Everyone knows about the Dormier P.85 aircraft project, a Do17Z with, among other differences, floats and straight wings. It wasn`t included in the attached table, taken from a BA/MA file on the contest for a seaplane bomber, known as "Kampfflugzeug See" or as See-Stuka, as may see. There were...
1938
bomber
kriegsmarine
kriegsmarine luftstreitkräfte
küstenfliegergruppen
late 1930s
luftwaffe
nazi germany
pre-world war ii
reichsluftfahrtministerium
seaplane
third reich
I am looking for good references discussing open-ocean seaplanes. I have already scoured this site, DTIC, and the other usual sources, of course.
Is there a book on the ShinMaywa US-1/US-2 you would recommend? Bear in mind, sadly i do not read Japanese.
I have also thought about inquiring with...
Dornier Seastar all-composite amphibian evolved from 1984, more then 3 decades.
For certain years, Dornier teamed Chinese company, Wuxi for further developement.
Official site.
Seastar initially offered as aircraft, that could be used in many application - from passenger and VIP-transportation...
1980s
2010s
2020s
canada
civil aviation
claudius dornier seastar gmbh
cold war
cold war ii
dornier
dornier seawings
federal republic of germany
hydroplane
maritime patrol aircraft
people's republic of china
post-cold war
seaplane
west germany
I spotted the photographs below in the 'Seaplane Jetfighters' thread and was wondering if anyone has any more information on the submarine design shown below. The pictures depict a 10th scale model of a 'Fleet Submarine' which was to be used to suport seaplane combat aircraft. The testing took...
Hi,
here is some V/STOL and VATOL aircraft concepts, designed at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center.
NSRDC-79/O74 P
PREDICTION OF DRAG COEFFICIENTS OF A SUPERSONIC V/STOL CONFIGURATION WITH VARIOUS STORE ARRANGEMENTS*
Tsze C. Tai , Thomas H. Boyd , and Richard E...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
david taylor research center
fighters
remotely piloted vehicle
seaplane
united states navy
us navy
v/stol
v/stol aircraft
vatol
vtol
Shin Meiwa developed the Amphibious Air Transport System during the late 1980s/early 1990s and was looking for partners to complete development as late as 1999.
The aircraft was a 30/50-seat airliner powered by two wing-mounted turbofans with upper surface blowing. Range would be between 500nm...
1990s
2000s
defense advanced research projects agency
early 21st century
late 20th century
navair
naval air systems command
naval surface warfare center carderock division
nswc carderock division
office of naval research
post-cold war
seaplane
war on terror
wig
wing in ground
early 1940s
heinkel flugzeugwerke
imperial japanese army air service
landplane
late 1930s
luftwaffe
naval aviation
reconnaissance bomber
reichsluftfahrtministerium
seaplane
third reich
torpedo bomber
Shin Meiwa, now ShinMaywa, “GS” (for Giant Seaplane) from 1977. The GS was an amphibian airliner designed to carry 1,200-passengers on three decks. 344 passengers on its upper deck, 626 on the main deck, and 230 on the lower deck. Payload was estimated at 120 tons.
Designed for transoceanic...
Models of ekranoplan aircraft carrier and T-20A transport ekranoplan designed by Robert Bartini while at Beriev Aircraft Corporation.
Source: http://www.beriev.com/eng/Pr_rel_e/pr_110e.html
20th century
anti-submarine warfare
civil aviation
cold war
commonwealth of independent states
early 21st century
flying boat
post-cold war
post-world war ii
red fleet
russian federation
seaplane
soviet union
transport aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
ussr
wig
I'm a big fan of the works of Rudolf & Robert Das, two well known futurologists from Holland. These twin brothers have published various books in the past twenty or so years, depicting the future of transportation, energy, housing etc. Instead of doing this with elaborate texts, they use...
Hi,
here is an unusual amphibian autogiro aircraft,I think it was from
Cierva design.
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1935/1935%20-%200631.html
Hallo,
we know most of this company's aircraft ,such as:
MBR-2,MBR-4,MBR-7,MDR-5,MP-1,KOR-1,KOR-2,KOR-3,KOR-4,KOR-9,MS-4,MS-5,
MS-7,MS-8,IL-143,R-1,B-10,VVA14,14M1P,M-62,A-50,A-60,
Be-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,30,32,40,42,44,103,132,200,976 and 2500.
But there are anther aircraft and projects:-
C-13...
anti-submarine warfare
civil aviation
cold war
commonwealth of independent states
fighters
flying boat
maritime patrol aircraft
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
red fleet
russian federation
seaplane
soviet air forces
soviet navy
soviet union
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