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    Bell "Seakat" Sea Control Ship (SCS) sensor carrier proposal

    To reply no. 55 by Aerofranz, I misidentified the illustration's top sensor carrier as the Bell SeaPig. It's actually the SeaKat, still from Bell Aerospace. I apologize for the error. Attached are a couple views of a SeaKat factory model. I would be grateful for any info about this little-known...
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    Navy 1970s SCAT VTOL study

    Found this in an old AIAA compilation of papers "Evolution of aircraft wing design". The particular paper was by Bob Liebeck (Father of the BWB), and the title was "Design of airfoils for high-lift" (AIAA 80-3034) therein is briefly described a study called SCAT (Surveillance, Communications...
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    Grumman G-235 "Gadfly" & Model134E "VTOL Mohawk" tilt-wing aircraft

    I recall a couple of pictures of designs for VSTOL versions of the Grumman Mohawk (one with tilt wing and another(I think from Boeing) with a VSTOL swing wing design? Was this in answer to a requirement in the US or were the aircraft simply speculative ventures in the early 60s. The Boeing...
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