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  1. Apophenia

    Hawker P.1035 Hawk

    Hawker P.1035 Hawk with F.2/43 Fury undercarriage. Source grade 1. While searching for P.1035 images I came across the beginnings of a model by Paul Bradley (attached). Until seeing it, I hadn't considered the possibility that the P.1035 retained the tail-wheel undercarriage (a la Attacker)...
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    • air ministry fleet air arm hawker aircraft hawker siddeley aircraft ministry of supply royal air force royal navy united kingdom world war ii
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  2. overscan (PaulMM)

    BAC TSR2

    Flight's 9 April 1964 was a TSR.2 special issue, with lots of adverts and one of the first in depth articles. Front page http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%200984.pdf Article http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%201014.pdf through to...
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    • british aircraft corporation cold war great britain ministry of supply north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command royal air force royal australian air force strategic reconnaissance t.s.r.2 tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance tsr-2 tsr.2 tsr2 united kingdom western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. hesham

    UK ER.134T Projects

    Hi, I spoke before about ER.134T contenders; in ER.134T for Mach 2 research aircraft,the contenders were AW.166, Boulton Paul P.128,Bristol-188,English-Electric P.6 ,Hawker P.1096 and P.1097,Saro P.163 and Vickers-Supermarine-553...
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    • air ministry avro 730 cold war great britain late 1950s ministry of supply operational requirement er.134t royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. hesham

    UK ER.110D VG Projects

    Hi, in ER.110D Spec. for variable wing-sweep research aircraft,the contenders were Armstrong Whitworth AW.59,Blackburn B-90,Boulton Paul P.121,Bristol-183 and Saunders P.149. The Balckburn B-90 was single seat VG aircraft project powered by one Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet and it had...
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    • air ministry british empire cold war early 1950s experimental great britain ministry of supply royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic united kingdom variable geometry
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. overscan (PaulMM)

    Avro 730 and other OR.330 Reconnaissance/Bomber designs

    From "Were the Wrights Right?" by B R A Burns in Air International December 1983 The Avro design is the late 730 design, the other two designs were labelled as Handley Page and Vickers, but transposed (the Handley Page design is known from Secret Projects: Jet Bombers). The third design...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • air ministry avro 730 bomber bombers great britain late 1950s ministry of supply nuclear battlefield raf bomber command royal air force strategic reconnaissance supersonic united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. hesham

    Cierva W 11 Air Horse

    My dear Jemiba, the Cierva W-11T was enlarge version of W-11 with two 1620 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 502 engines,and W-12 project was to be fitted with Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops .
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    • cierva autogiro company cold war cunliffe-owen aircraft ltd great britain ministry of supply royal aircraft establishment saunders-roe specification 10/48 specification e.19/46
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. C

    M148T - Early Buccaneer and it's rivals

    Hi Everyone! Presented here is a three-view line drawing (I have little else information) on the Hawker P.1108, one of the aircraft that competed with the ultimate winner of the contract, Blackburn. The only information given besides the three-view, is the following: "Two-seat Naval Strike...
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    • 1950s blackburn cold war fleet air am fleet air arm m.148 ministry of supply naval staff requirement na.39 royal navy specification m.148t united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. Hood

    Violet Friend ABM System

    I found out some information about Britain's embroynic ABM system designed in the 1950s. The Ministry of Supply in 1954 placed study contracts with English Electric and Marconi to develop a ballistic missile defence. In February 1955 this led to Air Staff Target AST 1135. The entire programme...
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    • air defence air ministry ballistic missile defense cold war ministry of supply royal air force strategic defence united kingdom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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