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  1. 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
  2. overscan (PaulMM)

    Convair F-106 Projects

    F-106 "Fighter Bomber" One proposal based on two seat F-106B with 3 x KA-8 cameras and ECM pods. F-106A "Economy Fighter Bomber" New search and bombing radar and nuclear capability. IFR socket in front of windshield. MTOW limited to 40,000lb to remain compatible with existing landing gear...
  3. A

    Early Mirage III competitors (1953-1956)

    The Mirage III was the winner of a competition for a multirole, mach 2 fighter. Its only two competitors were the rocket-powered Trident II, and the Durandal which was quite similar to the Mirage, with a frontal air intake. The Trident was eliminated as too specialised, and the Durandal because...
    • Archibald
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    • armeé de l'air cold war fighters france french fifth republic french fourth republic nuclear battlefield supersonic
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. Sentinel Chicken

    Avro CF-105 Arrow and its variants

    In AJ Jackson's book Avro Aircraft since 1908 reference is made to a predecessor design to the CF-105 Arrow that would have used two stacked turbojet engines (like the EE Lightning), a swept delta wing and conventional tailplane. This is the first I've heard of such a proposal and am wondering...
    • Sentinel Chicken
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    • air defence arrow avro avro canada cf-105 interceptor malton north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield rl201 rl202 rl203 rl204 rl205 rl206 royal canadian air force strategic reconnaissance
    • Replies: 260
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. P

    EE Canberra, Evolution, Variants and Projects

    I was thinking the other day, 'did the British ever think of, or look at a carrier-based variant of the English Electric Canberra light bomber'? Does anyone know an answer to this? Regards Pioneer
    • Pioneer
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    • cold war english electric company limited great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. sferrin

    U.S. Navy Typhon Warships

    Having been home ported at Port Hueneme, California since 30 November 1948, Norton Sound stood out to sea in June of 1962 bound for Norfolk, Virginia and ultimately to Baltimore, Maryland. She arrived at Norfolk, Virginia and was decommissioned on 10 August 1962, and was later towed to Baltimore...
    • sferrin
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    • anti-air warfare area air defence atomic ships cold war cruiser destroyer dlgn missile frigate naval reactor nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels sam surface-to-air missile tactical nuke typhon united states united states navy
    • Replies: 87
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. P

    ‘North American General Purpose Attack Weapon’ - NAGPAW to Vigilante

    Hello gents I am looking to find some information on possibly one of the most advanced and powerful strike aircraft designed for its time, and yet possibly one of the least known and un-utilised designs in military aviation history – The design I am speaking of is the North American A3J (A-5)...
    • Pioneer
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    • buaer bureau of aeronautics cold war nasa north american aviation nuclear battlefield strategic reconnaissance united states navy
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. Skybolt

    Martin Model 316: XB-68 Tactical Bomber

    As you all know, in the unbuilt projects research business, squeezing stone sometimes gives intriguing info... Looking last night to the Martin projects list at the end of Narkiewicz/Thompson (publisher) book, I suddenly realized that the XB-68 bomber bore the 302A project number, BUT the...
  9. P

    Strategic Weapons Launcher (SWL)

    ‘Strategic Weapons Launcher’ “SWL” 1n the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the US became very concerned about the growing accuracy of the Soviets new and future ICBM’s and SLBM’s. This accuracy would threaten the Strategic Air Commands (SACs) fixed ICBM silo fields in a ‘first strike’. The USAF...
    • Pioneer
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    • aerojet general air force systems command albm cold war early 1970s icbm late 1960s lockheed military airlift command minuteman i/b nuclear battlefield space and missile systems organization (usaf) strat-x strategic air command thiokol united states air force world war iii
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  10. sferrin

    ASALM (Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile)

    Stumbled onto this photo today so I thought I'd start a thread about ASALM (the first photo). Any info and images would be appreciated (already checked out Andreas' page).
    • sferrin
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    • cold war martin marietta martin marietta corporation martin marietta orlando aerospace nuclear battlefield outer perimeter defence missile strategic air command tactical nuke united states united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 123
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    Ryan Model 38, 84, 112, 115: VATOL Fighters for the USAF and USN

    See the source document for more details... Source: Bernard Lindenbaum, V-STOL Concepts and Developed Aircraft Volume 1 - A Historical Report (1940-1986)
  12. SOC

    Lockheed A-12 and SR-71 projects

    SENIOR CITIZEN is supposed to be some sort of stealthy transport for special ops stuff. Here's some info on a few unbuilt SENIOR CROWN variations: SR-71I 30 September 1980 iteration: -AWG-9 radar -four AIM-54 missiles -anti-AWACS tasked 1 November 1982 iteration: -APG-65 radar -four AIM-120...
    • SOC
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    • aerospace defense command air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war general electric aircraft engines lockheed nuclear battlefield pratt & whitney sead skunk works strategic air command strategic bomber strategic defence strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. P

    Martin P6M Seamaster

    In 1952 the US Navy put out a Request for Proposal to the US Aircraft industry asking for an advanced jet-powered 'Fast Mine-Laying Maritime Patrol Flying Boat' The winner of this RfP was Martin with their P6M-1/2 SeaMaster design. Unfortunatly this design did not go into full production, and...
    • Pioneer
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    • aerial minelayer atomic sea mine cold war flying boat jet age martin marietta corporation minelayer nuclear battlefield nuclear powered aircraft sea mines seaplane striking force sub-strategic nuke supersonic tactical nuke united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. Orionblamblam

    Avro 730

    A supersonic bomber project out of Britain. This was the first model I mastered for Fantastic Plastic. http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/Avro730CatalogPage.htm
    • Orionblamblam
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    • 1960s a.v. roe and company / avro alternate history avro 730 bomber cold war great britain model nuclear battlefield raf bomber command royal air force strategic reconnaissance
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  15. TinWing

    Sea Wolf and Sea Dart: Unbuilt Derivatives and Cancelled Applications

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    • british aerospace plc cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield royal navy surface-to-air missile u.s. army united kingdom
    • Replies: 185
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  16. overscan (PaulMM)

    Advanced Harrier Projects

    Thanks to Evan, heres a nice PDF of a British Aerospace Harrier II Plus brochure showing it in RN colours.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • british aerospace plc cold war fleet air arm great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force royal navy sea harrier united kingdom united states united states marine corps united states navy v/stol v/stol aircraft vstol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 258
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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    Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

    I was thinking for some time to put up this topic , Since B-2 is still a very classified aircraft may be there would be many grey areas which no one might be aware of , But may be we might end up getting to know more about this aircraft. The One thing that amazes me about this huge aircraft is...
    • Austin
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    • air force global strike command bomber cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century nuclear battlefield post-cold war stealth bomber strategic air command strategic bomber united states air force
    • Replies: 558
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. Tuomasn

    Tupolev Tu-160 projects

    Thread to discuss Tupolev Tu-160 based projects.
    • Tuomasn
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    • cold war electronic warfare heavy bomber interceptors long range aviation nuclear battlefield post-cold war red fleet russian air force soviet air forces soviet union strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tupolev tupolev okb ukraine ussr
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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