strategic reconnaissance

  1. boxkite

    MX-2147 "Bald Eagle" High Altitude Reconnaissance Projects

    I'm looking for illustrations of the Fairchild M-195 (a competitor to Bell Model 67, Martin RB-57D and Lockheed CL-282). Who can help?
    • boxkite
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    • bell aircraft corporation cold war fairchild strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force us air force
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. Sentinel Chicken

    Avro CF-105 Arrow and its variants

    In AJ Jackson's book Avro Aircraft since 1908 reference is made to a predecessor design to the CF-105 Arrow that would have used two stacked turbojet engines (like the EE Lightning), a swept delta wing and conventional tailplane. This is the first I've heard of such a proposal and am wondering...
    • Sentinel Chicken
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    • air defence arrow avro avro canada cf-105 interceptor malton north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield rl201 rl202 rl203 rl204 rl205 rl206 royal canadian air force strategic reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. P

    EE Canberra, Evolution, Variants and Projects

    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
    • Pioneer
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    • cold war english electric company limited great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force
    • Replies: 100
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. P

    ‘North American General Purpose Attack Weapon’ - NAGPAW to Vigilante

    Hello gents I am looking to find some information on possibly one of the most advanced and powerful strike aircraft designed for its time, and yet possibly one of the least known and un-utilised designs in military aviation history – The design I am speaking of is the North American A3J (A-5)...
    • Pioneer
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    • buaer bureau of aeronautics cold war nasa north american aviation nuclear battlefield strategic reconnaissance united states navy
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Sundog

    F-14 Tomcat Projects

    I was wondering if anyone has any more information on the version of the Tomcat II shown in the image below? It's obviously stealthier than the standard version and has inlets similar to the F-22, but I was wondering if anyone here has all three views or any renderings or pictures of models of...
    • Sundog
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    • 1970s 1980s cold war early 21st century fighter bomber fleet air defense interceptor imperial iranian air force interceptor late 1960s late 20th century post-cold war strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united states united states marine corps united states navy variable geometry
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. flateric

    Project ISINGLASS & Project RHEINBERRY

    Anyone anything about this stuff? More than this: Isinglass: Mach 17, rocket powered, air-launched reconnaissance aircraft? part of RS-129 (Staged combustion hydrogen-oxygen rocket component development program)? wide usage of lightweight structures (diffusion bonded titanium honeycomb) "CIA...
    • flateric
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    • central intelligence agency cold war national reconnaissance office strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force usaf
    • Replies: 374
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. SOC

    Lockheed A-12 and SR-71 projects

    SENIOR CITIZEN is supposed to be some sort of stealthy transport for special ops stuff. Here's some info on a few unbuilt SENIOR CROWN variations: SR-71I 30 September 1980 iteration: -AWG-9 radar -four AIM-54 missiles -anti-AWACS tasked 1 November 1982 iteration: -APG-65 radar -four AIM-120...
    • SOC
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    • aerospace defense command air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war general electric aircraft engines lockheed nuclear battlefield pratt & whitney sead skunk works strategic air command strategic bomber strategic defence strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 191
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. C

    Boeing Global Patrol Aircraft for USN

    Hi Everybody! Chuck Anderson here!! Is anyone familiar with the following aircraft design, and if so, can anyone tell me where I can find further information? My original source was from an artist's conception appearing in an issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology in the 1980's. (I'm sorry...
    • ChuckAnderson
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    • 1970s 1980s cold war maritime patrol aircraft maritime surveillance office of naval research strategic reconnaissance u.s. navy united states united states navy us navy ocean surveillance system aircraft
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. Orionblamblam

    Avro 730

    A supersonic bomber project out of Britain. This was the first model I mastered for Fantastic Plastic. http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/Avro730CatalogPage.htm
    • Orionblamblam
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    • 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 strategic reconnaissance
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  10. D

    Unbuilt B-52 projects

    Two non built versions of the B-52: -The "Colossal Guppy" projected to replace the NASA's Guppys . It is a project of the sixties that was refloated in the 90s (alone be abandoned again). Twelve motors and a " hump " of twelve meters. -A illustration of 1993 showing at a B-52 as platform...
    • Dronte
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    • boeing cold war early 21st century late 20th century nuclear battlefield post-cold war strategic air command strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force
    • Replies: 139
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. Tuomasn

    Tupolev Tu-160 projects

    Thread to discuss Tupolev Tu-160 based projects.
    • Tuomasn
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    • cold war electronic warfare heavy bomber interceptors long range aviation nuclear battlefield post-cold war red fleet russian air force soviet air forces soviet union strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tupolev tupolev okb ukraine ussr
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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