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  1. hesham

    David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center Aircraft Designs

    Hi, here is some V/STOL and VATOL aircraft concepts, designed at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center. NSRDC-79/O74 P PREDICTION OF DRAG COEFFICIENTS OF A SUPERSONIC V/STOL CONFIGURATION WITH VARIOUS STORE ARRANGEMENTS* Tsze C. Tai , Thomas H. Boyd , and Richard E...
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    • anti-submarine warfare cold war david taylor research center fighters remotely piloted vehicle seaplane united states navy us navy v/stol v/stol aircraft vatol vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. Dynoman

    Aeromarine PG-1 Pursuit/Ground Attack Aircraft

    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...
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    • aeromarine plane and motor company air-to-ground fighters ground attack interwar period night fighter pursuit aircraft united states united states army air service
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  3. OM

    The Zero - Self-Sealing tanks?

    ...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...
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    • commonwealth of australia empire of japan fighter fighters imperial japanese navy ministry of the navy (japan) mitsubishi pacific ocean theater self-sealing fuel tanks world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. W

    Pemberton-Billing Designs & Projects

    Hello folks, Pardon me if this is old news, but there's an interesting article on Noel Pemberton-Billing’s 'slip-wing' composite nightfighter and bomber designs at: http://airminded.org/2007/04/18/a-sister-to-assist-er/ For an artist's impression of a P-B carrier-plus-parasite-bomber design...
    • Wingknut
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    • bombers civil aviation fighters flying boat great britain interwar period night fighter post-world war i strategic bomber world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  5. kampfflieger

    Airspeed AS.31

    Airspeed AS.31 aka Airspeed F.35/35. Does anybody know more about it?
    • kampfflieger
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    • air ministry airspeed limited airspeed ltd. fighter fighters great britain interwar period late 1930s raf fighter command royal air force
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  6. flateric

    Lockheed pre-ATF & ATF studies

    "Clearly, ATF was going to be superstealth and not a cousin of YF-12 or SR-71," explains Osborne. "I stopped the YF-12 derivative effort, and we started working on an F-117 derivative for ATF." The design submitted in the Lockheed proposal looked like a larger and elongated F-117 with some...
    • flateric
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced tactical fighter air defence air-to-ground battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighters lockheed nuclear battlefield stealth supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. richard

    Heinkel Postwar Fighters

    Who could post a picture of the 1957 Heinkel He 012 ( or 021 ? ) fighter project ? Thanks a lot for the help ! Richard
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    • cold war federal republic of germany fighters luftwaffe north atlantic treaty organisation occupied germany vtol west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. A

    Early Mirage III competitors (1953-1956)

    The Mirage III was the winner of a competition for a multirole, mach 2 fighter. Its only two competitors were the rocket-powered Trident II, and the Durandal which was quite similar to the Mirage, with a frontal air intake. The Trident was eliminated as too specialised, and the Durandal because...
    • Archibald
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    • armeé de l'air cold war fighters france french fifth republic french fourth republic nuclear battlefield supersonic
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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