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  1. hesham

    Early STOL and VTOL Projects From Imperial Russia

    Hi, Many projects to a VTOL & STOL aircraft and a really aircraft from 1909 to 1918.
    • hesham
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    • civil aviation imperial russian air service imperial russian army ministry of war of the russian empire russian empire
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  2. hesham

    McDonnell Douglas Little Known Airliners

    Hi everybody, During the 1987/1988 McDonnell-Douglas tried to make a deal with Airbus to develope MD-330 airliner,which was based on a stretch MD-11 airframe with Airbus A300 wing to compete Boeing-747,but the McDonnell later developed the design MD-12,anther series of little known airliner...
    • hesham
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    • boeing civil aviation cold war in-flight refueling tanker mcdonnell aircraft corporation mcdonnell douglas military airlift command nasa post-cold war stol strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 165
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. Skybolt

    Axis 1940 airliner dreams/projects

    Ok, in 1940 the war as just started or was about to start (for Italy and Japan) and things were going fairly well. In Germany and Italy airlines and governments started to plan for the expected post-war increase in air traffic, expecially on the Atlantic routes (sound familiar?). Diffrently...
    • Skybolt
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    • airliner axis powers civil aviation empire of japan kingdom of italy ministry of aeronautics (kingdom of italy) ministry of communications and transport (japan) ministry of munitions (empire of japan) ministry of the air force (kingdom of italy) nazi germany reichsluftfahrtministerium third reich world war ii
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  4. C

    Ayres LM200 Loadmaster

    Hi Everyone! Presented here is information on the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster, which is described as a Multi-role Light Transport, (an interesting aircraft which, alas, never entered production.) I've found plenty of photos of this aircraft but I've been unable to find any good three-views of it...
  5. boxkite

    Carl Ludvig Larsen projects (Norway)

    In „Air Pictorial“ December 1972 p481 was a picture of an Norwegian bizjet. The fuselage in the background, photographed by D. Partington at Oslo-Fornebu, 9th August 1972, is uncompleted. I asked Birger Larsen, the curator of the Norwegian Flymuseum, for the fate of the aircraft and he answered...
  6. Sentinel Chicken

    FLIGHTS OF FANTASY: The Lockheed L-2000 SST in airline service

    American studies into a supersonic transport go back to the 1950s when various versions were proposed by Convair based on the B-58 Hustler. Things remained paper studies until John F. Kennedy moved plans ahead in July of 1961 with the formation of a presidential committee made up of members of...
    • Sentinel Chicken
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    • airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war jet age lockheed space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united states what-if
    • Replies: 9
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  7. GTX

    Hawker HS.141 VTOL airliner, HS.140 VTOL business jet

    Hi folks, Here are a couple of civilian VTOL concepts from Hawker Siddley. First the nice little HS.140 business jet: Then the larger HS.141 commuter airliner: Don't have much information on them I'm afraid. Regards, Greg
    • GTX
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    • business jet civil aviation cold war great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd rolls-royce royal air force vtol
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. Sentinel Chicken

    NEWS: Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets

    Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter When Boeing names an airplane design after a Muppet, it must be pretty different. Two small teams at the company are re-imagining the airplane in futuristic configurations that...
  9. D

    Civilian versions of bomber aircraft

    Why to spend money in a development from zero if military designs can adapt? Proposals for a SST based on the North American XB-70 Valkyrie (I cannot avoid to imagine to the boys of Green Peace in a MIG-31 with the colors of the rainbow trying him to give hunt to one of these apparatuses) ;D
    • Dronte
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    • airliner civil aviation cold war great britain kingdom of sweden soviet union strategic bomber subsonic supersonic supersonic transport transport aircraft united states world war ii
    • Replies: 150
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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