post-world war ii

At the end of World War 2, the U-boat U-530 surrendered at Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the time, it was commanded by a very young lieutenant in the Kreigsmarine. The problem was this U-boat took far longer to reach Argentina than it should have, and when it finally arrived in July 1945, the...

The 1950s and 1960s produced many attempts in East and West to design an aeroplane to replace the Douglas DC3 and C47 Dakota. None that flew seemed to fill the gap, and many Daks flew on. Or do you think there was a built or unbuilt Dak replacement that cut the mustard?

I came across this posted on a modelling forum I frequent, does anyone know what it is ? The aircraft is Bristol Brigand RH763. This what the poster wrote . . . "I just came across this picture in my files, and thought that it might be of interest. I used to work for a parachute company and I...

I have come across several mentions of a "Microcell rocket", for instance: https://books.google.ca/books?id=n-NnHL2crPQC&pg=PA44 Googling around a bit it seems "Microcell" refers to the launcher, or more specifically, the company that produced them...

Hi, here is a Bellanca Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes and Sketches, Large Transport, 1948-1950, http://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.1993.0055_ref725

From British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Mr. F. W. Broughton built a single seat parasol wing light monoplane,powered by one 30 hp Carden,developed from Perman Parasol,called Broughton-Blayney Brawney.

Hi! https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/the-hughes-h-4-hercules-aka-the-spruce-goose/ https://www.drivearchive.co.uk/xplanes/goose.htm https://www.seawings.co.uk/sprucegooseplan-7.htm http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/hughes_h-4.php...

As a kid I spent a lot of time browsing through Janes Fighting Ships in our local library. One of my favourite group of ships were the big cruisers which were the hallmark of major European navies. The most modern of these were the helicopter carrying Terrier armed ships of the Italian navy plus...

Hi, Mr. Eugene Gluhareff established a development company in 1952 to carry out research into pressure-jet powered light helicopters and aircraft,he designed MEG-1X,MEG-2X & MEG-3X,as a personal strap-on helicopter rig concepts, followed by GS-12 & GS-14,a rotary-wing drones. He also developed...

From L'Air 1949, here is a two-seat shoulder-wing light Dutch Airplane,maybe remained a Project,designed by Mr. Koekebakker in 1949, powered by one 65 hp Continental Pusher engine,does anyone hear about it before ?.

Some 'highly speculative' Soviet warship designs allegedly from Life Magazine in 1945, attributed to 'US Naval Architects' I stumbled across on Reddit... They come from this article in the 17th of December 1945 issue of the magazine... The Russian Navy is Reborn (Life Magazine, 17 December 1945)

We have covered individual projects and the infamous Sandys 1957 White Paper in some depth but I wanted to draw together what we have learnt with some open questions: Which missile projects across the board: Malkara to Blue Streak would you bin or save? Which Foreign systems would you have...

hi. late in WW2 the russians and mig bureau were devoloping the I-220,222,224 and I-225.does anyone know if drawings of these exsits? thanks

In the post-war years, the U.S. Coast Guard wished to explore new concepts for sea rescue. Two studies emerged: A glider-borne lifeboat which may be launched from water or land, and towed by powered aircraft to survivors of overseas airline crashed and marine casualties; A twin-rotor...

American Report about Kawasaki Aircraft Industries Company Inc on archive.org : https://archive.org/stream/corporationrepor19unit#page/n3/mode/2up report can be saved in .pdf , .epub plain text , daisy and in kindle format . on txt numbers on planned productions by kawasaki .

KENDALL CRABPOT and K.1 The initial version of this sailplane, known as the Crabpot, was designed by H. Kendall for the 1947 B.G.A. Two-seat Sailplane Competition. Conventional wooden construction, apart from the wing which had several spanwise webs and few ribs. The webs were 15 mm. thick, and...

Where can I find information about French night vision devices directly after WW II ? When and where such devices were used in the post WWII French armed forces ? From what I've found, most of the early ones used the activ system, so needing an IR light source. But the German Luftwaffe had used...

In July 1945 Supermarine had not yet finalised their design for the Type 392 Attacker. This drawing (39200 116) shows one of the alternatives considered; note the design of the tail surfaces, the repositioned air intakes, the four cannon mounted alongside the cockpit, and, of course, the...

The australian GAF factory build the AVRO Lincoln under licence. The production started to late because the war in the east was almost the end. The Lincoln was based on the AVRO Lancaster. In Australia they build it as the Mk.30 and later the Mk.31. Its difficult to find good information. Who...