civil aviation

  1. flateric

    NASA/industry small transport aircraft technology (STAT) studies from 80s

    some GA weirdo projects from early 80s
  2. A

    UZGA LMS-901 Baikal

    https://www.aerotime.aero/26600-bumpy-story-of-baikal-newest-russian-bush-plane?v=amp https://travelandaviation.com/baikal-completes-airframe-of-utility-aircraft-to-replace-an-2-news/amp/ This is the long awaited replacement to the legendary An-2. The previous modern biplane version was...
  3. kaiserd

    Impact of COVID crisis on the future of specific civil types

    Created this thread to bring together news reports on the impact of the COVID crisis on different specific civil aircraft (likely many early retirements and exits for a number of types).
  4. uk 75

    Ireland's SST that never was

    Back in the 1960s Boeing was telling everyone that its Supersonic 2707 transport would be the must-have airliner for the 1970s. Some 26 airlines took out options on the plane. There is a comprehensive thread about the US designs on this site, but no illustrations of the artwork Boeing must have...
  5. Maveric

    Air-Metal Flugzeugbau und Entwicklungs GmbH

    The Air-Metal Flugzeug und Entwicklungs GmbH has worked in Erding since 1964 as an aircraft repair yard for touring aircraft and service work. In addition to this main activity, several projects were created. Bankruptcy proceedings in 1977 meant the end of the small business. The projects...
  6. uk 75

    The VC10 and me

    One UK aircraft has been around me more than any other, and no, its not my beloved TSR2, AVS or Boeing SST. It is the VC 10 My Dad made me the Airfix kit. Until recently and from the age of 9 I could watch these elegant planes in their smart RAF colours doing circuits in and out of Brize...
  7. hesham

    Czech Light Aircraft Prototypes & Projects

    From L+K 1/1969, here is a single seat low-wing light aircraft Project,designed by Mr. Vlada Verner from Czech (as I think) and it was called W-1,it was mentioned in JAWA 1972/1973,but I am not sure if it was a Project or not.
  8. uk 75

    The Gerry Anderson Fireflash that never was

    In the very first Thnunderbirds Episode "Trapped in the Sky" the London Airport building features the letters BAOC (based on the British Airways predecessor BOAC) as a rival to the Air Terrainean company who flew the Fireflash. As a BOAC fan I always hoped to see the BAOC version. So 50 years...
  9. S

    Dornier Seawings - Seastar and Orca hydroplanes

    Dornier Seastar all-composite amphibian evolved from 1984, more then 3 decades. For certain years, Dornier teamed Chinese company, Wuxi for further developement. Official site. Seastar initially offered as aircraft, that could be used in many application - from passenger and VIP-transportation...
  10. uk 75

    Fireflash airliner from original TV Thunderbirds TV 21 artwork

    The Thunderbirds series from the 1960s featured in its first episode a wonderful airliner called Fireflash, which was totally improbable but looked very cool. In the series it crops up in a few episodes in the livery of "Air Terrainean", a sort of mixture of Pan American and BOAC. However, in...
  11. uk 75

    Bundeswehr Harriers

    In the late 60s the Germans were looking for a replacement for its ground attack Fiat G 91s. As an offset against costs for BAOR and RAF Germany the UK succeeds in selling Harriers to the Bundeswehr and getting Dornier involved in its production and a joint trainer which becomes the Hawk. HS and...
  12. uk 75

    Britsh Airways losing the plot

    Last night I was on board an 8 year old British Airways A320 from Berlin to London. For a half an hour after take off the route map screen showed us zigzagging round Berlin until the pilot told us that because some hydraulic equipment had failed he was returning to Berlin. We landed and the...
  13. Apophenia

    Udet-Flugzeugbau GmbH

    Udet-Flugzeugbau GmbH, München-Ramersdorf Famous WWI fighter ace and stunt pilot Ernst Udet lent his name to this company but the aircraft were designed by Ing. Hans Henry Herrmann. Udet left the firm in the spring 1925. In 1926 financially-strapped Udet-Flugzeugbau was converted into a into a...
  14. Schneiderman

    Armstrong Whitworth civil aircraft projects 1934

    Prior to finalising the design of the AW27 Ensign Armstrong Whitworth worked on a number of alternative airliner types
  15. Mike Pryce

    Joe Sutter - Father of 747 - RIP

    Sad news: http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/joe-sutter-father-747-dies-95 I was just watching him in this BBC documentary a few days ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03wtnfv/jumbo-the-plane-that-changed-the-world A great loss - the designer of an iconic aircraft.
  16. Stargazer

    Joaquin Abreu's AE-5 safety plane

    Joaquin Silveira Abreu was a San Francisco engineer who designed in 1926 a unique safety biplane design in which the engine and lower fuselage could be dropped by the pilot in case of trouble to glide to safety. The following year he designed an airship using aircraft as propelling units, which...
  17. hesham

    Dring Insect-Plane Prototype of 1934

    Hi, here is a radical insect looks like airplane,designed by Mr. T. A. Dring of Poulner, Hampshire at the age 78,constructed and flight in 1934. http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/283601952/an-insect-plane-which-is-really-a-flying
  18. hesham

    FAA Feederliner of 1944

    Hi, http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19441009#!&pid=1 http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19441009#!&pid=48
  19. blackkite

    Japanese Ministry of Communication Civil Transport Aircraft Competition 1925

    Hi! Aichi AB-1(Aichi Biplane-1)civil transport and her competitor Mitsubishi MC-1, Nakajima N-36. The Ministry of Communications Civil Aviation Bureau invited the prize design of the pure domestic transport plane which will convey cargo with a passenger in 1925. This was a transport plane...
  20. 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/
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