Hi,
the Dornier sutdied in 1972 to develope an aircraft which was based
on or looks like the SAAB-37 Viggen,and also designed a very beautiful
lightweight V/STOL fighter,I never heard about them before.
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%202852.pdf
1970s
air-to-ground
anti-tank
bundeswehr
close air support
cold war
dornier flugzeugwerke
federalrepublicofgermany
ground attack
transonic
v/stol aircraft
vtol
west germany
armée de terre
chemical / biological weapons
cold war
federalrepublicofgermany
force hadès
france
french fifth republic
intermediate range ballistic missile
irbm
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
pre-strategic
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
west germany
western europe
The DORNIER P 346 was a 1960 tri-motors ,three fins ,fixed tricycle undercarriage, 10-12 passengers transport .
I never saw any picture of it .
Who could help ?
Thanks a lot
Richard
cold war
daimler-benz
dornier
dornier flugzeugwerke
dornier metallbau
federalrepublicofgermany
interwar period
nazi germany
pre-world war ii
weimar republic
west germany
world war ii
A few years ago I saw a poster(?) of the West German space shuttle (or lifting body proposal?) ERNO (= Entwicklungsring Nord) LB 21 Bumerang inside the Peenemünde museum. After this 'meeting' I never saw it again, neither in books nor in magazines.
Who can help with details (illustrations...
1970s
cold war
dornier
erno
federalrepublicofgermany
france
junkers flugzeug- und motorenwerke ag
mbb
mbb-erno
space age
space race
west germany
western europe
anti-air warfare
area air defence
bayern-chemie
bayern-chemie/protac
federalrepublicofgermany
late 2000s
mbda
surface-to-air missile
throttleable ducted rocket
united kingdom
war on terror
Hi,
The Daimler-Benz Aerospace designed a new project in
1997 for European combat aircraft,and its concept was
known as FTT (Flying Technology Platform).
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1997/1997%20-%201652.pdf
bundesmarine
bundeswehr
cold war
deutsches heer
federalrepublicofgermany
heinkel
heinkel flugzeugwerke
north atlantic treaty organisation
vereinigte flugtechnische werke
vtol
west germany
Hi,
Does anyone hear about HFB-209 twin turboprop transport aircraft which
developed from CASA C-209 and HFB-314 airliner which intended to compete
the Caravelle ?.
In a German forum (http://www.network54.com/Forum/240281/message/1090833080/) I have just found a very intersting drawing showing what is allegedly a tank designed in Germany by Daimler-Benz/Porsche in the mid-1950s for India.
Here is the drawing:
Has anybody here ever heard of such a...
seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's
Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30)
others were
DASA HKK/L2 missile...
air defence
anti-tank missile
battlefield air defence
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
federalrepublicofgermany
forward area air defense
french fifth republic
hypervelocity missiles
late 20th century
manpads
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
spaam
surface-to-air missile
war on terror
west germany
Can someone provide me with some facts on the Leo 1A6 program. I know that it entailed fitting a 120mm gun and somekind of armour upgrade but what else?
Sorry for the delay, I was busy with non-aviation things :( . Here are the P xxxx numbers of unbuilt Messerschmitt/MBB projects (mainly source is “Willy Messerschmitt – Pionier der Luftfahrt und des Leichtbaues” by Ebert, Kaiser and Peters/ISBN 3-7637-6103-9):
· P 1118 – four-seat touring...
This was a project of the (then) West German Army during the late '80s/early'90s. It was designed for anti-tank and anti-helicopter warfare roles and was based on the hull of the Leopard 1 chassis converted by removing the turret and fitting an elevating arm with weapons/sensors that could reach...
In the late 1980's I remember the West Germans talking about their plans for their next gen of MBT that was going to replace the Leopard 1.
It was called the Leopard 3.
Does anyone have anything in the way of how far this project got - i.e prototype?
is there any art work or drawings or...
bundeswehr
bundeswehr 2000
cold war
deutsches heer
federalrepublicofgermany
heavy tank
heeresstruktur 2000
kampfwagen 90
mbt
north atlantic treaty organisation
post cold war
tank
tank design
west germany
1960s
armoured engineer vehicle
armoured recovery vehicle
armoured vehicle-launched bridge
bundeswehr
cold war
combat engineer vehicle
deutsches heer
early 1970s
federalrepublicofgermany
mbt
north atlantic treaty organisation
spaag
tank design
united states
united states army
west germany
I forgot Colani designs. So here they are:
1. Cygnus - was projected gigantic passanger plane for soviet airlines Aeroflot from 80s. It was designed for extreme climatic and geographic conditions. It was powered by two bolt - like ducted fans.
2. This is hypersonic Mach 5 passanger plane from...
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