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I was able to aquire this fantastic wind tunnel model / model of the CT41. It has a scale size of 1:10 (the original size was 9,79m / model size is 96cm) My question to all of you (as being much more experienced in this cases) is, if you think it is a real wind tunnel model or "just" a...

On August 18, 2024, the legendary figure of French cinema (Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon), known for a plethora of roles, notably those relating to the Second World War, such as the movie “Le Jour le plus long” and “Paris brule-t-il”, died at the age of 88.

I know we already discussed that in this topic, https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/mirages-i-iii-5-prototypes-projects.36283/ But I want to split this subject in another thread,the tenders of that contest are, - Nord N-1540,N.1541,N.2540,N.3540,N.3541 & N.5010 Harpon - SNCASE SE.5020 &...

Hi, in 1957/58,the French Army announced on a competition for two-seat observation and liaison aircraft, main tenders were not known in all,but we only can say, - Nord N.3400 - Fouga CM.230 - Latecoere Late.830 to Late.839 - Hurel HD.80 - Potez 83 ? - Breguet 1130 ? I suggest two...

While the size and importance of France's armed forces in 1914 and 1939 is well understood, their importance since 1945 does not seem to be appreciated. Until the creation of West Germany's Bundeswehr at the end of the 1950s it was France that bore the brunt of providing the largest West...

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...

I've read in a few places that there were a couple of proposals (one from the US and another by the French after the war's end) to turn the unfinished French battleship Jean Bart into an aircraft carrier (which were obviously refused). Tzoli seems to have made a mockup of how it might've looked...

From Icare 1969, here is ONERA VTOL Transport Aircraft Project of 1969

Hello! I'm currently searching the data about this little guy: This is BHT-38 (Bombe Hurel-Turck) radio-controlled glide bomb, designed for French military shortly before World War 2. It was supposed to have a weight about 160 kg. Some examples were tested in 1940, but Fall of the France...

I am utterly confused about the original French plans for the deployment of this missile, the wiki page for the Suffren class destroyers states that six ships were originally planned and that this became two batches of three (the second tentative?) then just two ships when the money for the...

Hi! MATRA R.130. MATRA R.130 uses a folding wing with a flap (wing span 12m) in the speed area from taking off and landing to Mach 0.65. Store a folding wing when speed is over Mach 0.65, and make a body revolve 90 °, and 2 of fixed wing which is at the top and the bottom of the fuselage (wing...

May 29, 1968 hit the News that Charles DeGaulle die in a Helicopter crash near Baden-Baden, Germany The unstable Political scene and struggle for his successor and let to a civil war. Between the right wing, conservative and Army against Left wing socialist, Communist, labor unions and students...

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French announcing the development of the Bréguet Br.765 Super Deux-Ponts which is an enlarged and pressurised derivative of the well-known Bréguet. Br.760/761S/763 Deux-Ponts/Provence series...... The Bréguet Br.765 Super Deux-Ponts was not built and...

Random thought.... Have there been any designs for jet VTOL tailsitters, on paper or actually built, with the engine reversed in the airframe and the efflux turned 180 degrees or so to exit from the nose? It's not hard to imagine such a design with a pair of Harrier-style rotating louvers for...

I came across this neat OSS briefing film referenced in the Wikipedia article on the M29 Weasel. The 10 minute video--worth the wait, I promise--includes some discussion of the various alternative approaches to travel across ice and snow that were evaluated as well as a lot of footage of the...

Hi, here is some Breguet projects; Br.24C1 was single seat fighter powered by Lorraine 450 hp engine intended for the 1923 C1 program. Br.25C2 was two seat fighter powered by Lorraine 480 hp engine intended for the 1925 C2 program. Br.29 was seaplane version of Br.27...

Hi all, you know Yvan Makhonine? This french inventor build the Mak.10 (1931) and the Mak.123 (1947) with variable wing geometry. Anybody knows other projects of this man? I need also a short history, but not in french... Servus Maveric

Hi, in Flightglobal,they said that the Nord N.2500 was research aircraft, I am confuse and I don't know this aircraft,any explaination please. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1949/1949%20-%200868.html

Hi, The Bertin HB-12 was a project of large version of HB-11 powered by three General Electric J85 engines.

- The 3-view of the Payen Pa.310 is shown on http://home.att.net/~dannysoar2/Payen2.htm, a site with other interesting Payen stuff, unfortunately only a small part of those projects, which could be shown ... :'(