late 1970s

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3748/1 Top Secret DAMON: the classified reconnaissance payload planned for the fourth space shuttle mission by Dwayne A. Day Monday, July 1, 2019 The first military/intelligence payload ever scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle was a top-secret...

I was looking at the SDASM flickr pictures dump and found a Huey modified with retractable skids, ostensibly to afford a 360 degrees field of view to the large rectangular antenna mounted on the bottom of the cabin. I was not aware of such installation. It reminds me of the FOPEN radar...

Future Soviet tank project “Object 490 Poplar” was under development by Eugenie Morozov's team from the end of 70-th up to the end of 80-s. The main features of the “Object 490” were: - crew consisting of two people - commander-gunner and driver. Reduce the crew to two people and place them in...

I have seen reference to, although at present I am unable to recall where, that there were plans to build a Destroyer Refit complex at Portsmouth Dockyard along the lines of the Frigate Refit Complex at Devonport. I believe part of the plan was realised (alongside the large dry-docks in the main...

Rest on the link. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3160/1

Hi, a Teal Ruby sat construction portfolio is offered fr sale on the bay as item 111971984788 here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-TEAL-RUBY-P80-1-Satellite-Construction-PHOTOGRAPHS-ALBUM-McDonnell-Douglas-/111971984788 with the following description (extract): "Rare TEAL RUBY P80-1 Satellite...

The RAF wereallocated three Concordes from the so-called white tail fleet at Filton by the Callaghan Government in 1980. This surprise decision was nearly as much of a shock as the Labour Party's 1978 victory. One of the aircraft was re-painted in the distinctive colours of the Queen's Flight...

Hi, http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19790305/20/2

I like this bird nice colors. i think that this rare bird should have topic. Do sombadey know performernce charts or something beyond wikipedia . Did this stuff realy work i meam with F-4 nations.Two fighter one engine. Is this bird that bad.

Flight, December 1979: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%204616.html Sounds a little like the work that was performed to create '135Qs. Possibly linked to the proposed sale of F-12s to Iran? Alternatively, E-Systems did a lot of work on the RC- variants for the...

Originally designed by John Britten as long ago as 1977, construction of one prototype commenced but was abandoned at some stage in late 1982 or early 1983. The comment in Flight in 1980 about labour costs being projected as the major component of the planned £35,000 price explains the...

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19790018955.pdf 1979 Northrop / GE study for conversion of a YF-17 into a demonstrator for GE's ADEN vectoring and thrust reversing nozzle.

In the late 1970s, it was planned to modernize the Alany class CGs for service through the 1980s. The Albany class were full guided missile conversions of WWII era Baltimore and Oregon City class heavy cruisers. Eventually the funds allocated were diverted and the ships were decommissioned...

'Advanced Control Systems for Aircraft Powerplants' I wasn't sure whether to put this here or over in Propulsion, but here goes: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a084845.pdf

FlugRevue June 1978 issue I would like a scan of the TKF-90 article & picture on the front cover if possible for a little project.

In 1978/1979 Iran Ordered 1(?) , Boeing 747 for Shah of Iran for the transport and other purposes, before and as of now Iran uses 707,727 and 737, Falcon for the transportation of high rank diplomats, and president , etc !..

Artist's impression of NASA Meter Platform concept photograph found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-NASA-Artist-Concept-of-Meter-Platform-Press-Photo-39-/200805205802?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2ec0ec472a

Concept photograph of Grumman Advanced Space Construction Base circa 1978 found on eBay. URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-NASA-Artist-Concept-Advanced-Space-Construciton-Base-Press-Photo-59-/190713102269?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c6762ffbd

From Sealordlawrence's post on MBT-80 I would add that at this point the British Army was also scheming 1,900 MICV's (which were originally meant to have Chobham armour and a 750hp engine with a total weight of 30 tons). MBT-80 was apparently cancelled in July 1980, it seems that prior to this...

Known at various times as: Model 100 Sneaky Pete Cold Pigeon HAVE KEY (Under USAF Aeronautical Systems Division ownership) Approximately 1976-1984, evolved into the ATA/A-12. Sneaky Pete has been mentioned often in other threads, but has no thread of its own. I've recently run across an image...