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Little Johnny Jet cartoon (1953)
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Franco-german super Caravelle
So I was reading " concorde and the Americans" and one of the things that caught my eye was that neither Britain or France were each others first choice. Britain originally wanted to work with America inorder to build the first supersonic jet, but the Americans were set on there mach 2.7 speed...- Cjc
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- alternate history cold war federal republic of germany france french fifth republic jet age société des avions marcel dassault sud aviation supersonic west germany western europe
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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What if Germany went through with VTOL aircraft?
Germany was experimenting with various VTOL aircraft during the cold war in the end they didn't go for any of them. in this alternate scenario.. what if Germany did order some into production? 1. Which design would be the most likely to lead to operation? they had the VAK 191, DO 31 (this...- helmutkohl
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- alternate history bundesmarine cold war federal republic of germany jet age kommando der marineflieger luftwaffe marineflieger north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield v/stol aircraft vstol vtol west germany
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
Boeing KC-135 model with winglets found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASA-USAF-AIR-FORCE-KC-135-WINGLETS-MODEL-KC135-/251161721311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7a67b9df Seller's description:- Triton
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- air education and training command air force reserve command air mobility command air national guard armeé de l'air boeing cold war cold war ii france jet age nasa post-cold war republic of singapore republic of singapore air force strategic air command turkey united states air force united states air forces in europe
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Alternatives to the NAA X-15
The AP-76 was one of the neatest-looking of the X-15 contenders... and also the poorest performer of the bunch. Looks ain't everything. BLATANT COMMERCIALISM WARNING.... Along with the AP-76, I just added a slew of new items. The AP-76 report is a prime example of how a design *should* be...- Orionblamblam
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- 1950s bell aircraft corporation cold war douglas aircraft company hypersonic jet age nasa national advisory committee for aeronautics north american aviation office of naval research republic aviation corporation space age united states united states air force united states navy wright air development center
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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Early British gas turbine development
Got this form Groggy on the TGP site http://www.tgplanes.com/Public/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1268 “The L.R.1 bomber project was first submitted to the Ministry of Aircraft Production late in 1944” and “In May, 1945 a project was prepared for a transatlantic civil transport powered by four...- PMN1
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- aerospace industry cold war gas turbine great britain interwar period jet age jet engine pre-world war ii united kingdom world war ii
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- Forum: Propulsion
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BAC/Sud Aviation Concorde - Development, Variants, Projects
According to Key Publishing (I just hate this forum, so don't ask me why I browse there!) there had been studies for an improved concorde. - No reheat - another stage compressor on the engines - 25% more range - leading edge slats - more fuel Of course, this went to nothing because of the...- Archibald
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- aérospatiale british aerospace plc british aircraft corporation cold war france french fifth republic great britain jet age sud aviation supersonic transport aircraft committee
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects