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  1. scrubhead

    FSCS and AAN ground combat vehicles

    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...
  2. TheKutKu

    Euclid ULLV SSTO

    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...
  3. Stargazer

    Unidentified (supposedly Waco, maybe Douglas) pusher project

    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...
  4. F

    more successful US vtol projects

    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 .
  5. uk 75

    If you were Sandys or Mcnamara?

    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.
  6. A

    Radia WindRunner

    https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/radias-windrunner-to-be-the-worlds-largest-aircraft-ever-built Radias Windrunner, designed to carry windmill blades
  7. Graham1973

    Lost Apollo - The LEM Optical Rendezvous System

    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...
  8. Forest Green

    MACE (Multi-Mission Affordable Capacity Effector)

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

    Classified US Lockheed Missile Program

    View: https://twitter.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1749831289018945792?s=20
  10. O

    A-7 'Stealth Pod'

    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.
  11. T

    1935-45: airforce on a tight budget & schedule

    Everybody and his brother were trying to have as good as aiforce/air-service as possible, and especially in the specified time frame, but many times the available budget was a serious brick wall between the desires and reality. What kind of aircraft should a not-rich, but a reasonably developed...
  12. hesham

    CRA (Composite Research Aircraft) Competition of 1960s

    For this contest, the Hughes H-485,Bell T-37 and Lockheed,but no other contenders are known. American Aviation 1966.
  13. hesham

    FAA DC-3 Replacement Competition of 1960s

    From FAA Aviation News 1964, this competition was intended to replace Douglas DC-3,the main tenders were; Learjet Model-? Hughes M-? or Model-? Culver City Type-? Republic AP-? Farmingdale Type-? Jerome Type-? Parkville Type-? Fairchild Stratos M-? Hagerstown Type-? ACME may A-3 ...
  14. overscan (PaulMM)

    Douglas Secret Projects - Aircraft Concepts and Proposals from Long Beach, CA during the Cold War.

    Nice video by Mike Machat with inspiration from resident forum guru Craig Kaston. h/t to Michel Van who posted this earlier in a different topic. View: https://youtu.be/s6SDKjUj6NI
  15. Musashi311

    Would the F-111B have really been superior to the F-14?

    Hello everyone this is my first post on here :) I was recommended this video by the "glorious" YouTube algorithm while watching some of Ward Carroll's videos. The person who did said video mentioned some things about the F-111B...how much better would it have been than the F-14 as an...
  16. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Anglo-US Crusader/Hammerhead Sea Mine

    Briefly mentioned here, I remember stumbling across this system on another, now defunct, website covering US sea mines. If I remember, the project dated from the 1970s, and included two variants of rising mine, one based upon a small torpedo, the other rocket-propelled.
  17. Gentleman’s Astronautics

    Man in space

    Hey fellas, I'm (planning) on making a video game, set in the late 1950s, where Britain, the USSR and the USA each have their own space programmes, the US having Von Brauns ferry rocket and space lift ops, and the Brits having the BIS', now formed as the British Interplanetary Commission...
  18. K

    Char AMХ-30 with Garrett GT601 gas-turbine engine

    There is information that in the 80s the Garrett GT601 gas turbine was tested on the AMX 30 tank. Does anyone have any more information about this vehicle or any pictures?
  19. C

    SCB.100 class CVs

    I was curious to see if there had been any drawings of this paper ship plan. Basically a anti sub/ trade lane protector ship for th usn, 20 s-3 in 2 squadrons plus 4-8 small anti snuper aircraft (presumably a-4 but no design specified) and 16 sea kings, to be biult in the 70's to replace the...
  20. hesham

    Grumman G.81 Kitten,with Ducted-Wing

    From Air Pictorial 1965, is there any drawing to it ?,and thanks.
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