this is based upon known discussions with the RN, known systems that were proposed and/or existed at one point or another and known sketch designs performed. However these have been combined together to form a single coherent platform that is representative of what could have been built...
airministry
anti-air warfare
area air defence
atomic ships
cold war
cruiser
destroyer
great britain
ministry of aviation
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
surface-to-air missile
In another topic, Boogey asked "for any draught of British bomber project Short S.36 Super Stirling on the Air Ministry specification No B.8/41. It would be also fine to look at the Short S.34 Modified Stirling."
British Secret Projects has a 3-view drawing of the Short S.36 'Super Stirling' on...
Hi,
the Blackburn B-40 was improved version of the B-20 with
Bristol Centaurus Radial engines,and twin tail fins.
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_b40.htm
Hi folks,
Some pics I recently came across of different armament rials for the Westland Whirlwind:
12 x 0.303:
1 x 37mm cannon:
Apologies if already posted.
Regards,
Greg
From Stephen Flower's 'Barnes Wallis' Bombs, Tallboy, Dambuster and Grand Slam' - Page 20
'Wallis was not the only designer to advocate larger aircraft, for Rex Pierson also proposed a six-engined bomber with a twenty-ton bomb load'
Does anyone have any idea what design that would be?
Hi all,
can you give a short history of the british aircraft builder Heston? I need also informations about the aircraft(projects?) J.?.2/ J.?.4/ J.?.7 and J.?.8...
...was J.C.9 the last project by Heston?
Thanks
Servus Maveric
1930s
1940s
aeroplane and armament experimental establishment
airministry
civil aviation
cold war
early 1950s
great britain
interwar period
light aviation
pre-world war ii
raf flying training command
raf technical training command
raf training command
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
world war ii
Hi,
here is a two Frank Radcliffe mail plane projects from Flightglobal,
one with high wing and the other with low wing.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201461.html?search=frank+radcliffe+aircraft...
Hi,
here is an artist picture for Cunliffe-Owen O.A.2,which could
carry 18-passengers and had an estimated speed of 225 mph.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%200100.html
From ‘Stuck on the Drawing Board’ by Richard Payne
Avro’s original projects against the Type 3 Specifications were the Avro 690 and 692 (or Avro XXII and XXIII), both powered by six Rolls-Royce Merlin 100 engines. These were superseded by the Avro 693 in 1945, which began life powered by four...
Hawker P.1035 Hawk with F.2/43 Fury undercarriage. Source grade 1.
While searching for P.1035 images I came across the beginnings of a model by Paul Bradley (attached). Until seeing it, I hadn't considered the possibility that the P.1035 retained the tail-wheel undercarriage (a la Attacker)...
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