naval aviation

  1. PretzelDarter

    Tiny Tim Rocket Zero-Length Launch Rack

    Hello, Described in both Naval Fighters #75: Grumman F7F Tigercat and F7F Tigercat in Action is a zero-length launch rack for launching the 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket without need for a drop beforehand, developed at NOTS China Lake and intended for the F7F. Evidently it seems it's only for the...
  2. D

    Advanced Tactical Support Aircraft (ATSA) US Navy

    Late 80s (88-90) US Navy Program to replace the E-3C, S-3B and EA-6B carrier-based AEW, ASW and EW aircraft. I believe it evolved into the E-X program to replace the E-2, this is why i’m attaching the image of the Boeing E-X proposal, which is seen here in ASW markings. (VS-24 scouts was an S-3...
  3. Tzoli

    CVAN-67 the Nuclear Kennedy

    It is known that originally the 4th member of the Kitty Hawk class carriers the USS John F. Kennedy were to be nuclear powered variant of that class and would had been the 2nd nuclear carrier in the USN and in the world using a new Westinghouse A3W reactor design though there were plans to build...
  4. Graham1973

    United States Navy - Aircraft Carrier (Protected) - 1923

    This is the largest of three designs for a purpose built aircraft carrier US naval architects came up with after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty. As with all early carrier designs there is a heavy surface armament, in this case the main battery is similar to that used on US heavy...
  5. A

    Eureka ! a naval Northrop N-156

    We discussed at nauseum alternatives to the F-8 Crusader from 1956, 1968, 1975. One we missed was this very one. I had forgotten one of the early N-156 was to be a naval fighter. The USN wanted it for the smallest carriers of WWII vintage that had not been downrated to secondary or tertiary...
  6. Triton

    North American A3J Vigilante

    Aircraft Familiarization A3J Vigilante (1962) United States Navy training film shows operating procedures of the North American A3J Vigilante on ground and in flight. http://youtu.be/cwYdz-U75fk
  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    REQUIREMENT: US Navy VFA - V/STOL Fighters for Sea Control Ships

    General topic on VFA Requirement: VFA - V/STOL Fighters for Sea Control Ships (XFV-12 rivals) [link] Winning Design: Rockwell NR-356 / XFV-12A. [link] Other designs proposed for VFA: Convair (General Dynamics) Model 200. [link] Grumman G-607. [link] Vought (LTV) V-517 and V-520. [link]...
  8. M

    A-3 Skywarrior Loadout

    Checking the information of the A-3 naval bomber I discover with the A-3 has the option of under wind station, some of the stations has used in the ERA-3B and the NRA-3B, but this stations was standard of the A-3 original bomber version of was added in a after version? What is the theoretical...
  9. C

    Bell "Seakat" Sea Control Ship (SCS) sensor carrier proposal

    To reply no. 55 by Aerofranz, I misidentified the illustration's top sensor carrier as the Bell SeaPig. It's actually the SeaKat, still from Bell Aerospace. I apologize for the error. Attached are a couple views of a SeaKat factory model. I would be grateful for any info about this little-known...
  10. R

    question on He-115/He-119

    Are there any land version of He-115 since I found land and sea version of He-119 to both
  11. J

    Boeing XF8B-1

    From -Air enthusiast Nº55 -Le Fanatique de l'Aviation -Airplane Five View Album B.C.F.Klein publications -Warplanes of the Second World War-Volume Four -Naval Fighters-Sixty.Five Post-1
  12. D

    San Diego Aircraft Engineering (Sandaire) Projects - Stinger / CAS SETOLS

    Hello, I am looking for info on the San Diego Aircraft Engineering ( Sandaire ) "Stinger". This was the lightest V/STOL design that was proposed for the VFA for the Sea Control Ships in the early 1970's.
  13. U

    SAAB Navalized Gripen

    I just saw this and may be making a model (and adding CFTs) of it ...
  14. Triton

    UK replenishment ship/helicopter carrier studies circa 1980

    About 1980, there was a considerable number of design studies into ships that combined the role of replenishment and helicopter carrier in different proportions to create a "cheap" carrier. The simplest variants had a box hanger forward and a big deck with three landing spots aft. This...
  15. TinWing

    Predeccessor to HMS Ocean OR alternative to Argus? LPH or Aviation Support Ship?

    http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/rgc/ASSRNEE-87.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/rgc/ASSRNEE-87.jpg To translate a comment from the original poster, ENRR, these drawings were "from the UK alternative to Argus." Indeed, they do seem to depict a ship based on a commercial Ro-Ro...
  16. Triton

    Through-deck cruiser: the new capital ship

    "Through-deck cruiser: the new capital ship", Michael A Cairl, US Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1978 Yet another late 1970's proposal to replace expensive US Navy supercarriers and their escorts with presumably cheaper ship types. This time it's a hybrid warship called a "through-deck...
  17. D

    Vought (LTV) V-517 and V-520 Sea Control Ship (SCS) fighters

    Hi, Looking for information on the LTV V-517 V/STOL fighter proposed for the Sea Control Ship.
  18. Triton

    Commander Ghiradella's Air-Capable Spruance

    Commander Ghiradella's Air-Capable Spruance was a proposal for a modified flight deck Spruance-class destroyer that appeared in the article "Maintaining a Western Carrier Capability" in the journal US Naval Institute Proceedings, July 1978. Some references incorrectly identify this design as the...
  19. AeroFranz

    Navy 1970s SCAT VTOL study

    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...
  20. Triton

    Through Deck Cruiser - The New Capital Ship

    US Naval Institute Proceedings "Through Deck Cruiser - The New Capital Ship" by Michael A. Cairl (December 1978): http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/barquitos/P-Files/NewCapitalShip1978-1.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/barquitos/P-Files/NewCapitalShip1978-2.jpg...
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