interwar period

Enrico Cernuschi and Vincent O'Hara's article on Italian aircraft carrier design ("Search for a Flattop: The Italian Navy and the Aircraft Carrier 1907-2007") in Warship 2007 has a passing mention of two mid-1930s proposals for carrier-based aircraft: the Caproni Ca.165 biplane fighter and a...

Hi, here is some old flying barrel airplanes. http://allenfrostlibrary.blogspot.com.eg/2011/04/flying-barrel.html

On wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_military_aircraft_designation_systems we have Nakajima Ki-13 ( attacker airplane) , Mitsubishi Ki-14 (recon. coop.) , Kawasaki Ki-22 , Tachikawa Ki-29 , Mitsubishi Ki-42 ( Heavy Bomber ) , Nakajima Ki-37 ( fighter) , Mitsubishi...

Hi, here is a strange gyroplane Project,designed by Alfredo Varni. http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ala%20d'Italia/L'ALA%20D'ITALIA%201930%2005.pdf http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ala%20d'Italia/L'ALA%20D'ITALIA%201930%2006.pdf

The history about it i can see it : http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel/4504/Focke-Wulf-Fw-200-Condor.htm?page=2 Anyone have more about it ?

Hi, here is a Blackburn unknown Triplane Fighter Project of 1917,featured with a propeller mounted at the mid-fuselage,and powered by one 110 hp engine,what was this ?. http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Aeronautica/L'Aeronautica%201930%2002.pdf

Hi! Breda Ba.27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Ba.27 "The Ba.27 was a low-wing braced monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. As originally designed, the Ba.27 had a fuselage of steel tube construction, skinned with light corrugated alloy metal, and wooden wings and tailplane...

We have topics on several of the aircraft in this list, and attempts at identifying missing numbers in places, but no complete list in one single topic, so I thought this could be a good idea. Since it's the "Designations" section here, I'm only giving the basic info for identification purposes...

Hi, the Swedish company Svenska Aero Aktiebolaget was formed in 1921 to build some Heinkel aircraft and its own designs,in 1931 liquidated and taken over by the Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna,AB,and in 1939 the company merged with Svensak Aeroplan AB to create SAAB. Heinkel HE 1...

Hi people I'm searching for data/drawings of never build Japanese carriers such as the G19 project Hopefully some one can help me on this subject

Hi, as my dear Apophenia corrected my mistake about SW.20,I prefer to open a new topic for it,because it had many unknown aircraft; the Södertelge Verkstäder aircraft list; SW.10 was a licence built Farman HF.22 recce airplane SW.11 was a licence built Farman HF.23 recce airplane SW.12...

Hi, the Flygkompaniets Verkstäder at Malmen was formed in 1917/18,and as my dear Apophenia spoke about some of its airplanes http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,26120.msg266733.html#msg266733 All I know about it; Dronten was a two-seat recce and light bomber biplane S.18...

Hi, Austrian Igo Etrich (1879-1967) was experimented in aeronautics from 1899. After working with engineer Franz Wels he made a tailless glider with backswept wings in 1907. 1909 Etrich "Nurflügel" (Only Wings) tractor monoplane 1909 Etrich Taube (Dove) tractor monoplane 1909 Etrich-Wels...

Hi, the designer Feliksa Brodowskiego (Brodowski) made a two-seat biplane fighter Project in 1925,the design was modeled on Breguet XIV aircraft,and called Jupiter, powered by one 400 hp Jupiter engine. http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/1432/126/Brodowski-Jupiter

Hi! Aichi Experimental AM-10 two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane. In 1933,Aichi designed single wing experimental AM-10 two-seat reconnaissance seaplane apart from the experimental 8-shi reconnaissance seaplane. This airplane possessed the cantilevering system taper wing by which the feature of...

William E. Metzger, along with Henry G. McCarroll formed the Cadillac Aircraft Corporation in Northville, MI, in February 1929. The first design was the 1929 Duoplane, christened the Voyager (seen below). The second aircraft of 1930 was the MAC-1. The production facility was the former Stinson...

Hi, a very weird airplane designed by Alexander Chessin and Serge Trey. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/inventors-patent-odd-designs-for-safer-planes/1/#mmGal

I've found very little information on the internet regarding the following and while I have some guesstimates and ideas as to what the systems do, I am not certain and I figure you guys would probably be able to provide a more conclusive answer. The Automatic Gyro-Leveling Device (AGLD) /...

List compiled from the excellent book The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945 BOREAS Class - page 131 1950s diesel-electric SSK. Smaller complement to PORPOISE Class. 1200 tons 'high quiet speed' 4 x TT in bow, 2 x TT in stern Baseline version with twin screws, then single...

A 1917 aeronautical startup by Grover Loening, the Loening Aeronatical Engineering company eventually merged with the Keystone Aircraft company and became Loening Aeronautical Division of Keystone Aircraft in 1928. In 1931 Keystone became part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The "Flying...