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  1. 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...
  2. 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.
  3. 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 ...
  4. 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
  5. 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...
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
  8. 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?
  9. 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...
  10. hesham

    Grumman G.81 Kitten,with Ducted-Wing

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

    Boeing Two Small Aircraft to ID

    From Boeing magazine 1950, what was these two Boeing designs ?,maybe a generic or ?.
  12. GTX

    MC-55A Peregrine

    View: https://twitter.com/sr_planespotter/status/1701290701605003416?s=51&t=WcFuJ85g5OrePshaUNn-8g
  13. hesham

    Boeing Incredible Aircraft Design of 1961 ?

    From Boeing magazine 1961, can anyone ID this beast ?,may the number 733 was for its model,because we know that designation had been used for different concepts !.
  14. P

    Nemesis MBT development

    I can't find any thread on here regarding the Nemesis MBT, a British project with some US/Commonwealth contributions. https://tankhistoria.com/experimental/nemesis-mbt/?utm_content=cmp-true This article makes mention of a variety of considered versions in both the mounting of the gun...
  15. E

    US forces with a second JFK term and shorter/no Vietnam war?

    Hi everyone, We have already discussed a shorter/no Vietnam scenario already so I will not ask for changes related to this. However, what I was wondering about is whether having a second JFK term (due to no assassination) instead of a Johnson term would affect 1963-1968 procurement in any way...
  16. Tzoli

    US Missile Launcher Designations

    I've thought I collect here the Guided Missile Launcher Systems or GMLS designations the US Armed forces used, mostly the navy but there seems to be many missing launcher designations and sequences. If anybody knows more designations from the missing sequences feel free to post here or inform me...
  17. that_person

    Rumsfeld's Alternative Fleet Architecture Design and the Weapon Ship/Combat Systems Ship (X-WPS)

    Hello all. Today I was doing some research into the AGS's LRLAP shells, trying to confirm a hunch I have that the original unit price was drastically lower than the stated $800,000-$1,000,000. I sort of confirmed that, as well as finding information saying the AGS was supposed to fire other...
  18. Michel Van

    Keyhole satellite projects

    This here is overview of several projects for NRO Keyhole Spy Sats like DORIAN, SPARTAN, SAMOS or FULCRUM MOL aka KH-10 DORIAN KH-11 KENNEN The SPARTAN reconnaissance satellite program Proposal to use NRO camera on Apollo Mission Source material...
  19. M

    "Faked" SDI test from the 1980s

    I'm trying to track down references to an SDI test that I'm pretty sure used the MIRCL laser and SeaLite beam director. The test is mentioned here: https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1106/zstar3.html I recall this being on the nightly newscasts. After much hype about SDI, little had occurred and...
  20. R

    MARAD PD-133 "Pacer" Austere Cargo Ship

    In 1966, the Maritime Administration began design work on a general purpose cargo-liner to be built in large enough numbers to be useful in national emergencies and replace war-era vessels serving in non-subsidized trade, with the idea that they be designed for minimum cost. As specified in a...
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