early 1980s

  1. Grey Havoc

    When Grumman Stood Alone

    Read more: http://nation.time.com/2013/05/30/when-grumman-stood-alone/#ixzz2V50fOksb
  2. Grey Havoc

    NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION ROCKWELL AIRCRAFT 1980 CALENDAR

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/NORTH-AMERICAN-AVIATION-ROCKWELL-AIRCRAFT-1980-CALENDAR-B-25-OV-10-P-51-XFV-12-/160994761479?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257c091b07
  3. Grey Havoc

    British Empire: The Falklands War

    http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/southamerica/falklands/falklandswar.htm
  4. hesham

    Rockwell SSBJ Aircraft of 1981 (MMIPS)

    Hi, here is the North American/Rockwell MMIPS,a Multimode Integrated Propulsion System, fitted with a small Mach 2.7 SSBJ aircraft. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19810009482_1981009482.pdf
  5. uk 75

    Carter's Second Term and the US Navy

    After the rescue of most of the American hostages in 1980 Jimmy Carter went on to secure a second term against a divided Republican party. The United States Navy had been hoping that a Republican victory would secure its additional Nimitz class carriers. Carter moved quickly to scotch these...
  6. P

    British Chobham armour MICV

    From Sealordlawrence's post on MBT-80 I would add that at this point the British Army was also scheming 1,900 MICV's (which were originally meant to have Chobham armour and a 750hp engine with a total weight of 30 tons). MBT-80 was apparently cancelled in July 1980, it seems that prior to this...
  7. Grey Havoc

    AX-04: Last Torpedo Bomber development of the 20th Century?

    Could the IA-58 Pucará be classified as the last Torpedo Bomber, at least developmental wise, of the 20th Century? For those of you who are not familiar with it, AX-04 was a prototype of the IA 58 Pucará, modified during the Falklands War as part of a joint Air Force/Navy project hoping to...
  8. uk 75

    New Zealand Type 12 Otago Class conversion

    I seem to recall before they bought more Leanders the RNZN considered a serious conversion of their Type 12 Otago. I am sure I have seen a drawing but cannot remember where? It would make an interesting add on to my UK frigates stuff.
  9. Petrus

    Chinese WZ 141 ultra light AFV

    In a e-book 'TUO MAO: THE OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY' I have information on a very interesting Chinese AFV: And below you'll find two photos of both the versions of the WZ141, which I've just googled. Perhaps somebody knows more on the subject. Any further info would...
  10. Stargazer

    Flight Dynamics Laboratory BQM-106 "Teleplane"

    USAF's Flight Dynamics Laboratory FDL-33 electric RPV an experimental aircraft developed to study flight control concept The XBQM-106 (or XBQM-26) mini-RPV was a tail-stabilized, pusher-propellor aircraft that was designed and developed within the Flight Dynamics Laboratory (FDL) at Wright...
  11. hesham

    The Lear Fan 2100 early model

    Hi, hear is the Lear design,Fan 2100,in early model,it had many differents. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%203794.html
  12. flateric

    Looking for old AWST with articles on soviet military space program

    if anyone can help, would be very obliged Klass, Philip J., "Anti-Satellite Laser Use Suspected," Aviation Week & Space Technology, December 8, 1975, pp. 12-13. “DOD Continues Satellite Blinding Investigation,” Aviation Week & Space Technology (January 5, 1976) p. 18. "Soviets Push for Beam...
  13. Triton

    Litton/Ingalls DDM (Destroyer, Missiles) 1980

    Litton Industries (Ingalls Shipbuilding) produced a privately-funded design alternative for the DDX that it called DDM (Destroyer, Missiles) in 1980. Link to US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman...
  14. overscan (PaulMM)

    Vickers Versatile Aircraft Carrier and 1983 Light Fleet Carrier

    Displacing 13,200 tons, space for 16 aircraft. 15deg ski jump. For peacetime operations a helicopter operates from the rear deck, in wartime the rear deck would be built up with containers to lengthen the flight deck. Length 604 ft. Source: Flight International, 12 Jan 1980.
  15. C

    SP 70 / PzH 155-1

    I read long time ago in Armies & Weapons the prototype of the SP-70, a cancelled self propelled howitzer but nothing on the web. Do you have something about it ? ;D
  16. flateric

    Lockheed 1983 study based on highly mutato, JT-69 2D TVC engined YF-12

    <...A study was conducted to determinehhe impact of integrated flight, inlet, and engine control system architectures on system effectiveness (safety, mission reliability, maintainability, dispatchability, and availability) and life cycle cost (LCC). The aircraft is a modified Lockheed YF-12...
  17. K

    Rockwell NR-356 Sea Control Ship (SCS) V/STOL fighter (XFV-12A)

    The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which combined the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL fighter for the small Sea Control Ship which was under study at the time. On paper, it looked superior to the subsonic Hawker...
  18. flateric

    US Navy "V/STOL Type A" competition

    Found at NASA Glenn Research Center ImageNet site Title says VARIABLE STEAM CONTROL ENGINE - MCAIR MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT V/STOL VERTICAL SHORT TAKE OFF LANDING - RI V/STOL - BOEING V/STOL that questions whose stuff it is
  19. JAZZ

    Oto Melara1980's MBT concept

    Reported in Ground Defense International Dec-1980. Article showed drawings of two new projwcts that oro melara was working on. One was a new battle tank equiped with a 'vickers 105mm gun' and the engine positioned at the front, the second an ICV armoured with a 90mm gun, said to be a cpncept...
  20. JAZZ

    Swiss MBT 1980's

    Interesting front engined MBT proposal for the Swiss Army, the NKPz ended up to expensive and the auto loader was apparently problematic.
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