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I've looked thru every B-29 book I have or have seen & Googled with no luck. I've read that some of the B-29s sent to the RAF were equipped with racks at the wing roots to carry a Grand Slam bomb under each wing. ISTR also that some USAF a/c were modified as well. I've not been able to find pics...

From Stephen Flower's 'Barnes Wallis' Bombs, Tallboy, Dambuster and Grand Slam' - Page 20 'Wallis was not the only designer to advocate larger aircraft, for Rex Pierson also proposed a six-engined bomber with a twenty-ton bomb load' Does anyone have any idea what design that would be?

Hi, we know the the Supermarine company submitted to the British Specification B12/36 for four engined heavy bomber,the Types 316, 317 & 318. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200254.html

Hi, I'm looking for some info (line drawings, specifications) on the Vickers Victory and jet bomber designs of late WW2. The victory was a 6 engined evolution of the Wellington and the 'Jet Bomber' was the intermediate stage on getting to the Valiant. I already have some very high level info...

BSP4 mentions proposals for air-launched versions of the Polaris and Pershing missiles for use on RAF Vulcans, does anyone have any performance estimates for these and how would they have compared to Skybolt?

I saw this site looking for future projects. Here is an Avro 730 I carved about 18" long plus a Supermarine Scimatar that I fancied having a model of. When I was last in the science museum in London I saw these sorts of models and wanted ones like them, the 730 is my first attempt the Scimatar...

Flight's 9 April 1964 was a TSR.2 special issue, with lots of adverts and one of the first in depth articles. Front page http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%200984.pdf Article http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%201014.pdf through to...

This idea was proved pre WW2 but for some reason doesn't seem to have been considered for use in extending the range of LRMP aircraft. What method was used, my reading of it is that the tanker trailed a hose (with a drogue to prevent wild movements) and the receiving aircraft caught this with a...

Thank you dear Chuck, Anther aircraft I know it but I am asking about which specification it was designed for; it was the Heston JC.9.

Thread to discuss the Valiant airliner derivative of 1955. I need more data on this project (dimensions, performances compared to the VC-10 and 707)

Ok, I know that this plane figure in cover (and in detail!) in Tony buttler book, but I haven't got this book and need some details on this monster. Just performances, weight dimensions and a 3-view drawing would be cool. In what context was this project developed ? Did the RAF seriously bite...

Has anyone heard of a Fairey proposal to turn its pre war FC.1 airliner design into a bomber?

From "Were the Wrights Right?" by B R A Burns in Air International December 1983 The Avro design is the late 730 design, the other two designs were labelled as Handley Page and Vickers, but transposed (the Handley Page design is known from Secret Projects: Jet Bombers). The third design...

I was thinking the other day, 'did the British ever think of, or look at a carrier-based variant of the English Electric Canberra light bomber'? Does anyone know an answer to this? Regards Pioneer

I have found a photocopy with this Avro Lancaster high performance derivatives. As a have no source for it I can give no more information. Any help?

A supersonic bomber project out of Britain. This was the first model I mastered for Fantastic Plastic. http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/Avro730CatalogPage.htm