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The Invention Of The Jet Engine: Hans Von Ohain, One Of The Fathers Of the Turbojet

It has been pretty clear to all of us compulsive list-makers that for a few years now the allocation of new designations by the U.S. Department of Defense has stopped following rigorous logic, and is often based on pleasing the contractors by keeping all or part of their inhouse designations...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/dick-rutan-pilot-dies-aged-85 One of the greatest pilots has sadly left us.

Hi Flying boat design by E.F. Burton (Douglas Plant Engineer), I don't know if info has already been posted about this model, but it is new for me... source:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304947742035?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050

View: https://youtu.be/2LKS2kR4LJY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship

DARPA NextRS "Y-plane" hypersonic strike concept: 30,000-38,000 lbf TBCC Conventional fuel Metallic construction https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/darpa-eyes-hypersonic-striker-air-force-studies-long-term-options (May be paywalled.)

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4601227-military-response-baltimore-bridge-collapse/

Possible cyber attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68844879 Switching over to VOIP for emergency and other critical telecommunications seems to have been rather short-sighted, at best.

http://futurewarstories.blogspot.com/

SWARM robots have already been mentioned on this forum [ https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/rolls-royce-swarm-engine-repair-microrobots.30577/ ] but they are merely one in a handful of Rolls-Royce programs aimed at robotic engine maintenance, for which the company teamed up with academics...

Originally I was going to post this in the FSCS thread ( https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/lancer-sika-pics-info.11823/ ) but this eventually became bigger than I originally intended ( 2 major files containing around 80 pages with 5 presentations in both, and two other presenations, all...

I stumbled upon this while reading Edward Hujsak's 1994 The Future of U.S. Rocketry. ULLV stands for "Ultra Large Launch Vehicle" This is a concept by the "Perigee West Company of La Jolla, California", which Edward Hujsak happened to be the president of, the company got several hundred...

Here is a series of three photos captioned "Waco Experimental Model aircraft Howard Allor" and dated April 1946. "Howard Allor" may have been the designer, but he could also have been only the photographer. (1) To anyone familiar with the experimental types of that period, the likeness of the...

i have been looking at a lot of old US vtol project that had promises but it got cancelled and it got me thinking. what would happend if some of those projets succeed, and what would happenend if thay did .

As we have had some interesting 50s and 60s what-ifs I thought it would be fun to go for a big one. Put yourself in the chair of Sandys, McNamara or any other key Defence Minister of your choice. Now put together a better balance of options than they did.

https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/radias-windrunner-to-be-the-worlds-largest-aircraft-ever-built Radias Windrunner, designed to carry windmill blades

During the development of the Apollo Spacecraft, one key aspect of the mission was how to ensure the LEM and CSM met up at the end of the period of lunar exploration. Two systems started developing, Radar Rendezvous, which was the system picked. The other system was known as the Optical...

View: https://twitter.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1753822277152407914?s=20 View: https://twitter.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1753472788839403705?s=20

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Does anybody remember the A-7/stealth pod cover stories from the mid 80's. I remember some pics and the basic cover story but can't find anything about it anywhere now.