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  1. Deltafan

    What should Curtiss-Wright Aviation have done to survive?

    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...
    • Deltafan
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    • cold war curtiss-wright airplane division curtiss-wright corporation experimental fighters heavy fighter interceptors night fighter post-world war ii pursuit aircraft research united states united states air force united states army air corps united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. blackkite

    Bf 110 Contenders

    Hi! Competitor Focke-Wulf FW.57. http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/fw57.html
    • blackkite
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    • 1930s aerowerke gustav otto arado flugzeugwerke bayerische flugzeugwerke focke-wulf flugzeugbau ag heavy fighter henschel und sohn kampfzerstörer luftwaffe nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium third reich zerstörer
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  3. A_Kid1234

    Soviet fighters of ww2

    I would like to know more about Soviet heavy fighters and night fighters.
    • A_Kid1234
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    • heavy fighter night fighter soviet air forces ww2
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    • Forum: The Bar
  4. E

    Why no three engined heavy fighters in WW2?

    Maybe it is a trivial question, but hear me out. Before WW2, multiple countries designed/built fast, 2-engine heavy fighters (like the Italian IMAM Ro.57). Italy, as many smaller nations, struggled because after the war broke out, they couldn't mass-produce new, high-performance aircraft...
  5. C

    Caproni CDR-10

    In volume 8 of “Gente dell’Aria” by Giorgio Evangelisti published in 2012, there is a description of an italian trimotor called Caproni CDR-10, equipped with three Isotta Fraschini “Delta” RC.41. CDR stands for Caproni-De Bernardi-Rossi. The latter was the engineer Lelio Rossi, former Technical...
    • carlo961
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    • early 1940s fighter bomber heavy fighter kingdom of italy regia aeronautica società italiana caproni world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  6. C

    Curtiss-Wright XP-71 (Model CW-26)

    Hi Everyone! Does anyone know where any good three-view line drawings of the Curtiss XP-71 can be found? Thanx!!! Chuck
    • ChuckAnderson
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    • bomber escort curtiss-wright airplane division curtiss-wright corporation early 1940s escort fighter heavy fighter pursuit aircraft united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  7. P

    Lockheed P-38 Lightning Competitors

    Lockheed P-38 Lightning Competitors In 1936 the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) put out a tender for a ‘Twin-engine, High Altitude Interceptor’ that was designated as ‘X-608’ The winner of this competition would be the Lockheed Model 22 / P-38 Lightning. But does anyone know of the proposals to...
    • Pioneer
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    • boeing consolidated aircraft corporation curtiss-wright airplane division curtiss-wright corporation douglas aircraft company heavy fighter hughes aircraft company interceptors interwar period late 1930s lockheed lockheed aircraft corporation pre-world war ii united states army air corps vultee aircraft corporation
    • Replies: 52
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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