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In his BSP book, Tony Buttler has a chapter called 'Strike Trainers' which describes the background to what became the Jaguar. In it he mentions the Folland Fo.147 and 148, the BAC (Vickers) Type 593, the BAC (English Electric) P45 (fixed and variable wing), and the Hawker Siddeley HS.1170B and...

Hi, does anyone know this Dewoitine aircraft which was designed in 1922 ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1922/1922%20-%200089.html?search=dewoitine%201922

Hi, The Amiot-170 was a high performance bomber floatplane project, it was to be a twin float with two inline Gnome-Rhone 14 N20/21 engines and twin fins and rudders and it had a high wing,maximum estimated speed was 459 km/h.

I find in my archives the Dassault MD 630 Cavalier project drawing. I could post it if y are interesting. I propose to start a "Dassault projects" Topic Now, the Calavier projects

Hi, When I got a variants to Beoing C-135, I think it was not interesting, but when I read it I find many variants were little known. C-135A cargo/troop transport aircraft for US Military Air Transport Service with J57-59W engines. EC-135A conversions of KC-135A as flying command post and...

Perhaps someone has more infos about the Dassault proposal for the ECAT competition, which was known as the Cavalier (not to be mixed up with the VSTOL design with the same name) and which lost against the Br.121, later Jaguar. It would have been powered by two GE J85 engines and was intended...

Aviation Magazine Num 768 (15-XII-79) On page 71 we find a reference about 110P fighter which was a development of Type 100P racer ordered in 1939 by Ministère de l'Air but never developed due to the outbreak of WWII. Type 100 info and pics here: http://www.bugattiaircraft.com/...

Hi, the Breguet Br.600 was a twin engined amphibian seaplane Project,intended for A46 competition with Br.790.

Arsenal VB.15 ( a version of hte VB.10 powered by two Arsenal 12H engines, french versions of the Jumo 213), this is a post war type. For the Payen pre-war types and projects I would recommend http://home.att.net/~dannysoar2/Payen.htm, but you'll probably find out, that especially informations...

Bleriot-SPAD S-45 :four engined passengers transport biplane. Bleriot-SPAD Berline S----?: single engined biplane transport aircraft. Bleriot Model-101 :amphibian flying boat project. Bleriot-SPAD S-48: derivative one S-33 transport aircraft fitted with a 275-hp...

The Mirage III was the winner of a competition for a multirole, mach 2 fighter. Its only two competitors were the rocket-powered Trident II, and the Durandal which was quite similar to the Mirage, with a frontal air intake. The Trident was eliminated as too specialised, and the Durandal because...

Just a couple of drawings showing two jet trainers proposed for the German/French trainer programme. Dassault Bregeut TA-501 VFW-Fokker T-291 They are a bit Scratchy anyone got better?