Dear Boys and Girls, here is a picture with a caption in French of what I believe to be the Sikorsky S-61N full-size mock-up brought to the 1959 Paris Salon; it shows an aerodynamic saucer-shaped fairing covering the main rotor hub. The accompanying article describes the Sikorsky S-61N as being...
I have the Lost British Projects 1/72 scale resin model of the Bristol 204 which includes two small underwing pods which are shown in the drawings to be found on this esteemed site - but what are they?
I have come across some information on the proposed VC.4 three-engined transatlantic airliner project of 1949.
Information on the VC.4 was used to demonstrate aerodynamic drag issues in a Royal Aeronautical Society lecture by E. J. Edwards on 24 November 1949 entitled A Review of Aerodynamic...
1935
1940s
air ministry
civil aviation
greatbritain
interwar period
k site
late 1930s
london underground
lullingstone airfield
post-world war ii
pre-world war ii
q site
royal air force
the southern railway
world war ii
Hi I don't know if anyone will be able to help me, but I live in hope. For Specification F.29/27, the Westland COW Gun Fighter and the Vickers Type 161 are well documented in both text and pictorial form. However the third entrant to the specification, the Bristol Type 112 seems to be bereft of...
In response to the demands of the Vietnam War RoE forcing 'dogfights' the US developed the AIM9E version of the Sidewinder and the AIM7E-2 version of the Sparrow, while the AIM9D had started production in 1965.
WI if the British and/or French found themselves in a similar situation as the US in...
Sad to hear Cdr N D 'Sharkey' Ward DSC, AFC has done one last transition.
https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/659317-cdr-n-d-sharkey-ward-dsc-afc-rip.html
Only met him once during a close session briefing in approx. 84. He owned the audience, we were just in awe, the energy in the room...
I found these two pictures at this link:https://vk.com/photo-166534011_457246378. According to the description, this is another STT project, and I think it is also one of Ed Francis' discoveries. However, I found no information about this elsewhere on the internet. I would have liked to wait and...
admiralty
admiralty a-class airship
airship
airships
early 1920s
greatbritain
late 1910s
post-world war i
r.38 class airship
royal airship works
royal corps of naval constructors
royal navy
short brothers plc
united states
united states navy
world war i
Tony Buttler has informed me that Chris Farara, former Hawker Aircraft employee, compiler of the Hawker Association newsletter, occasional writer, and diligent archivist of the Brooklands Hawker archive, has passed away.
I can only speak from my own experience - Chris was a really nice man, who...
I have a question to the experts. What is the device mounted above the gun sight of the F.6A #XF382 seen on the image below? Is this an additional gun sight camera or an AIM-9 launching device added during the 1976 overhaul by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton? What was the nomenclature of the...
Is it because the A-4Q has a shorter combat radius and the British aircraft carrier has not yet entered the strike range?
Or is it because there has been no wind on the sea since the afternoon of May 1st?
Or is it because the time is in the afternoon and close to evening, so it is difficult to...
Thanks to my wallet - from a binder scans that I have tried to clean up and condense the image to get more detail into the 1200 pixel limit.
Section 1 Subsonic VTOL aircraft with single B.S. Pegasus engine
Fig 1.1 Original P.1127 layout.
The straight through hot end is a feature which is...
air-sea rescue
cold war
cold war ii
electronic warfare
elint
greatbritain
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
post-world war ii
raf air support command
raf bomber command
raf germany
raf search and rescue force
raf strike command
raf transport command
royal air force
royal air force marine branch
sigint
strategic reconnaissance
world war ii
As we have had some interesting 50s and 60s what-ifs I thought it would be fun to go for a big one.
Put yourself in the chair of Sandys, McNamara or any other key Defence Minister of your choice.
Now put together a better balance of options than they did.
In a perfect world for the British armed forces how would you modernise HMS Vanguard and the King George V class to serve in the 1980s?
(Before anyone asks Yes CVA-01 through 04 are built in this timeline, so no yapping about building carriers instead, this is a perfect world for the RN, so the...
There have been several discussions about the British aircraft of the 60s since I started here a few weeks ago, apparently it's a never ending topic. They appear to start out technically and end financially and politically in a viscous circle of failure. In the process some interesting and...
A detailed description of the Torpedo Protection System for this ship is held by the University of Tokyo and has been digitised. I have downloaded, and uploaded here, the description and the diagram of this system. It goes without saying that the presence of this document in Japan is a very...
Good evening people!
Once again, I am flummoxed as to how secret our projects can or can't be !?!
I have just became the proud owner of Aerocraft Models (I must add for the sake of conformity, that other Model Brands are available), Fairey Tactical Strike Aircraft GOR.339 Project 75.
Now...
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