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  1. uk 75

    Fairchild-Republic FR-150 Sea Control Ship (SCS) fighter

    Reading the chapter in TB's new American Secret Projects book on the contenders for the VSTOL USN fighter in the 70s I was fascinated by the lengthy narrative on the Fairchild Republic proposal. No pictures appear, but it seems to resmble a smaller updated version of the company's proposal for...
  2. P

    Type 82 Bristol Class Projects and Design Studies

    In Rebuilding the RN Brown notes 'In 1967 consideration was given to a stretched Type 82 to replace the Tiger class as helicopter ships' (DEFE 16/617 (PRO)) Were any drawings made?
    • PMN1
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    • admiralty anti-submarine warfare atomic ships cold war cruiser fleet air arm great britain guided missile aviation cruiser harrier carrier late 1960s nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy sea harrier v/stol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 122
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. hesham

    Rolls Royce VTOL Projects

    Hi, Does anyone know those VTO projects to Rolls Royce ?. Source,flightglobal.
  4. A

    Rolls-Royce Liftjets from RB82 to XJ-99

    Thread to discuss this family of lift engines, and aircrafts related. I've gathered some infos on the subject... Le Fana de l'aviation, october 1997. Article on the Mirage IIIV. "Circa 1967 RB-162 were to be replaced by RB-189, product of a join program between RR and Allison. Thrust was 2700...
    • Archibald
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    • cold war great britain rolls-royce v/stol vtol
    • Replies: 67
    • Forum: Propulsion
  5. JAZZ

    Russian and Soviet Aircraft Carriers

    The Soviets had a number of stilborn aircraft carrier projects from the 1930's all the way through to the 1990's. One of the most studied was Project-72 dating back to WW-II (1943) I think. Other projects include Project-69A, Project-85 and Project 1123 (Moskova concepts) before getting to the...
    • JAZZ
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    • aircraft carrier cold war cold war ii commonwealth of independent states early 20th century imperial russian navy naval aviation nuclear powered vessels post-cold war red fleet russian empire russian federation russian navy soviet navy soviet union ussr v/stol vstol carriers
    • Replies: 441
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  6. EEP1A

    Teledyne Ryan VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects (NOT liftfan/Fan-In-Wing)

    Ryan VTOL fighter project of the late 1950's. From Japanese Magazine "The Aviation Magazine" September 1958.
    • EEP1A
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    • air defence air defense command cold war united states united states air force united states army united states navy v/stol vtol
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. Mike Pryce

    Harrier Carriers

    Over the years the STOVL ability of the Harrier has led to various proposals for ships for it to operate from. First was the VT Harrier Carrier concept of the mid-1970s. 8,000 tons, c. 400ft length at WL, 420 ft flight deck with ski-jump. Electric propulsion powered by 9x5000 hp gas turbine...
    • Mike Pryce
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    • bae british aerospace plc cold war fleet air arm great britain harrier carrier hawker siddeley aviation ltd helicopter carrier japan maritime self-defense force post-cold war royal navy sea harrier united states marine corps united states navy v/stol vosper thornycroft vsel vstol carriers vtol west germany
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  8. Thorvic

    EWR VJ-101A/B/C/D/E VTOL fighter projects

    Following on from UK75's Post on a VTOL Lutwaffe 1975 i was wondering if anybody had the dimensions for the VJ-101 D ?. I can find stuff on-line for the B, C and E but not for the D >:(
  9. overscan (PaulMM)

    ADO-12 to "US-FRG" AVS V/STOL Fighter Programs

    A joint US-German VSTOL fighter project. Here we have a 3 view of an early configuration and an isometric cutaway of a later version with modified air intakes.
  10. overscan (PaulMM)

    Sea Control Ship (SCS) and VSTOL Support Ship (VSS)

    SCS SWATH design carrier (Slightly off topic but cool :)
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    Advanced Harrier Projects

    Thanks to Evan, heres a nice PDF of a British Aerospace Harrier II Plus brochure showing it in RN colours.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • british aerospace plc cold war fleet air arm great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force royal navy sea harrier united kingdom united states united states marine corps united states navy v/stol v/stol aircraft vstol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 353
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  12. Antonio

    McDonnell-Douglas Model 260 VSTOL project

    Desktop models from rival McDonnell 260 Source: Aviation Magazine International. Nº753 May 1979
    • Antonio
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    • 1970s 1980s cold war mcdonnell douglas united states marine corps united states navy v/stol vstol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 69
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. overscan (PaulMM)

    Lockheed Navy "Type A" VSTOL proposals

    Lockheed VSTOL- unknown model
  14. Deino

    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
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  15. overscan (PaulMM)

    General Dynamics Convair Models 200 / 201 / 218 Sea Control Ship fighters

    Don't know much about this one. Pictures sourced online; possibly from an old Aviation Week. Convair Model 200. [Images removed - better copies later in topic]
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