post-world war ii

  1. Stargazer

    All those weird and wonderful postwar homebuilt U.S. one-offs...

    No other country has seen as many aircraft designs as the United States. Apart from those emanating from the big industrial companies, many of these have largely fallen into oblivion... Sometimes they appear in a corner of an old magazine and we think "Wow! Never heard about THAT ONE!", and...
  2. B

    Postwar Royal Navy Battleships? (NOT including the Vanguard!)

    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...
  3. Stargazer

    Nihon University/Okamura N-52 light plane

    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...
  4. Grey Havoc

    Martin JRM Mars Flying Boat

    http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2012/08/artistic-comparative-display-of-quantitative-data-winning-the-battle-of-the-atlantic-by-flying-over-.html View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjYoMrXT2w&feature=player_embedded
  5. Johnbr

    Report On BV 222 + 238

    I found this very interesting.
  6. Maveric

    Alfredo Turbay

    T.1 "Tucan" (real aircraft) sporting biplane T.2 project 1949 touring T.3 (real aircraft) touring T.4 project 195 touring (version of T.3) T.5 project 195 touring (version of T.3) T.6 project 1962 touring (version of T.3) T.7 project 1968 training T.8 project 1968 training T.9...
  7. Jemiba

    German Postwar Airship projects

    Nearly forgotten, another project is mentioned, from a company not really known for producing airships: At the beginning of the '70s, the Dornier AG had drawn projects for a passenger and a cargo carrying airship. Those studies were ordered by the "Flugschiffbau Hamburg GmbH", without precise...
  8. hesham

    Czech Aero Aircraft Designations

    Hi, that great company has many aircraft and projects,and I hope you help me in this list; Ae.1 two seat military trainer biplane built in 1919 Ae.2 single seat fighter biplane,the first fighter designed and built in Czechoslovakia Ae.3 two seat military recce aircraft,powered by...
  9. hesham

    The Megaroc,Man-Carrying Rocket Proposal

    Hi, http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/megaroc
  10. Triton

    Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger (Model 344)

    http://youtu.be/4yTZ7Fhu9mc Photo of Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger (Model 344). Source: http://www.shu-aero.com/AeroPhotos_Shu_Aero/Aircraft_B/Boeing/XPBB_1_3144_01.html
  11. Stargazer

    Bendix Helicopters Model K "Whirlaway"

    After the experimental Models G and H, Bendix Helicopters, Inc. had a go at finding their place on the market of small-size helicopters with the Models J and K, which both received the name Whirlaway. Unfortunately Hiller had already invested the segment of coaxial rotorcraft, and there seemed...
  12. Stargazer

    Project RAND three-stage satellite (1947)

    This specification is intended to set forth the requirements for an unmanned artificial satellite, including the basic rocket. the payload, and the necessary ground and launching equipment. It is desired that a rocket craft be designed and constructed which will rise to an altitude at which the...
  13. B

    Ikarus post war projects

    After the war, Ikarus, Zmaj and Rogožarski factories were heavily damaged due to the Axis bombardment in 1941 but also after the Allied bombings in 1944. Most of the equipment was also gone and around 1000 of the workers perished in war. Luckily, the designers and technicians managed to keep...
  14. Grey Havoc

    MX-767 Banshee

    Has anyone come across any info on this project? This is what I have from the Missile Scrapbook over in designation-systems.net:
  15. Apophenia

    Peyret-Mauboussin, Mauboussin, Castel-Mauboussin

    Moderator: This post has now been duplicated in its own, dedicated thread --https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/louis-peyret-peyret-mauboussin-aircraft-designations.45741/ Designations of Avions Pierre Mauboussin and Peyret-Mauboussin Louis Augustin Peyret Pierre Mauboussin's designation...
  16. jzichek

    Bendix Helicopters Model J « Whirlaway » and derivatives

    Check out this article on the Bendix Model J Four Place Helicopter: This co-axial, counter-rotating type helicopter was proposed to the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in 1946, which elected to pass on the design. The image gallery reproduces the original proposal document and features...
  17. Grey Havoc

    'Tanks are Mighty Fine Things'

    An interesting Chrysler Corporation P.R publication from the immediate Post-WWII period: http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1945/46Tanks/Cover.htm H/t to Ordie over at MilitaryPhotos.net who found this first.
  18. Stargazer

    Cierva designations

    I still have to finish my detailed Cierva list, but here is a rough version: SPAIN BCD-1* 'El Cangrejo' two-seat biplane (* Barcala, Cierva & Diaz) BCD-2* small racing tractor monoplane (* Barcala, Cierva & Diaz) C-3 (large biplane) BRITAIN C.1 Autogiro N°1 C.2 Autogiro N°2 C.3 Autogiro N°3...
  19. Hood

    Firestone XR-9

    The Firestone Aircraft Company, a subsidary of the tyre firm of the same name, took over the rights to some Pitcairn Autgyro Company designs. Firestone then developed the Model 45 which became the XR-9 two-seat helicopter. The Model 45B was designed to use a 126hp XO-290-5 piston engine, the...
  20. Stargazer

    Douglas ATA-A1: Another « Skybus » project !

    Ever heard of the Douglas « Skybus »? I can hear you from here: "Of course! That was supposed to be a much-enlarged airliner derivative of the XB-42 Mixmaster..." Well, yeah. But no. Not THAT Skybus. A couple of days ago I came across this eBay item, an article about ANOTHER Douglas Skybus...
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