air-sea rescue
cold war
cold war ii
electronic warfare
elint
great britain
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
post-world war ii
raf air support command
raf bomber command
raf germany
raf search and rescue force
raf strike command
raf transport command
royal air force
royal air force marine branch
sigint
strategicreconnaissance
world war ii
G'day folks, consider this. The TSR2 goes into service and later requires a SLEP, what engines are avaulable and could a big wing be fitted/would it be an improvement?
alternate history
cold war
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
strategic bomber
strategicreconnaissance
tactical reconnaissance
united kingdom
cold war
heavy bomber
north american aviation
nuclear battlefield
strategic air command
strategic bomber
strategicreconnaissance
united states
united states air force
usaf
v/stol
vstol
1960s
cold war
comint satellites
elint
imperial japanese navy
leo satellite
low earth orbit
national reconnaissance office
sigint
signals intelligence
soviet union
strategicreconnaissance
united states
world war ii
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3748/1
Top Secret DAMON: the classified reconnaissance payload planned for the fourth space shuttle mission
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, July 1, 2019
The first military/intelligence payload ever scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle was a top-secret...
cold war
early 1980s
late 1970s
nasa
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
spy sat
strategicreconnaissance
united states air force
http://thespacereview.com/article/3390/1
Black ops and the shuttle (part 3-1): Recovering spent HEXAGON reconnaissance satellites with the space shuttle
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, December 11, 2017
1980s
cold war
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
space weapons
spy sat
strategic defense initiative
strategicreconnaissance
united states air force
Hi all,
some time ago I find a very brief description of soviet balloon bombers of the '50-'60; they intended to use them in the same way the American used the GENETRIX and MELTING POT balloons for recce flights over the USSR...
1980s
cold war
late 1970s
nasa
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
spy sat
strategicreconnaissance
united states air force
Apparently the SR 71 was able to evade Soviet air defences simply because it travelled too fast.
The reason I am interested in this is that there were proposals in 1960/61 for a British ramjet missile (OR 1182) which would fly at speeds in excess of M = 2 and at high altitude. A report was...
Mostly about the history and future of the U-2 and RQ-4, but this article ends with this rather odd statement.
Anyone have an idea what the author is on about here, or is this unsubstantiated speculation...
Avro Excalibur R.1 "XP730" - 543 Squadron RAF - 1964
Scratchbuilt 1/72 scale Avro 730. This depicts the earlier 4 engine version that was submitted by Avro against Operational Requirement 330. The fuselage was built using a length of 1 inch conduit as a core, fitted with cross sections...
Overkiller
Thread
alternate history
avro 730
bomber
bombers
cold war
great britain
model
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
royal air force
strategicreconnaissance
Weapons Systems 118P called for high altitude reconnaissance aircraft proposals and was the forerunner of aircraft such as the B-70 Valkyrie and SR-71 Blackbird. Scott Lowther, a.k.a. Orionblamblam, had done a great deal of work to make the WS-118P proposals available on his blog and in his...
Britain's Avro 730 supersonic bomber concept was the first kit produced by Fantastic Plastic. (It was released in October 2005). After being out of production for almost two years, I've brought it back as a new, improved model.
Whereas the first kit was a simple "tabletop" model, Version 2.0...
1960s
a.v. roe and company / avro
alternate history
avro 730
bomber
cold war
great britain
model
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
royal air force
strategicreconnaissance
supersonic
The first model I did for Fantastic Plastic back in 2004 was the British Avro 730 bomber in 1/144 scale. Last year I was asked to re-visit the model. I completely rescribed it, added cockpit, landing gear and bomb bay details, and just generally improved the hell out of it. The first time...
1960s
a.v. roe and company / avro
alternate history
avro 730
bomber
cold war
great britain
model
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
royal air force
strategicreconnaissance
supersonic
In 1959 G.K.C.Pardoe, Chief Coordinator/balistic missiles at DeHavilland Propellers Ltd.
made several proposals to use the Blue Streak as the basis for a sattelite transport
system.
- The first shown would combine the Blue Streak with a solid propellant second stage,
where the payload would have...
british commonwealth
cold war
communications satellite
european launcher development organisation
great britain
icbm
reconnaissance satellite
royal air force
space age
space race
spy sat
strategicreconnaissance
western europe
strange in this forum is almost no info about B-58 version !
B-58 A the SAC bomber version we know
B-58 B improved version - kingfish launch platform
B-58 C Enlarged version and J-58 jetengine (for mach 3 ?)
B-58 D long range interceptor
B-58 E tactical strike aircraft and strategic bomber...
I hadn't seen this posted here before and so I thought I'd post it for the benefit of anyone who hadn't seen it before.
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Not having the benefit of an education in aerospace, what is the meaning of the V Limit Design and V Max Design lines on the first...
chemical powered bomber
cold war
heavy bomber
nuclear battlefield
strategic air command
strategic bomber
strategicreconnaissance
supersonic
united states
united states air force
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...
british aircraft corporation
cold war
great britain
ministry of supply
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
royal air force
royal australian air force
strategicreconnaissance
t.s.r.2
tactical reconnaissance
tsr-2
tsr.2
tsr2
united kingdom
western europe
Curious to know if Concorde was ever considered in a military role, maybe as a recce aircraft or cruise missile platform?
Would this have been feasible?
alcm
cold war
electronic warfare
elint
great britain
hypersonic
nuclear battlefield
raf strike command
royal air force
sigint
signals intelligence
strategic bomber
strategicreconnaissance
supersonic transport
tactical reconnaissance
I woul like to know something about the kinfish proposal for a strategic recon aircraft (in the competition won by the lockheed a-12) and about the super hustler design.
Unfortunately the only information i foud are in Russian (quite strange for united states secret projects)...
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