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  1. Dronescapes

    Experimental Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Some rare, unclassified footage

    Experimental Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Some rare, unclassified footage
  2. Z

    Bristol T.188 works properly....?

    What happens if the Bristol T.188 research aircraft doesn't underperform? What happens if it flies upto Mach 2.8 and reaches the thermal limit of the windscreen? We now know that it's underperformance is related to lack of interest and investment in the Gyron Junior engines after the...
    • zen
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    • 1960s air ministry alternate history avro 730 bristol aero engines bristol aeroplane company bristol aircraft cold war de havilland engine company early 1960s experimental great britain late 1950s ministry of supply royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  3. Z

    AWA.166 instead of Bristol 188

    Despite being favoured over Bristol's design, AWA was not able to spare the staff to realise the ER.134T research aircraft requirement, and so Bristol was awarded the contract. As we know Bristol's 188 took a long time and was hampered by the Gyron Junior engines. But what if AWA had staff...
    • zen
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    • 1960s air ministry alternate history armstrong whitworth aircraft avro 730 bristol aeroplane company cold war experimental great britain late 1950s ministry of supply royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. SorenThePilot

    Socata TBH.20 Colibri

    Hi! Is there any more info on this aircraft? It’s a gust-suppression aircraft built from a Socata Trinidad. It was designed by Hirsch, which is why the name is TB(H), not TB. I can only find two photos and very little info on it.
  5. J

    Avro 707

    Pics and drawings Post-1
    • Justo Miranda
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    • 1950s 1960s a.v. roe and company / avro aeronautical research council (australia) british commonwealth british empire cold war commonwealth of australia experimental great britain late 1940s raf flying training command royal air force royal aircraft establishment united kingdom
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. hesham

    UK ER.110D VG Projects

    Hi, in ER.110D Spec. for variable wing-sweep research aircraft,the contenders were Armstrong Whitworth AW.59,Blackburn B-90,Boulton Paul P.121,Bristol-183 and Saunders P.149. The Balckburn B-90 was single seat VG aircraft project powered by one Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet and it had...
    • hesham
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    • air ministry british empire cold war early 1950s experimental great britain ministry of supply royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic united kingdom variable geometry
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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