early 1960s

The first three spacecraft studied under NASA's Apollo program designation were proposals by Martin, General Electric and Convair Astronautics (General Dynamics) in partnership with Avco. Depicted here is the Convair Phase C lunar lander, in which the entire Apollo vehicle landed on the moon --...

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

ASPEN BACKGROUND In the 1950s and 1960s, many potential uses of nuclear power were explored, such as NTRs. An NTR uses a nuclear reactor to heat a working fluid, such as hydrogen, and exhaust this fluid in a nozzle for thrust. Many studies of this technology were conducted, and prototypes were...

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:

In the early 1960s, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations offered the European NATO partners participation in a Multilateral Force (MLF) of Polaris-armed warships that would include surface ships, including disguised merchant vesels, and submarines. The proposal was inspired by the...

i remember vague a Proposal transform the Polaris in a landbased SRBM and install over 4000 missile in Europe so in end of 1950's beginn 1960's

Have just come across the Objekt 1200 IFV, whilst looking for more info on the 'Object 292' 152mm gun tank thread. The Objekt 1200 looks to be an Interesting 'wheeled' development variant of the then state of the art 'tracked' BMP-1 MICV that stunned the Western world when it appeared. I have...

Huh? Huh? Who says I never deliver up something y'all haven't seen before...

Folks, Does anyone have a 3-view drawing of the Bell Model 207 Sioux Scout (see below)? regards, Greg

Does anyone have any good references on the AN/AAA-4 and AN/AAS-15 Infra-Red Search & Track sets, as used by USAF and USN in late 1950s/early 1960s ? I believe the AAA-4 (Hughes 71N) was fitted on the F-4B; AAS-15 on the F-8D/E, F-101B and F-102A. Both used to assist with target...

...On the Big Gemini threads, on the family tree for the Gemini program and its proposed offshoots, the "Lucy" of the tree is a drawing of what spawned into Gemini, the "Mercury Mark II". Anyone got any diagrams or sketches of what got this particular ball rolling? How much of a simple...

An old book of mine about the British Army mentions that the Army in 1962 were looking at the Canadian Heller Rocket launcher and the Carl Gustav 84mm from Sweden to replace its bazookas. The UK chose the Carl Gustav. Does anyone have any info and pictures of the Canadian contender? UK 75

Hi All, I'm looking for infos (technical drawings) about Krafft Ehricke Spacecraft designed and projected for Convair in the early 60's see : http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/CONVAIR%20MANNED%20LUNAR%20RECON%20VEHICLE%20PAGE.htm...

Have just been reading through the excellent Monograph online about the US Mauler missile at the Missile Site in the US. Apparently the UK gave up its own equivalent of Mauler, a system called BAC PT 428, and then had to adopt the simpler Rapier when Mauler was cancelled. As far as I can gather...

I'm new here, so forgive me if this is in the wrong place or anything, or if I transgress any rules! A few weeks ago, I bought a secondhand book called 'Rolls Royce Leader of the Skies' by Michael Donne. I bought it mainly for one illustration in the last chapter, of an extraordinary dart-like...

In an old edition (about 1962-3) of the excellent annual Flight International missiles guide published in those days with drawings and photos I found a missile called Seacat 2, which looked similar to Roland, Rapier etc and was supposed to be a simple mount on the existing Seacat/Tigercat...

I am at it again. Looking through some old books I found an artist's impression of a 1960 Canadian design for a frigate carrying a Tartar system aft. It was described as a Tribal class frigate, so presumably was an early design for the Iroquois ships. It is a smart looking ship and very...

Hi all.Im brand new here and enjoying the site 100%. So can anyone provide any info on Rotodyne projects please?? ??? ??? Remember seeing an article in an old Flight mag about a Naval Variant but have seen nothing since!! Help please.

This radar formed the basis of the AWG-9, and was the first lookdown/shootdown weapons system. Originally developed for the North American F-108 interceptor, the origins of AN/ASG-18 lie in 1954, when alongside a new interceptor competition a competition was held to design a radar with a 100nm...