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  1. PabloSniper

    Northrop 3A

    Hello everyone! Despite being a prototype fighter, the Northrop 3A was not successful, and I didn't find much material about it. I think it would be interesting to have a topic about it. The Northrop 3A was powered by an air-cooled, supercharged, 1,535.387-cubic-inch displacement (25.160...
    • PabloSniper
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    • 1930s fighter fighters imperial japanese navy air service interwar period northrop pursuit aircraft united states united states army air corps united states navy vought vought aircraft
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  2. H

    Who is the designer of the Northrop F-5?

    Was it Edgar Schmued or Welko Gasich/Lee Begin that designed the F-5 or not?
    • hsinchong
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    • aircraft design cold war late 1950s military assistance program nbmr-1 north atlantic treaty organisation northrop southeast asia treaty organization united states united states air force
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. K

    Covert Wings: The OA-61F Counter Widow in Vietnam

    So as part of as a what-if scale model, I wrote up a backstory (if you want to see the whole build process check out whatifmodelers https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=53008.0). The interesting part was I wrote up a basic story and then used Google Gemini AI to re-write and basically...
  4. Y

    A-12/SR-71 astro-inertial navigation system

    The A-12 and the later SR-71 used the NAS-14v2 astro-inertial navigation system (ANS) from the 1960s, which was particularly interesting in the pre-GPS times. The set apparently looked like this...
    • yahya
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    • a-12 astro-inertial navigation system central intelligence agency cold war great britain jet age nas-14v2 northrop nortronics nortronics division (northrop) space age sr-71 strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Avionics and Military/Naval electronics
  5. J

    Northrop´s Stealth Aircraft-Prototypes and Projects 1940-1950-War Secrets-Volume Five

    Northrop’s Stealth Aircraft Prototypes and Projects 1940-1950 War Secrets-Volume Five CONTENTS Northrop N-1 Northrop N-1M Northrop proposal MX-140 N-9M trainers Northrop XB-35 Air Corps Specification XC-622 Northrop XP-56 (41-786) Northrop XP-56 (42-38353) Aero boost ducts...
  6. V

    Northrop N-204 reconnaissance plane project

    The Northrop N-204 was an advanced high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft project conceived in the fall of 1957, derived from Northrop's earlier N-165 spyplane design. It was powered by eight Westinghouse J54 turbojets arranged in two groups of four side-by-side engines between the outer wing...
  7. B

    "Improved F-5" and STOL F-5, from 1964

    I have come across an article from Air Force Magazine (link below) about the F-5 dated December 1964 that briefly talks about two variants of the F-5 apparently being offered at the time. First, an improved F-5A with slightly higher thrust ("J85-13/J5", 4300 lbf, 220 lbf higher than the...
  8. overscan (PaulMM)

    R G Smith - one of the greatest aviation artists of all time

    Mike Machat shows some of R G Smith's incredible artwork on his Youtube channel. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S4R4B3GxD4
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • aerospace american society of aviation artists aviation art cold war douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division douglas missile & space division late 20th century mcdonnell douglas northrop post-cold war united states navy
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  9. blackkite

    Northrop X-21 Laminar Flow Control

    Hi! https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/1963/0863control.pdf http://nhungdoicanh.blogspot.com/2010/07/northrop-x-21.html https://kerbalx.com/NorthAmericanAviation/Northrop-X-21
  10. overscan (PaulMM)

    Israeli visit to Northrop for YF-17 / F-18L

    From SDASM Flickr photostream - what is obviously a visit to Northrop from an Israeli delegation. Anyone know more?
  11. flateric

    US & German Harassment Drone / LOCUST / DAR Designs

    https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usaf-northrop-harassment-weapons-1817855401
    • flateric
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    • 1970s 1980s anti-radar boeing bundeswehr cold war dornier drone e-syatems germany mbb north atlantic treaty organisation northrop rpv teledyne brown engineering teledyne ryan united states united states air force vfw-fokker west germany
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. R

    Northrop BETA 3

    hello, I'm searching Northrop BETA 3 plans and pictures to scratch an 1/48 scale model...
  13. overscan (PaulMM)

    YF-17 ADEN vectored nozzle demonstrator with canards

    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.
  14. Mr London 24/7

    Northrop Advanced Projects (AP-) designations

    Maybe it's just me - but I was previously unaware of the designation AP-1?: (http://www.dau.mil/conferences/presentations/2004_PEO_SYSCOM/biographies/williams.html) (http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/stealth.html?device=ipad)
    • Mr London 24/7
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    • advanced systems division (northrop) cold war northrop northrop grumman post-cold war united states united states air force
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  15. Triton

    Northrop "Walking" Lunar Vehicle concept photo

    Northrop "Walking" Lunar Vehicle from 1965 concept photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Photo-1965-Moon-Lunar-Concept-Vehicle-By-Northrop-Space-Lab-Apollo-Moon-La-/160790921570?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item256fe2c162
    • Triton
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    • apollo program lunar moon nasa northrop space age space race united states
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. Stargazer

    ARPV Advanced RPV Program (1975 -1977)

    In 1975, the U.S. Air Force was trying to determine what the capabilities of the next generation of drones should be and how such a vehicle — designed specifically for the task — would accomplish these objectives. While the Air Force's then current inventory of remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs)...
  17. Steve Pace

    Northrop F-89 Scorpion series

    Here's a color shot of the XF-89 (46-678) with Fred C. Bretcher in the cockpit.
    • Steve Pace
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    • air defense command cold war interceptor northrop post-world war ii united states united states air force united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. OM

    Mercury Mark II sketches/Diagrams?

    ...On the Big Gemini threads, on the family tree for the Gemini program and its proposed offshoots, the "Lucy" of the tree is a drawing of what spawned into Gemini, the "Mercury Mark II". Anyone got any diagrams or sketches of what got this particular ball rolling? How much of a simple...
    • OM
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    • cold war convair convair astronautics convair-astronautics early 1960s late 1950s mcdonnell aircraft corporation nasa norair astro systems and research laboratories north american aviation northrop space age space race space station united states
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  19. hesham

    Northrop XST

    The Northrop XST; http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1992/1992%20-%200362.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 1970s air force systems command cold war defense advanced research projects agency experimental survivable testbed northrop united states air force
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. Maki

    NATF: planned Navy versions of the F-22 and F-23

    I was wondering if anybody knows anything more about the NATF & pre-NATF Tomcat replacement proposals.The only one i know about is the Lockheed swing-wing NATF proposal that is based on the F-22.I've read that they chose swing-wings because it was the easiest way to offer F-22 performance and to...
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