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  1. Mike Pryce

    TSR2 60 years ago today

    It's 60 years since the infamous event View: https://x.com/MichaelJPryce/status/1908792157692903689 And this thread https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tsr2-conference-cosford-13-may-2023.41350/ Was it really the turkey we all now say it is?
    • Mike Pryce
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    • british aircraft corporation cold war great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. bercr

    Famous British Aircraft (Crecy): James Jackson - Jaguar: A Development and Operational History

    https://www.amazon.com/Jaguar-Development-Operational-James-Jackson/dp/1800353294 Publisher ‎Crecy Publishing Ltd (April 30, 2025) Language ‎English ISBN-10 ‎1800353294 ISBN-13 ‎978-1800353299
    • bercr
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s advanced trainer aéronavale armeé de l'air british aircraft corporation close air support coin cold war france french fifth republic great britain light strike marine nationale post-cold war royal air force sepecat société des ateliers d'aviation louis bréguet tactical reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  3. Mike Pryce

    Happy Birthday TSR2!

    60 today, and still shifting books like a teenager. Thread 'TSR2 Conference - Cosford 13 May 2023' https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tsr2-conference-cosford-13-may-2023.41350/
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1964 aerospace industry british aircraft corporation cold war english electric company limited gor.339 great britain ministry of supply north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield or.343 raf bomber command royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance vickers-armstrongs
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. Michel Van

    Overthrow MBT

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUBih8GFtfc
    • Michel Van
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    • british aircraft corporation british army cold war great britain heavy tank mobil missile base superheavy tank swingfire missile tank tank design the armoured archives very big tank
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. overscan (PaulMM)

    Computer generated Concorde artwork from 1969

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/871581506332470
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • 1969 aerospace industry airliner aviation art british aircraft corporation civil aviation cold war computing great britain late 1960s supersonic supersonic transport
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. B

    Panavia Tornado

    Hi all, A thread to discuss Tornado (Panavia) stories etc. Mods if you feel this should be in the bar instead please move.
    • bob225
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    • aeritalia aeronautica militare british aerospace plc british aircraft corporation cold war daimler-benz aerospace ag daimlerchrysler aerospace ag federal republic of germany great britain italian republic italy luftwaffe mbb messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm panavia aircraft gmbh post-cold war royal air force royal saudi air force united states air force west germany
    • Replies: 182
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. hesham

    BAC Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Project

    Hi, here is a hydrogen-powered airliner Project,designed by BAC. L+K 15/1978
  8. U

    BAC Designation System

    BAC's military side appears to have a well defined designation system, primarily following on from English Electric's, but the civil side, at least as published, seems to have just 'press friendly' names or numbers (as Boeing). Here are the civil projects that come to mind. Does anyone have any...
  9. Mike Pryce

    TSR.2 - Fifty years after

    Today it is fifty years since the TSR.2 was cancelled: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1965/apr/06/public-expenditure I'll be reflecting on this in the Trenchard Lecture I am giving at RAeS Cranwell next Monday, 13th, but it does always amaze me that we are still writing about it...
  10. Spook

    Concorde-based bomber photo-manipulation

    Is there anyone who can ID this plane for me? Is this a fake Picture ?! Regards, AK
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    • aérospatiale alternate history british aircraft corporation cold war mcdonnell douglas raf strike command royal air force strategic air command strategic bomber tupolev okb united states air force ussr
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  11. uk 75

    F 4 Phantom fails in the early 60s- 1154s or Lightnings?

    The F4 Phantom might have failed to materialise as the wonderful plane which the RAF and RN used to fill various gaps from the 60s onwards. In a Phantomless world would P1154 have been developed as planned in 1963 for both RAF and RN or would the Lightning have been developed in its swing wing...
    • uk 75
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    • alternate history british aircraft corporation cold war early 1960s english electric company limited fleet air arm great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd mcdonnell aircraft corporation nuclear battlefield raf fighter command royal air force royal navy stol strategic air command united states united states air force united states navy v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 71
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  12. Caravellarella

    Beyond the One-Eleven - British Aircraft Corporation BAC 1-11 projects......

    Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article describing the BAC X-Eleven "project" for a (then) new technology short-medium range jet airliner with CFM-56 engines. This "project" has a wider fuselage cross-section than the standard BAC 1-11. I believe this was the final attempt to make a stand-alone...
    • Caravellarella
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    • airborne early warning british aircraft corporation cfm international civil aviation cold war great britain întreprinderea de avioane bucurești japan air self-defense force japan maritime self-defense force jsdf maritime patrol aircraft rolls-royce royal air force socialist republic of romania
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. JFC Fuller

    Inswing / 'medium-range Swingfire' (Not Beeswing!)

    I have come across a couple of references to an infantry version of Swingfire that seems to have not been Beeswing (regular Swingfire mounted in a rack on a Land rover or trailer). Kenneth Macksey makes reference to it in 'The Tanks; The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1945-1975' in which he...
  14. Skyraider3D

    TSR2: Hell-For-Leather

    Hell-For-Leather After their nuclear attack against a Soviet industrial target, the crew of this TSR2 dive back to the relative safety of supersonic low-level flight. With the bomber’s cover now broken, a “Shilka” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is the first enemy unit to respond. As they...
    • Skyraider3D
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    • aerospace industry british aircraft corporation cold war early 1960s english electric company limited free fall nuclear bombs great britain late 1950s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf germany raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance vickers-armstrongs world war iii
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  15. P

    Rapier SAM / Marder MICV Combination Project

    I found this proposal for a British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Rapier SAM system incorporated into a West German Marder MICV chassis, in a copy of a 1972-73 Jane’s Weapon Systems, which I purchased the other day in a second hand book shop. This Rapier/Marder project looks a very thorough thought...
    • Pioneer
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    • 1970s 1980s battlefield air defence british aircraft corporation bundeswehr cold war forward area air defense great britain mechanised infantry combat vehicle rheinstahl group rheinstahl-hanomag spad surface-to-air missile united kingdom west germany
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  16. hesham

    BAC 2-11 & 3-11

    Hi, the BAC Two-Eleven was developed from One-Eleven as a large version and powered by two engines. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201694.html http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%202253.html
  17. R

    BAC R.14 variable geometry aircraft

    Can anyone tell me about the R.14 which was a variable geometry concept worked on by BAC at Warton? This appears to have been one of the pre-Tornado projects, but I don't know which one. It does seem to have got as far as windtunnel testing but probably not much further. Any information about...
  18. uk 75

    BAC Brochure on Mirage VSTOL

    In his book on attack aircraft of the West Bill Gunston refers to a British Aircraft Corporation brochure published in the early 60s showing the Mirage III vstol in RAF and RN colours in the process of being delivered to the UK forces, the final page of which is described as being the first...
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s british aircraft corporation cold war fleet air arm france nbmr-3 royal air force royal navy société des avions marcel dassault united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  19. J

    Big Wing Jaguar

    I read in numerous sources that their were proposals for a Big Wing version of Jaguar, but have never seen any details or any images. Anyone help? Regards.
    • JohnR
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    • bréguet aviation british aerospace plc british aircraft corporation cold war france great britain marine nationale royal air force sepecat société des ateliers d'aviation louis bréguet united kingdom
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. P

    BAC Jaguar Projects

    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...
    • PMN1
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    • aéronavale armeé de l'air british aircraft corporation cold war great britain marine nationale nuclear battlefield royal air force
    • Replies: 75
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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