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  1. uk 75

    Seacat performance

    We have discussed Seaslug performance in some detail and speculated about what Seacat 2 might have been like, but original Seacat has not received attention. Widely fitted on British warships during the 1960s and 1970s its only combat use was during the Falklands war in 1982 where 40mm guns...
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    • Forum: The Bar
  2. VictorXL188

    Short Long Range Empire flying boat

    I'm posting this in the post war section, but it is possible, given it's title that it may be a interwar project. I came across this proposal from Short Bros for an eight-engined long range flying boat. I have checked throughout the site but without any luck. Wonder if anyone can fill in the...
  3. N

    Short Sperrin airliner?

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  4. A

    Short Skyvan projects

    I am currently writing a book on the Short Skyvan. I wonder if anyone has information (description, drawings etc) on Shorts project P.D.50 described as a "Skyvan VTOL test-bed", and P.D.62 listed in the Putnam as "Skyvan with B.L.C" but elsewhere as "Skyvan Feeder Liner". Both seem quite...
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    The R38 / ZR-2 airship

    View: https://youtu.be/2LKS2kR4LJY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship
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    • admiralty admiralty a-class airship airship airships early 1920s great britain late 1910s post-world war i r.38 class airship royal airship works royal corps of naval constructors royal navy short brothers plc united states united states navy world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  6. uk 75

    Royal Navy with F-8 Crusader instead of F-4 Phantom II

    The arrival of a new book on the F8 Crusader got me thinking of the old chestnut of giving the RN a fighter for Ark, Eagle, Victorious and Hermes I have always felt that if we had done what France did and purchased the F8 we could have kept a carrier force as long as the French did. We could...
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. Jemiba

    Shorts Tigercat

    From the French Aviation Magazine, July 1960, a picture showing a proposed version of the Shorts Tigercat:
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  8. Triton

    Shorts Jet Belfast

    Artist's impression of Shorts Jet Belfast. The proposed Jet Belfast would carry two decks of palletised cargo across the Atlantic at 500 mph. A swing nose would facilitate loading and the aircraft would be powered by four Rolls Royce Conway turbofans. Source: Flight International August 23...
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. Mercurius Cantabrigiensis

    Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile

    Thales Air Defence - the company that was formerly Shorts - is about to announce a new missile programme. Known as the Lightweight Multi-Role Missile, it is apparently intended to take the company beyond its traditional field of light SAM systems. Details will be officially released on 2 June.
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. uk 75

    What happened to Seacat 2?

    In an old edition (about 1962-3) of the excellent annual Flight International missiles guide published in those days with drawings and photos I found a missile called Seacat 2, which looked similar to Roland, Rapier etc and was supposed to be a simple mount on the existing Seacat/Tigercat...
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  11. Jemiba

    Shorts Vertical Take-off aircraft

    In the RAF Flying Review 3/62 I've found a model photo of a Shorts VTOL project, principally similar to the german VJ-101, with to swivelling nacelles and two vertically installed RB.162 engines. Anybody, who knows the designation or furhter details ?
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