From Norman Friedman's US Small Combatants, pages 319-323 (most of those pages are pictures of PBRs, a Coast Guard 82-footer and a 57-ft Minesweeper Boat)
Table 12-5. Schemes for Ocean Reconnaissance Ships, 31 March 1966
A
B
C
D
E
May 1967
LBP (ft)
317.5
311
311
315
—
374
LOA...
1960s
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
late 1960s
maritimereconnaissance
oceanographic research
research ship
sonar
strategic reconnaissance
tactical reconnaissance
u.s. navy
united states navy
1980s
1990s
cold war
electronic warfare
elint
late 1970s
maritimereconnaissance
national reconnaissance office
naval ocean surveillance system
office of naval research
post-cold war
satellite
sigint
signals intelligence
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states navy
white cloud
Ho,
for this competition,the main tenders were; SARO P.104,P,162,Blackburn B-78,Supermarine 524
and Shorts PD.2,has anyone a drawings to Blackburn and Shorts proposals ?.
1948
cold war
flying boat
great britain
late 1940s
maritime patrol aircraft
maritimereconnaissance
post-world war ii
raf coastal command
royal air force
saunders-roe
supermarine aviation ltd
allies
glenn l. martin company
great britain
heavy fighter
maritimereconnaissance
royal air force
royal australian air force
torpedo bomber
united states
world war ii
Not being much of a German aircraft specialist, I find myself stuck trying to identify this strange little pusher bird... It may well be a Focke-Wulf project, but that's my only clue.
I'm sure someone will be able to identify it soon and put me to shame! Thanks in advance for your help.
air observation post
aircraft carrier
army co-operation aircraft
erprobungsstelle see travemünde
interwar period
klemm-flugzeugwerke halle
kriegsmarine
kriegsmarine luftstreitkräfte
late 1930s
luftwaffe
maritimereconnaissance
nazi germany
pre-world war ii
reichsluftfahrtministerium
siebel flugzeugwerke halle k.g.
stol
tactical reconnaissance
third reich
wehrmacht
Found this in an old AIAA compilation of papers "Evolution of aircraft wing design". The particular paper was by Bob Liebeck (Father of the BWB), and the title was "Design of airfoils for high-lift" (AIAA 80-3034)
therein is briefly described a study called SCAT (Surveillance, Communications...
airborne early warning
cold war
communications relay
electronic warfare
elint
late 1970s
maritimereconnaissance
naval aviation
united states
united states navy
vtol
vtol long range sensor aircraft
Given that the B737 has been successfully developed into the P-8 Poseidon for the USN, have there been any studies at looking into the possibility of a MR version of the A320 family?
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