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...
a.v. roe and company / avro
avro
british commonwealth
cold war
commonwealth of australia
government aircraft factories
great britain
post-worldwarii
royal australian air force
world warii
Hi there,
For all those having an interest in WWII rocket science material (V-2), an original photo album on Berlin / Cuxhaven is up for sale on the bay. There are really interesting never-seen before pictures here...
Such bombs are mentioned in some books or articles about V-bombers and Canberra. E.g. in Aerofax "Vickers Valiant" as a alternative loads (beside of nukes) are 1 x 10000 lb HC or 2 x 5000 lb HC bombs. Maybe someone have some information about these bombs? Are they really existed, or only in...
We have topics on several of the aircraft in this list, and attempts at identifying missing numbers in places, but no complete list in one single topic, so I thought this could be a good idea. Since it's the "Designations" section here, I'm only giving the basic info for identification purposes...
I noted with interest JFC Fuller's comment about the new Friedman British Battleships book that material exists in the National Archives about proposed modifications to the remaining King George V class battleships between 1945 and their withdrawal in the 50s.
I have browsed the new Friedman...
Hi! MATRA R.130.
MATRA R.130 uses a folding wing with a flap (wing span 12m) in the speed area from taking off and landing to Mach 0.65.
Store a folding wing when speed is over Mach 0.65, and make a body revolve 90 °, and 2 of fixed wing which is at the top and the bottom of the fuselage (wing...
From the navweaps site:
http://navweaps.com/Weapons/index_weapons.htm
My question is:
Does anybody here ever found drawings or photos of this post war naval mount?
Cy-27 said that he was working on a Weir designation list which which was the kick in the pants needed to prompt me to finish off my list!
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J&G Weir Company, 1932-1943, and Cierva Autogiro Company (Cierva-Weir), 1943-1951
Weir autogyros and helicopters received simple...
Hi,
here is a British manned rocket of 1946,intended to launch a man 150 miles into
space,designed by R.A. Smith and H.E. Ross and considered an enlarged version
of Germany V-2 Missile.
FR 12/1958
Most of you probably recognize the name "Bendix": this company once one of the leading avionics suppliers in the aeronautical industry...
Some of you with an interest in ordnance may also associate the name "Bendix" with a few missiles and weapons, notably the Eagle and Talos missile...
The...
Hi,
The Douglas XA-26A Invader was a night fighter version and A-26C was attack
bomber version,I repeat displaying a 3-view to A-26C.
Warbird Tech,Douglas A-26 Invader,by Frederick A. Johnsen
Hi everyone,
Including the well known Russian conversions of piston fighters to jets, I wanted to see if anyone had anything on other similar conversions that could be in a nicely consolidated thread of "piston-to-jet theory." :P
Thanks!
I just bought a small Magazine on the Swordfish , as much as I love the aircraft I actually bought it because of an article on the Lilo floating runway , tested by a Swordfish ...
From A Critical Re-Examination of the Franklin Institute Rotating Wing Aircraft Meeting:
Much more on Herrick can be found in the source document: http://vtol.org/8248F800-5DFF-11E2-AB4E0050568D0042
Also see the Herrick Finding Aid: http://ebookbrowse.com/herrick-finding-aid-pdf-d6306568...
I was reading about the Royal Navy's 16" gun project a while back on NavWeaps, which was initiated to arm the Lion class Fast Battleships (a project that ultimately came to grief, with none being built);
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_16-45_mk2.htm
It read like the usual summary of a...
The N-52 was the first private aircraft built in Japan after the war. It was a low-wing, side-by-side seating cantilever monoplane sport aircraft of mixed construction built by the Okamura Mfg. Co. It started as a design experiment under the supervision of Hidemasa Kimura, a professor at Nihon...
1940s
allies
bios
british intelligence objectives sub-committee
final report no. 254
german aircraft industry
nazi germany
post-worldwarii
united kingdom
world warii
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