early 1940s

  1. hesham

    Boeing School of Aeronautics

    Hi, The Boeing School of Aeronautics was started by Boeing to compete against the Wright brothers' Wright Flying School and Curtiss Flying School in San Diego, California. Founded in 1929 at Oakland Municipal airport, the school started with a staff of 19 and 100 students. It was licensed by...
    • hesham
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    • 1930s boeing early 1940s interwar period late 1920s world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. blackkite

    Arsenal VG-30 variants

    Hi! Arsenal VG-30 variants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_VG-33 "The Arsenal VG-33 was one of a series of fast French light fighter aircraft under development at the start of World War II, but which matured too late to see extensive service in the French Air Force during the Battle of...
  3. blackkite

    Miles M23

    Hi! Miles M23. http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4178.0 "M.23 Fighter Projects In 1941 a proposal was submitted to the Ministry of Aircraft Production for a high-speed single-seat fighter powered initially by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, then in full production, and later by a...
  4. GTX

    Bristol 159

    Couldn't find a thread on this so here goes: In March 1938 the Air Staff put together a paper that described an ideal bomber, and then a few months later specification B.19/38 was produced which indicated that the bomber would have a strong defensive armament of eight 20mm “shell-firing gun”...
    • GTX
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    • 1930s 1938 1941 air ministry early 1940s heavy bomber interwar period late 1930s medium bomber pre-world war ii raf bomber command royal air force strategic bomber united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  5. C

    Caproni CDR-10

    In volume 8 of “Gente dell’Aria” by Giorgio Evangelisti published in 2012, there is a description of an italian trimotor called Caproni CDR-10, equipped with three Isotta Fraschini “Delta” RC.41. CDR stands for Caproni-De Bernardi-Rossi. The latter was the engineer Lelio Rossi, former Technical...
    • carlo961
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    • early 1940s fighter bomber heavy fighter kingdom of italy regia aeronautica società italiana caproni world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  6. Johnbr

    Bell YFM-1 Airacuda

    http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?13408 Great site on the plane.
    • Johnbr
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    • bell aircraft corporation early 1940s late 1930s united states army air corps
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  7. Tzoli

    IJN Settsu Modernisation Proposals

    I've posted this on another forum but it is better to post many forums to see if anybody know anything about this, I've got hold an extract from a naval forum about possible modernisation plans for the Kawachi class Battleship IJN Settsu which was stripped from her armament after the Washington...
    • Tzoli
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    • 1930s early 1940s empire of japan imperial japanese navy imperial japanese navy technical department interwar period world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  8. K

    US 1940 Liner - Carriers

    from Flight Global 31mar2015 -75 years ago: "The US maritime Commission is calling tenders for the Construction of two luxury liners which are capable of conversion into aircraft carriers. Speed is stated to be 24 knots and they are intended for operation in the Pacific." I guess this...
    • Kugelblitz
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    • 1939 1940 4p 4 aircraft carrier early 1940s late 1930s ocean liner united states united states maritime commission united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  9. Apophenia

    Tatra Aircraft Designations

    Tatra Aircraft Designations - Závody Ringhoffer-Tatra as* The Ringhoffer-Tatra Works of Prague (Praha-Smíchov) produced a range of aircraft and aero-engine designs in the late 1930s. Both aircraft and engines had 'T' prefixed type designations. Tatra applied a separate 'T' series designations...
    • Apophenia
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    • 1930s czechoslovakia early 1940s first czechoslovak republic interwar period protectorate of bohemia and moravia reichsgau sudetenland second czechoslovak republic slovak state third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  10. hesham

    Junkers Ju 288 Projects & Prototypes

    Hi, here is the drawings of the Junkers Ju-288 with Jumo 222 and Jumo 223 engines. http://www.flugzeug-lorenz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-Junkersbuch/Junkers_166-171.pdf
    • hesham
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    • anti-ship bomber b early 1940s ef 074 junkers flugzeug- und motorenwerke ag junkers flugzeugwerke a.g. late 1930s luftwaffe medium bomber nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium schnellbomber strategic bomber third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  11. Jemiba

    Henschel Hs 293 developments and projects

    The development of the Hs 293 is covered, too, in "Die Geschichte der Henschel-Flugzeugwerke AG 1933 - 45" by Horst Materna. A series of enlarged versions of the Hs 293A was the Hs 293C, for which different guiding systems were proposed. The C-4 was a pre-version of the later Hs 294 glide...
  12. hesham

    Messerschmitt Bf 110/161 Projects & Prototypes

    Hi, here is a comparison between BF.161-V2 and BF.162-V2.
    • hesham
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    • 1930s bayerische flugzeugwerke early 1940s fighter fighter bomber interceptor jagdbomber kampfzerstörer luftwaffe messerschmitt messerschmitt ag nachtjäger nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance world war ii zerstörer
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  13. Stargazer

    Antonov's OKA-38 "Aist" - Soviet copy of the Fieseler Storch

    Here is the Antonov OKA-38. Not only was it an obvious copy of the German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, it was also Antonov's very first aircraft (until then he had only designed and built gliders and motor gliders). On top of its OKA- designation, it was also designated as the ShS, and was developed...
  14. Jemiba

    Daimler Benz Aircraft Engines 1935 - 1945

    From "Der Flieger", August 1962, maybe interesting for one or two, as one-offs and projects are mentioned, too.
    • Jemiba
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    • daimler-benz ag early 1940s late 1930s luftwaffe nazi germany pre-world war ii reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  15. hesham

    Benes-Mraz Prototypes and Projects

    Hi, has anyone a more info or drawing about Benes-Mraz Be.352 light aircraft project of 1939 ?. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bene%C5%A1-Mr%C3%A1z
    • hesham
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    • beneš-mráz czecho-slovak republic early 1940s first czechoslovak republic interwar period late 1930s pre-world war ii protectorate of bohemia and moravia second czechoslovak republic third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  16. hesham

    Max Holste H-20 P.1 twin boom glider

    Hi, here is the Max Holste H-20 P.1 twin boom shoulder high wing glider, I think one was built. http://www.retroplane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=54470
    • hesham
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    • armeé de l'air armée de l'air de l'armistice avions max holste early 1940s fighter french third republic light aviation racing aircraft training aircraft training glider vichy france world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  17. J

    Yokosuka (Kugisho) MXY6 motor glider (proof-of-concept for Kyushu Shinden)

    Hi! :)
  18. Stargazer

    Christopher AG-1 and Timm AG-2 assault gliders

    Alongside the training and cargo gliders already in service at the outbreak of World War II, an idea that received more attention with the U.S. Army Air Force was the assault glider. Major Lewin B. Barringer, a glider specialist, on the staff of AAF, presented blueprints for such a glider in the...
    • Stargazer
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    • airborne forces allies assault glider early 1940s united states army air corps united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  19. Michel Van

    F. Hills and Son Bi-mono

    in end of 1930 the British aircraft manufacturer Hillson came up with exotic Aircraft concept to increase take off performance of monoplane, by making them temporal biplane ! the concept was called "Bi-mono" Noel Pemberton Billing, (inventor, pilot and politician) proposed a wing with own...
  20. hesham

    Avro Pre-1945 Projects

    Hi, as we spoke before about the Avro Heritage site,there is some projects to Avro before 1945 period. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.fildes3/Roe1%20to%20Type%20600 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.fildes3/Type%20602%20to%20862
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