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Here is a series of three photos captioned "Waco Experimental Model aircraft Howard Allor" and dated April 1946. "Howard Allor" may have been the designer, but he could also have been only the photographer. (1) To anyone familiar with the experimental types of that period, the likeness of the...

Nice video by Mike Machat with inspiration from resident forum guru Craig Kaston. h/t to Michel Van who posted this earlier in a different topic. View: https://youtu.be/s6SDKjUj6NI

About 6 months ago I came across mention of a Havoc variant known as the Havoc Pandora, or Havoc III It was built upon RAF Havoc Is but featured a 2000ft cable with an aerial mine attached. 20 units were converted and used by No.240 Flight (redesignated No.93 Sqn). Eventually they were converted...

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Mike Machat shows some of R G Smith's incredible artwork on his Youtube channel. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S4R4B3GxD4

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Searching infos on the losers competitors in the VAL contest (1963-64) I stumbled in AW&ST issue Aug 12 1963 on a notice regarding the VAX competition, then just cancelled. VAX was started in 1962 and asked for a supersonic all-weather replacement of the A-4. I asked for photocopies and I'll...

Hello, I searched the forum and haven't found a thread about this topic, and it appears no one has discussed it in any other threads either, so here it is. Anyway, a while ago I was perusing Andreas Parsch's website and I found mention of the apparently obscure Douglas Arbalist in the missile...

Hi All - I have had some communications with Dave Beigle (Douglas Artist - see: http://www.dave-beigle-art-enterprises.com/aviation-artwork-memorabilia/ ) and ordered some of his artwork. Looks like the prints are done on a home PC printer but the subject more than makes up for the quality...

Greetings All - I recently acquired a copy of Aerofax "Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker" by Robert Hopkins III. In the book, he notes that Lockheed "won" the competition for the KC-135 though Air Research Development Command, with Lemay's concurrence, had already ordered 29 (followed by 88 more) of...

Ever heard of the Douglas « Skybus »? I can hear you from here: "Of course! That was supposed to be a much-enlarged airliner derivative of the XB-42 Mixmaster..." Well, yeah. But no. Not THAT Skybus. A couple of days ago I came across this eBay item, an article about ANOTHER Douglas Skybus...

Just put up a new article at RetroMechanix.com on these bizarre Douglas nuclear-powered transport studies which appear to use components of the C-133 Cargomaster: Features two hi res blueprints and 3 configurations; check it out! Details on them are limited, so if you have additional...

Very sketchy and incomplete! DM-14 - Nike-Hercules DM-15 -- Nike Zeus A? (sketchy) DM-15S --NIKE-ZEUS ASAT DM-15X2 -- Nike-EX. On 1 JAN 1967, was redesignated SPARTAN. DM-18 -- Thor DM-18A -- Thor Agena A? DM-19 -- Thor Delta? DM-20 -- Skybolt DM-21 -- Thor Agena B?

Checking the information of the A-3 naval bomber I discover with the A-3 has the option of under wind station, some of the stations has used in the ERA-3B and the NRA-3B, but this stations was standard of the A-3 original bomber version of was added in a after version? What is the theoretical...

There was an article in the Spring, 1962 issue of Air Progress by George Gerhardt called "Soldier's in the Sky" and it was through the courtesy of "Douglas Progess". Anyone know where I can find a copy "Douglas Progress"? Here are the artist drawings that went with the article. Any ideas if...

I found this online - a view of the D-558-2 I've never seen before (note original cockpit canopy). Credit Life magazine - Steve Pace

Douglas print ad from 1961 showing space vehicle concepts. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-DOUGLAS-Missiles-SPACE-SYSTEMS-Lunar-Vehicles-Ad-/310237049775?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

What is this? Seems a Biconic lifting body docked with a some Saturn-IB Station! I have found on web,but don't know what is.

Douglas DC-9 Model 2086 proposal factory model from the late 1950s found on eBay. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-DC-9-Proposal-Douglas-Factory-Model-DFM-Airplane-/160416988811?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255998fe8b Seller's description: