The successor to the X-15 was - a winged satellite? In the mid-1950s, NACA was pushing the boundaries of hypersonic flight. After the X-15, the Air Force's Project HYWARDS aimed to design a Mach 12 successor. Visionary engineer John Becker at NACA Langley proposed an even more ambitious goal: a...
Didn't see anything else here about this already.
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https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19780016310/downloads/19780016310.pdf
T34 Heavy Tank
Developed in 1945 as a modernization of the T30 heavy tank. The vehicle was equipped with the 120 mm T53 gun and the new Continental AV-1790 engine. Because of the decline in heavy tank development after the end of World War II, the T34 never entered service. The prototypes were...
The US Navy in the 1980s deployed an impressive range of non-AEGIS cruisers.
Long Beach was the largest and oldest of the nuclear ships and the only one to start life as a cruiser.
The remainder started as frigates then became DLGNs. Bainbridge and Truxtun were one-offs followed in the 70s by 2...
alternate history
anti-aircraft cruiser
area air defence
ballistic missile defense
coldwar
cruiser
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
united states
The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has passed away.
May he rest in peace. :(
Here a few of my favourite movies with him as an actor:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Eagle has Landed (1976)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
JFK (1991)
Space Cowboys (2000)
Sources...
I have the Lost British Projects 1/72 scale resin model of the Bristol 204 which includes two small underwing pods which are shown in the drawings to be found on this esteemed site - but what are they?
chuting stars
coldwar
cuban missile crisis
navy parachute demonstration team
special forces
special operations
u.s. navy seal teams
united states
united states navy
vietnam war
I am currently writing a book on the Short Skyvan. I wonder if anyone has information (description, drawings etc) on Shorts project P.D.50 described as a "Skyvan VTOL test-bed", and P.D.62 listed in the Putnam as "Skyvan with B.L.C" but elsewhere as "Skyvan Feeder Liner". Both seem quite...
cessna aircraft company
coin aircraft
coldwar
great britain
republic of vietnam
republic of vietnam air force (rvnaf)
short brothers plc
short skyvan
south vietam
stol
transport aircraft
united states
united states army
vietnam war
CONTENTS
Compressibility buffeting
The research sites of the Luftwaffe
Messerschmitt Me 262 Interzeptor
Messerschmitt Me 262 Heimatschützer
BMW 109-003 R (TLR) rocket/turbojet
BMW 109-718 rocket
Rocket propellants composition
Messerschmitt Me 262 Hochgeschwindigkeits
Rennkabine...
1940s
1950s
1960s
coldwar
egyptian general aero organisation
federal republic of germany
hispano aviación
late 1930s
luftwaffe
messerschmitt
messerschmitt ag
messerschmitt gmbh
nazi germany
pre-world war ii
reich ministry of armaments and war production
reichsluftfahrtministerium
spanish state
united arab republic
west germany
world war ii
I have come across some information on the proposed VC.4 three-engined transatlantic airliner project of 1949.
Information on the VC.4 was used to demonstrate aerodynamic drag issues in a Royal Aeronautical Society lecture by E. J. Edwards on 24 November 1949 entitled A Review of Aerodynamic...
The SS United States conservancy has been beating the drum for awhile that time is running out on their current moorage. Unfortunately, there is now a firm date looming.
View: https://x.com/SSUSC/status/1801740003673883010?t=jlffMgRGZNhDsukso5Gwtw&s=19
9/12/24 is entirely too close to comfort...
2024
buships
coldwar
gibbs & cox
korean war
newport news shipbuilding
ocean liner
ss united states conservancy
troopship
united states
united states lines
united states navy
usns united states
william francis gibbs
In the US Carriers book, Friedman mentions that after the war, considerations had to be made in carrier designs for a "14-inch rocket", that did not progress far enough to enter service:
The only information on this rocket I could find comes from the Wikipedia article on the Tiny Tim:
(I would...
I am doing research regarding Martin Marietta Single stage to Orbit vehicle. I have not found much information online and was wondering if anyone had any information.
All I have found is the NASA Contractor report.
Thank you
When the UK gave up carriers in the 60s the alternative was supposed to be a family of helicopter, ship and sub launched missiles. In the event while Wasp helicopters did get AS12s it took nearly a decade before Exocet equipped some destroyers and frigates. Sea Skua for Lynx did not arrive...
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