fighters

Hi everybody, I often read that Curtiss-Wright Aviation did not do enough research work during the Second World War to be able to survive its aeronautical branch and face the new markets after the Second World War. It is considered that its production and improvement work on the P-40 (we can...

Hello everyone! Despite being a prototype fighter, the Northrop 3A was not successful, and I didn't find much material about it. I think it would be interesting to have a topic about it. The Northrop 3A was powered by an air-cooled, supercharged, 1,535.387-cubic-inch displacement (25.160...

Due to the jet age, various super props never go to production despite their high performance. Among those, it can be said that XP-72 and Spiteful F.16 were the most high capable design. So let say if these prototype got to production stage, which would be the ultimate piston fighter? XP-72...

I am deeply appreciated of the beautiful appearance of domestic twin tailed Mitsubishi FS-X fighter jet (which in turn being replaced by the American design single engine F-16 variant which is now known as F-2 Viper Zero), so I am curious how many other unbuilt cold war era Japanese military...

Irish Commission on the Defence Forces has come up with three proposals to bolster the armed forces, the most ambitious of which includes the purchase of 12 to 24 jet fighters. The cost of such an effort is almost quadruple of the current budget (including other capabilities as well). This would...

Recently I replayed WWII Aces on Wii and found an aircraft named "Bisnovat 5". However, Google shows that the Bisnovat 5 was a later supersonic research craft. So I tried looking for more images of it, but was only able to find these images from another game (sorry for the bad quality): Has 2...

Similar to the post-BoB RAF: what might've Luftwafe/RLM do after Autumn of 1940 in order to improve their standing, both in short-term (next 12 months) and long-term (a few next years). I've also included 'Axis' term here - mostly European Axis countries' air forces/services - since they can be...

Here is the "first" video, it is the cont. of the series about the Soviet SAM systems. Move video will come about this and many other topics soon.

https://www.govconwire.com/2021/06/state-department-oks-2-4b-f-16-sale-to-philippines/

Hi, I found this strange drawing to F 102,may be,they meant Convair F-102, but please look to its air intakes !,I think this a French imagine to F-102 before it appeared...

A bit more conventional was the system of engines in tandem designed during the German occupation by the engineer Michel Vernisse. It was to power the Arsenal VB.10 fighter by using two Hispano-Suiza H.S. 12Z engines. One of them was installed in the nose of the airplane and the other in the...

Hello, everyone. Several years ago on this forum the 3D model of the fighter be Alekseev with M-250 engine was published https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/under-the-red-star.17243/post-279337 However, does anyone have any information about other projects with this engine? The only thing...

Hi everyone, Of Soviet/Russian fighters of the 4th generation (that's the fourth, not the fifth and NOT a 4++ and 4+, I ask not to consider aircraft such as the MFIs, the MiG 35, PAK FA, etc) I know only MiG-29, yak 141/45/47/43 and su-27 (and all its modifications su-30 and su27KUB), but I'm...

Hi! Who can suggest the names/drawings of aircraft whose fuselage shape is similar to the MiG-15/17, Yak-30D/19/25(the first one), FMA I.Ae. 33 Pulqui II (cigar-shaped)? (sorry for google translation))

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/government-considering-purchase-of-military-jet-aircraft-1.4289801 Interesting. This Bear is small because it's 1/144. Those Bears are very high up.

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Apart from trainers, Ireland did not operate any fighters to defend its neutral airspace during the Cold War and still does not. New Zealand has also given up its old A4 Skyhawks and had no air defence patrol aircraft. Within NATO, Luxembourg and the Baltic States rely on other members to defend...

A couple new books are on pre-order at Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.com/Fighters-1945-Secret-Projects-Luftwaffe/dp/1911658085/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1563554467&refinements=p_27%3ADan+Sharp&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Dan+Sharp...

Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., and principal of Aeromarine Airways, developed training aircraft for the US Navy during WWI. After the war they attempted to capitalize on a number of Curtiss HS-2L and F-5L surplus seaplanes by converting them into civilian 'aerial yachts' for their airline...

...According to comments from someone on another forum, the Jap Zero's main weakness was that its fuel tanks were not "self-sealing", and that once hit they leaked profusely. Was this actually the case, and can anyone provide info on just exactly how the self-sealing tanks on Allied planes...