Just published. The first volume is dedicated to European operators.
An interesting page dealing with the potential C-130 production by Sud-Aviation in France in the sixties.
The author, Xavier Capy, is well known for his previous books on Noratlas and Transall.
More details on www.c-130.eu.
So I was reading " concorde and the Americans" and one of the things that caught my eye was that neither Britain or France were each others first choice.
Britain originally wanted to work with America inorder to build the first supersonic jet, but the Americans were set on there mach 2.7 speed...
alternate history
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
jet age
société des avions marcel dassault
sudaviation
supersonic
west germany
western europe
Just found today in Icaré 1971 issue,french project for a hydrofoil missile boat.
As it's desigantion is SA-850, I think it had been a project of the naval branch (?)
od Sud-Aviation ? Nevertheless, maybe it's interesting for you ...
displacement : 75 t, speed 48 knots, armament 4 x Exocet and...
According to Key Publishing (I just hate this forum, so don't ask me why I browse there!) there had been studies for an improved concorde.
- No reheat
- another stage compressor on the engines
- 25% more range
- leading edge slats
- more fuel
Of course, this went to nothing because of the...
aérospatiale
british aerospace plc
british aircraft corporation
cold war
france
french fifth republic
great britain
jet age
sudaviation
supersonic transport aircraft committee
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