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Avro 730 and other OR.330 Reconnaissance/Bomber designs
From "Were the Wrights Right?" by B R A Burns in Air International December 1983 The Avro design is the late 730 design, the other two designs were labelled as Handley Page and Vickers, but transposed (the Handley Page design is known from Secret Projects: Jet Bombers). The third design...- overscan (PaulMM)
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- air ministry avro 730 bomber bombers great britain late 1950s ministry of supply nuclear battlefield raf bomber command royal air force strategic reconnaissance supersonic united kingdom
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Early Mirage III competitors (1953-1956)
The Mirage III was the winner of a competition for a multirole, mach 2 fighter. Its only two competitors were the rocket-powered Trident II, and the Durandal which was quite similar to the Mirage, with a frontal air intake. The Trident was eliminated as too specialised, and the Durandal because...- Archibald
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- armeé de l'air cold war fighters france french fifth republic french fourth republic nuclear battlefield supersonic
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Martin P6M Seamaster
In 1952 the US Navy put out a Request for Proposal to the US Aircraft industry asking for an advanced jet-powered 'Fast Mine-Laying Maritime Patrol Flying Boat' The winner of this RfP was Martin with their P6M-1/2 SeaMaster design. Unfortunatly this design did not go into full production, and...- Pioneer
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- aerial minelayer atomic sea mine cold war jet age martin marietta corporation minelayer nuclear battlefield nuclear powered aircraft sea mines seaplane striking force sub-strategic nuke supersonic tactical nuke united states united states navy
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FLIGHTS OF FANTASY: The Lockheed L-2000 SST in airline service
American studies into a supersonic transport go back to the 1950s when various versions were proposed by Convair based on the B-58 Hustler. Things remained paper studies until John F. Kennedy moved plans ahead in July of 1961 with the formation of a presidential committee made up of members of...- Sentinel Chicken
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- airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war jet age lockheed space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united states what-if
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Civilian versions of bomber aircraft
Why to spend money in a development from zero if military designs can adapt? Proposals for a SST based on the North American XB-70 Valkyrie (I cannot avoid to imagine to the boys of Green Peace in a MIG-31 with the colors of the rainbow trying him to give hunt to one of these apparatuses) ;D- Dronte
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- airliner civil aviation cold war great britain kingdom of sweden soviet union strategic bomber subsonic supersonic supersonic transport transport aircraft united states world war ii
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McDonnell-Douglas Model 279 VSTOL fighter
Model 279 [pictures replaced with higher resolution copy below]- Deino
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- 1980s cold war mcdonnell douglas nasa nasa ames research center supersonic u.s. navy united states united states marine corps united states navy usmc v/stol v/stol aircraft vstol vtol
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Romanian Supersonic Fighter projects
IAR-95, IAR-S from late 1970s onward- overscan (PaulMM)
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- air combat interceptors air-to-ground battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction close air support cold war comandamentul apararii antiaeriene a teritoriului forțele aeriene interceptors romanian air force romanian navy supersonic warsaw pact
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