early 1930s

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    1931 Makhonine MAK-10

    MAK-10 was made by a russian aviator designer who moved to France. This plane have many designideas influenced by typical typical russian designs of the earlyer times. But had a very unique style anyway. It doesnt have a very wide body, rather a bit thin one vs. the length. That gave some...
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    The Tradewind magazine, February 1930 - Wright Aircraft Engines

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  3. Tzoli

    Royal Navy Lion Class Battleship series 1938-1945

    The Royal Navy's second 16" armed battleships history was a long and bumpy road of large number of designs and the inability on the Admiralty's side to actually start and continue it's work on them or choose a design to produce. First I present the 1938 designs: Design 14A-38 This is the first...
  4. hesham

    Alfredo Varni Gyroplane Project

    Hi, here is a strange gyroplane Project,designed by Alfredo Varni. http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ala%20d'Italia/L'ALA%20D'ITALIA%201930%2005.pdf http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ala%20d'Italia/L'ALA%20D'ITALIA%201930%2006.pdf
  5. Dynoman

    Cadillac Aircraft Corporation

    William E. Metzger, along with Henry G. McCarroll formed the Cadillac Aircraft Corporation in Northville, MI, in February 1929. The first design was the 1929 Duoplane, christened the Voyager (seen below). The second aircraft of 1930 was the MAC-1. The production facility was the former Stinson...
  6. Bill S

    Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company

    A 1917 aeronautical startup by Grover Loening, the Loening Aeronatical Engineering company eventually merged with the Keystone Aircraft company and became Loening Aeronautical Division of Keystone Aircraft in 1928. In 1931 Keystone became part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The "Flying...
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    Northrop BETA 3

    hello, I'm searching Northrop BETA 3 plans and pictures to scratch an 1/48 scale model...
  8. Stargazer

    The Smith B-2 "Arrowhead" Safety plane: Glenn Curtiss's last project

    Ever since 1911, Glenn H. Curtiss constantly dreamed of an airplane which would become a "family car of the air". His last efforts in this direction was a "flying wing" biplane with a pusher propeller, the configuration of which was very much like that of the Dunne D.8 of 1911. The similarity...
  9. Jemiba

    Reinhold Tilings Rocket Glider

    Born in 1893 in Absberg / Germany, Reinhold Tiling had begun to work on rockets during 1924. For a safe landing of his rockets, he developed the two techniques: The "Kreiselflugzeug" (Gyroplane), where the tailplane switched to a kind of rotor after burn-out of the rocket engine, decelerating...
  10. hesham

    Hawker Fury Monoplane Project of 1933

    Hi, the Hawker company developed in 1933,a monoplane version of its Fury biplane fighter,it remained a drawing board only. http://alternathistory.org.ua/fury-monoplane-ili-nemnogo-o-kharrikeine
  11. Stargazer

    Navarro Safety Aircraft « Chief » 3-seater saloon monoplane (1931)

    Found this British aircraft of the 1930s and have no idea if it was actually produced, or if the Navarro company did anything else. Here are excerpts from the 1931 brochure... Has anyone heard of Navarro before? Other pics would be greatly appreciated! THE NAVARRO "CHIEF" THREE SEATER SALOON...
  12. hesham

    Franz Kleinhenz Projects and Patents

    Hi, here is a mystery giant tailless transport aircraft project from Germany,and may be the designer name mention on the drawing !,who can solve this ?.
  13. Tzoli

    Landsverk L-101 Tank Destroyer

    Hello I wish to know more about this elusive Swedish tank. The few articles I could find about it is regarded to the L-100 tank with 20mm AT gun. Do you guys know more about this vehicle? A drawing or photo maybe? Does even the Swedish built the L-101?
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    Contest 1934: A speedy bomber for the Royal Italian Air Force

    Contest 1934: A speedy bomber for the Royal Italian Air Force Talking about the characteristics and necessities of competition held by the Italian Ministry of Aeronautics in 1934 for a Terrestrial bomber <Veloce> (speedy) defined with the intention to evade enemy fighters; You must place in the...
  15. Triton

    E. Grotte 1000-ton tank

    Via Google Translate, Yahoo! Babelfish, and my re-writing and editing: In March 1930, foreign specialists were invited to provide technical assistance to the Soviet Union. Among these foreign specialists was a German engineer named Edward Grotte. Under his leadership, in the fall of 1931 at the...
  16. cluttonfred

    BuAer Design 124 Parasite Reconnaissance Aircraft?

    I was reading up on the Sperry M1 Messenger, which naturally led to the Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk, and this intriguing reference: I have to ask...does anyone have any more info on or images of Design 124? Cheers, Matthew
  17. hesham

    North American/General Aviation GA-38X transport aircraft

    Hi, the North American/General Aviation GA-38X was three engined low-wing medium transport aircraft project of 1932,powered by three P&W Wasp engines. http://www.aerofiles.com/_noram.html
  18. hesham

    Blackburn « Sydney » and « Nile » flying boats

    Hi, the Blackburn Nile was three engined recce bomber flying boat,it was designed for R5/27 Spec.,but never completed. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%200125.html
  19. hesham

    Frank Radcliffe Mail Plane Projects

    Hi, here is a two Frank Radcliffe mail plane projects from Flightglobal, one with high wing and the other with low wing. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201461.html?search=frank+radcliffe+aircraft...
  20. hesham

    Caudron-Viscaya P.V.200 catamaran amphibian (1932) & PV-102

    Hi, A little known aircraft ,the Caudron P.V.200 high wing pusher amphibian twin float monoplane,and powered by one engine. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1932/1932%20-%201186.pdf
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