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I have come across some information on the proposed VC.4 three-engined transatlantic airliner project of 1949. Information on the VC.4 was used to demonstrate aerodynamic drag issues in a Royal Aeronautical Society lecture by E. J. Edwards on 24 November 1949 entitled A Review of Aerodynamic...

Found a few things on both the German and Dutch predecessor programs to the joint KMW-DAF Fennek scout vehicle: In Germany there were competitive trials between the French VBL offered by MaK in cooperation with Panhard and the Zobel developed by GST. Interestingly both MaK and GST at that time...

Hello All, I am looking for any information or leads people might have on Vickers' Dreadnought battleship Design No. 318 as nearly accepted by the Russian Naval Ministry in late 1907. I am particularly looking for information regarding the designed ships' dimensions, arrangement, and any...

Hi! In 1936, a 40-mm anti-aircraft gun was created in Spain. Little is known about her, but even less is known about her shells. The gun was created jointly with the Vickers company and is similar to the "pom-pom". I found one diagram with a drawing that allegedly depicts her projectile. What...

G'day all. Just been some research into the Vickers 'Falcon' 30mm SPAAG program, in doing so Im just wondering if Vickers or other defence manufactures for that matter considered using the FV433 Abbot SPH chassis as the basis for other derivatives? It seems a good and versatile chassis for what...