post-world war ii

  1. Stargazer

    Bendix Aircraft's forgotten postwar designs

    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...
  2. hesham

    Douglas A-26 Invader type A & C

    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
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    Piston Engine to Jet Fighter Conversions

    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!
  4. Grey Havoc

    « Kaze Tachinu » ("The Wind Rises"): Miyazaki's new anime movie

    Going o/t but on a tangent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E5dB_9dW2SQ
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    Lilo Floating runway

    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 ...
  6. hesham

    Edward Lanier's « Paraplane »... and other unnecessary designs

    Here is an article from LA FANA magazine issue 371,about the Lanier company,I know it had eight experimental aircraft designs,but it is the first time to know PL-9 and PL-10.
  7. Stargazer

    Gerald P. Herrick, "the dean of convertible aircraft designers"

    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...
  8. 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...
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    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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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
  12. Johnbr

    Report On BV 222 + 238

    I found this very interesting.
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. hesham

    The Megaroc,Man-Carrying Rocket Proposal

    Hi, http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/megaroc
  17. 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
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
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    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...
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