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  1. B

    RIP Mikhail Maslov

    On December 8, 2022, at the age of 68, Soviet / Russian aviation historian Mikhail Alexandrovich Maslov passed away.
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    • aerospace cold war post-cold war russian federation soviet union
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    • Forum: The Bar
  2. Flyaway

    Apollo 17 50th Anniversary

    New video from NASA to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the mission. View: https://youtu.be/XhvliTtzQXY
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    • 1972 apollo program cold war early 1970s moon nasa space age space race united states
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Mark Nankivil

    Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division Engineer Opportunities

    Good Day All - From the collection of the late Mike Burke "The Artist", this is a engineer opportunities brochure with artwork that may be of interest. Guessing mid-'60s as the OH-6A first flew in 1963. Enjoy the Day! Mark
  4. Grey Havoc

    FORM (computer algebra system)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.quantamagazine.org/crucial-computer-program-for-particle-physics-at-risk-of-obsolescence-20221201/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1980s 1990s cold war computing early 21st century kingdom of the netherlands late 20th century national institute for subatomic physics nikhef post-cold war
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. Forest Green

    Kh-45 Hypersonic missile

    This was apparently being developed for the Soviet T-4 and DSB-LK hypersonic bomber and were also planned for the Tu-160. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-45 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed5CYLk6B5Y&t=500s
  6. thatdronedude

    Laser Battle Station Model Kit Inspiration

    I recently bought a NIB copy of the Revell "Laser Battle Stations" model kit from 1984. There were a number of other kits released at the same time that all have connections to reports and concepts (see images) but these "laser battle stations" are a bit hard to place. They appear to be modeled...
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    • 1980s cold war models sdi space age space race space weapons strategic defense initiative united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  7. hesham

    UK Old RPV and Target Drones

    Hi, in the book,Teach for the Sky,the company Air Service Training designed C.4 as a target drone,is there any more Info and drawing to it ?.
  8. flateric

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

    some GA weirdo projects from early 80s
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    • civil aviation cold war early 1980s general aviation nasa united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Hilton (late 1960s)

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/z8frvx/what_happened_to_hiltons_hotel_on_the_moon/ https://mascola.com/insights/lunar-hilton-luxury-hotel-advertising/ http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/hotels_in_space.shtml...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war hilton hotels corporation hilton lunar mcdonnell douglas moon moonbase orbiter hilton space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. njiiaf

    Little Johnny Jet cartoon (1953)

    Was wondering if anyone else remembered this little Tex Avery short from their childhood.
    • njiiaf
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    • cold war early 1950s jet age popular culture united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  11. Grey Havoc

    Lancaster Mk VII NX611 'Just Jane'

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/ww2-avro-lancaster-bomber-renovation/ https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lots-to-see/aircraft/lancaster http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_lancaster_VII.html
    • Grey Havoc
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    • a.v. roe and company / avro austin motor company cold war france great britain lincolnshire aviation heritage centre marine nationale raf bomber command royal air force world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. F.L.

    Chinese Nanchang J-12 light fighter

    How about a thread on the J-12 ? I noticed that there was none ! It is a jet that I like and I will try to collect in this thread some interesting things about it.
    • F.L.
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    • 1970s china cold war j-12 j-12i late 1960s light fighter nanchang people's liberation army air force people's republic of china
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. C

    French dominance

    This was idea I had reading the merage IV threads, the idea being the the lockheed bribery scandal breaks in Germany befor the deal goes though leading to anything American becoming politically toxic, this leads to Germany (and though them the rest of the nato f-104 block) to buy the Mirage III...
  14. Grey Havoc

    Royal Enfield military projects

    To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • airborne forces birmingham small arms company british army cold war enfield of india great britain interwar period the enfield cycle company limited world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  15. uk 75

    Planetary Defence

    One of the odder moments of the Reagan Gorbachev relationship which seems to be true is that both men were concerned by reports of unidentified flying objects and took them seriously enough to exchange what they knew. I dont know how true these stories are. Given the advanced state of the US...
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    • cold war planetary defence
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    • Forum: The Bar
  16. Flyaway

    Mariner 4

    New Scott Manley video. Computers Were So Slow Scientists 'Painted' The First Close Up Image Of Mars View: https://youtu.be/nSQlM6yGh7k
    • Flyaway
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    • cold war deep space probes jet propulsion laboratory mariner r mars nasa space age space race united states venus
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  17. Grey Havoc

    Greg Bear RIP

    https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/1558240/hard-science-fiction-master-greg-bear-dies-at-age-71 Rest In Peace. :(
    • Grey Havoc
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    • association of science fiction artists cold war cyberpunk early 21st century famous authors late 20th century popular culture san diego comic-con science fiction science fiction and fantasy writers association
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    • Forum: The Bar
  18. uk 75

    Lighter moments in the Cold War

    As Christmas is still over a month away I thought we could use something to lighten the mood in these darkening days. Normally you could not count on General Secretary Breshnev and President Richard Nixon to lighten the mood but for a brief moment in June 1973 at St Clemente the mood did...
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    • cold war
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    • Forum: The Bar
  19. S

    Bofors Trinity 40mm Turret

    I found this Bofors poster of the Indonesian Armed Forces' day commemoration of 1986. The poster suggests this is a SPAAG vehicle named Trinity, or at least some parts of it were. Quick search results in several examples of the Bofors Trinity turret being installed on the MOWAG Shark chassis...
  20. Orionblamblam

    Martin EGRESS

    I'm stunned to find out that, unless several searches failed to work properly, there is no thread for the Martin "EGRESS" (EMERGENCY GLOBAL RESCUE, ESCAPE, AND SURVIVAL SYSTEM) capsule. This was a modification of the ejection capsule used on the B-58... fitted with a heat shield, de-orbit motor...
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