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  1. Mike Pryce

    Hawker Siddeley models from Manchester museum

    Two pics of wind tunnel models found at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry HS Kingston P.1201 for AST.403. Featured in BSP Fighters, with a butterfly tail. This is an alternative version - sorry, no dash number. Also what I think was one version of (there were a lot!) the Hawker...
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    • air and space hall hawker siddeley aviation ltd lower campfield market hall manchester air and space museum manchester science and industry museum north western museum of science and industry science museum group united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. Mike Pryce

    Harrier Carriers

    Over the years the STOVL ability of the Harrier has led to various proposals for ships for it to operate from. First was the VT Harrier Carrier concept of the mid-1970s. 8,000 tons, c. 400ft length at WL, 420 ft flight deck with ski-jump. Electric propulsion powered by 9x5000 hp gas turbine...
    • Mike Pryce
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    • bae british aerospace plc cold war fleet air arm great britain harrier carrier hawker siddeley aviation ltd helicopter carrier japan maritime self-defense force post-cold war royal navy sea harrier united states marine corps united states navy v/stol vosper thornycroft vsel vstol carriers vtol west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Mike Pryce

    BAe Nimrod AEW.3

    The preferred UK AEW for the RAF was always the Nimrod as it was big and in production. In 1966 studies looked at various radar options, but lack of money delayed it. All of the above comes from 'Airborne Early Warning, design, development and operations' by Mike Hirst, Osprey, 1983.
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1960s 1970s 1980s air defence airborne early warning british aerospace plc cold war gec-marconi gec-marconi electronics ltd great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd north atlantic treaty organisation raf fighter command raf strike command royal air force uk air defence region
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. hesham

    Beechcraft designations

    Beech aircraft: model-40 :experimental model-35 with two 180 hp Franklin engines mounted in nose driving one propeller. model-112 :1957 twin tuboprop businees aircraft project with two Lycoming T-53 engines. model-120 :1962 twin turboprop pressurized business...
    • hesham
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    • beech aircraft corporation beechcraft british aerospace plc cold war french fifth republic great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd interwar period matra north atlantic treaty organisation united states united states air force united states army united states army air corps united states army air forces united states navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  5. overscan (PaulMM)

    Hawker designation list

    Source: Donald Hannah, Flypast Reference Library - Hawker, Key Publishing 1982
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    • cold war h.g. hawker engineering hawker aircraft hawker aircraft limited hawker siddeley aviation ltd interwar period united kingdom world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  6. hesham

    Hawker Hunter Precursor and Follow-on Projects

    Good evening dears, do you hear about Supermarine 4040 tailsitter VTOL project ?. some Hunter projects: P.1090 : was to have had an afterburning de Havilland Gyron and increased sweep on all surfaces. P.1091 : it was combined an afterburning Sappher with a tailless delta. P.1093 ...
    • hesham
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    • air ministry cold war great britain hawker siddeley aircraft hawker siddeley aviation ltd royal air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    Studies before the Tornado: NKF, AFVG, UKVG

    AFVG It was a joint Anglo-French project, with British Aerospace leading, for a post TSR.2 strike aircraft. France were never particularly interested in this project; it did however serve as a useful way of getting hold of UK VG technology, which was based on years of research. Note that the...
  8. GTX

    Hawker HS.141 VTOL airliner, HS.140 VTOL business jet

    Hi folks, Here are a couple of civilian VTOL concepts from Hawker Siddley. First the nice little HS.140 business jet: Then the larger HS.141 commuter airliner: Don't have much information on them I'm afraid. Regards, Greg
    • GTX
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    • business jet civil aviation cold war great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd rolls-royce royal air force vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. overscan (PaulMM)

    Advanced Harrier Projects

    Thanks to Evan, heres a nice PDF of a British Aerospace Harrier II Plus brochure showing it in RN colours.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • british aerospace plc cold war fleet air arm great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force royal navy sea harrier united kingdom united states united states marine corps united states navy v/stol v/stol aircraft vstol vstol carriers vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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