pre-world war ii

With the recent correspondence on BV designs http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6272.15.html I though I would add my notes on the various types. Taken from various sources over years, most recently some old Air Enthusiast magazines and Manfred Griehl's Blohm und Voss...

Hi, from ; Profile Aircraft,Avro Manchester by Chaz Bowyer.

Not being much of a German aircraft specialist, I find myself stuck trying to identify this strange little pusher bird... It may well be a Focke-Wulf project, but that's my only clue. I'm sure someone will be able to identify it soon and put me to shame! Thanks in advance for your help.

OKA series no nbr. «Makaka» ("Macaque") training glider (1923) OKA-1 «Golub» ("Dove") sports glider (1924) OKA-2 sports glider (1925) OKA-3 sports glider (1928) ? «Standard-1» training glider (1929) OKA-5 «Standard-2» training glider (1930) OKA-6 «Gorod Lenina»...

From "Der Flieger", August 1962, maybe interesting for one or two, as one-offs and projects are mentioned, too.

...so as not to hijack the British thread! Let's start with a subject to which I hope to be able to make a meager contribution to: design constraints and philosophy behind design decisions. Hermione Giffard's PhD thesis and hopefully soon-to-be book "The Development and Production of Turbojet...

Any comments on this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spitfires-Forgotten-Designer-Career-Supermarines/dp/0752487590/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364752165&sr=1-1

Hi, has anyone a more info or drawing about Benes-Mraz Be.352 light aircraft project of 1939 ?. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bene%C5%A1-Mr%C3%A1z

Anyone have a three view drawing of the Blackburn B.29 torpedo bomber? prior posting: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4519.msg35771/topicseen.html#msg35771

Does anybody know enything about the competition that led to the USN. I realized that I have nothing but the Boeing Model 374 rival design. Name and details of the request for proposals, contenders? Anything will be welcomed Antonio

As a slide rule addict (and, by way of disclosure, an ordinary member of the Oughtred Society), I'm well aware of the slide rule's proud history in aerospace design and research. Now we know that it almost certainly wasn't all done with slide rules - log and trig tables, mechanical calculators...

From my dear Scott site; http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=8952

Hi, the engineering Stefan Malinowski was a Polish designer,he interested to modify airplane wings,began with Caudron G-3,as I think Type-I,followed by some modifications we can called it Type-II,the Stemal-III (Type-III) was an experimental airplane based on a fuselage of Nieuport 83 with a...

The same as for the "EFo" series, again all pictures (in low res only) are from Wolfgang Wagners book "Hugo Junkers. Pionier der Luftfahrt - seine Flugzeuge" EF 50 maybe racer or record aircraft EF 53 4-engined long range passenger aircraft EF 55 used to measure the effects of...

Nakajima Ki-49 III with Nakajima Ha-117 of 2 420 hp: anyone have images and more info about it ?

7試 7-Shi Twin-Engined Carrier Aircraft (1932) Mitsubishi 3MT5 and 3MT5A > Type 93 Land-Based Attack [first G1M] 7試 艦上戦闘機 7-Shi Carrier Fighter (1932) Mitsubishi 1MF10 Nakajima NC? NK1F? 7試 艦上攻撃機 7-Shi Carrier Attack (1932) Aichi AB-8 Mitsubishi 3MT10 / Ka-5 Nakajima [B3N]...

Anyone got anymore info on this pair. A 3-view of each would be really nice, but ain't holding my breath on that.

Hi, from Tony Butler's Air Enthusiast magazine; http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Arts/Art3524.htm I want a more info about those two projects.

Hi, I'm looking for the drawings of the Vultee V-12, an attack aircraft of 1939. I searched in the web but I didn't found anything.. Do you have something to share? Thanks a lot in advice :-)

Hi, as we spoke before about the Avro Heritage site,there is some projects to Avro before 1945 period. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.fildes3/Roe1%20to%20Type%20600 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.fildes3/Type%20602%20to%20862