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  1. Triton

    Izumo Class 22DDH Helicopter Destroyer

    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) 22DDH helicopter destroyer. Source: http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.com/2010/06/22ddh-japans-next-helicopter-carrier.html http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/6-62389.aspx http://oursogo.com/thread-1155047-1-1.html
    • Triton
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    • 2010s 2020s cold war ii destroyer helicopter carrier japan japanese maritime self-defense force jmsdf jsdf stol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 153
    • Forum: Military
  2. Mike Pryce

    Great Harrier footage

    This YouTube video has some really good footage of Harriers, plus some other aircraft (Sea Vixens - yay!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjRdNwcWsZE I especially like the Sea Harrier in nuclear strike configuration (WE177 and tank) preparing to launch at 20:37 and the 'Captain Pugwash'...
    • Mike Pryce
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    • cold war fleet air arm great britain nuclear battlefield royal air force royal navy v/stol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. Triton

    Hughes Jet Pack "Pogo Stick" concept

    Hughes Jet Pack Pogo Stick concept artwork found on eBay. [link no longer active]
  4. cluttonfred

    Morane Saulnier Statodyne Projects

    Random thought.... Have there been any designs for jet VTOL tailsitters, on paper or actually built, with the engine reversed in the airframe and the efflux turned 180 degrees or so to exit from the nose? It's not hard to imagine such a design with a pair of Harrier-style rotating louvers for...
    • cluttonfred
    • Thread
    • 1950s aéroplanes morane-saulnier armeé de l'air civil aviation cold war french fourth republic interceptor nuclear battlefield v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Hammer Birchgrove

    Real or fake? German WWII jet pack

    http://gizmodo.com/5524604/real-goddamn-flying-nazi-soldiers-with-jet-packs ??? Hurm.
    • Hammer Birchgrove
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    • axis powers combat engineers heer nazi germany pioniertruppen third reich vtol wehrmacht world war ii
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. overscan (PaulMM)

    Rockwell NA-420, NA-430 and NA-431 (US Navy "Type A" proposals)

    Rockwell NA 430 VSTOL Multi Mission Aircraft Design definition study of NASA/Navy lift/cruise fan V/STOL aircraft. Volume 1: Summary report of Navy multimission aircraft Cavage, R. L. (Rockwell International) NASA-CR-137695 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760005982
  7. Mike Pryce

    50 years of the Harrier

    Today it is 50 years since the first Hawker P.1127 hovered, on 21st of October 1960. Despite the recent news that the UK is retiring its fleet the US Marine Corps, Spanish Navy, Italian Navy and Indian Navy continue to operate it, and it is likely that the Harrier will still be in service for...
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1960 2010 armada española fleet air arm indian navy nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force royal spanish navy united states marine corps v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: The Bar
  8. hesham

    A N Rafaelyanz Aircraft and Projects

    Hi, we know only for this Russian company; Rafaelyants or simply RAF,that RAF-1 was ultra-light low-wing monoplane of 1925, RAF-2 was two-seat cantilever low-wing monoplane of 1926 and the RAF-11 was twin-engined low-wing small tarnsport aircraft of 1935,nobody knows the RAF-3 to RAF-10 ,and if...
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • 1920s 1930s 1950s civil aviation cold war interwar period light aviation pre-world war ii soviet union ussr vtol
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  9. hesham

    Rockwell unknown VSTOL transport aircraft of 1977

    Hi, I displayed this aircraft before,but I can't identify it,who can ?. Low speed aerodynamic characteristics of a vectored thrust V/STOL transport with two lift/cruise fans Renselaer, D. J NASA-CR-152029 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770022151 [Admin - updated link and added report details]
  10. airman

    Weser Tilt Rotor Designs

    Than the "Weser-Flugzeugbau GmbH" was active also after wwii ! :o :o
    • airman
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    • bundesmarine bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer vtol weser ag weser flugzeugbau weser-flugzeugbau gmbh weserflug west germany
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. B

    Rolls Royce 3rd Generation Lift Jet Transport

    From Journal Of The Royal Aeornautical Society August 1965. Not sure if this is a proper project or not as it says no more than the title in an article about VTOL. Regards, Barry
  12. hesham

    Boeing VTOL project

    Hi, the Aviation Week magazine published this Boeing VTOL transport aircraft project and the Flightglobal magazine displayed it. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1973/1973%20-%202151.html
  13. overscan (PaulMM)

    Vickers Versatile Aircraft Carrier and 1983 Light Fleet Carrier

    Displacing 13,200 tons, space for 16 aircraft. 15deg ski jump. For peacetime operations a helicopter operates from the rear deck, in wartime the rear deck would be built up with containers to lengthen the flight deck. Length 604 ft. Source: Flight International, 12 Jan 1980.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • aircraft carrier british shipbuilders cold war early 1980s great britain royal navy united kingdom v/stol vickers ltd vickers plc vsel vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  14. overscan (PaulMM)

    1960s Focke-Wulf FW 260 and FW 300 VTOL jet airliners

    Fw 260 medium range and Fw 300 short range transports Source: Flying Review International Vol 18, Issue 11
  15. hesham

    Hawker Siddeley HS.133 VTOL Airliner

    Hi, who knows this VTOL airliner aircraft Project ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1969/1969%20-%203287.html
  16. hesham

    Dornier LSK (Leichtes Schwebefähiges Kampfflugzeug) (Lightweight Hoverable Fighter) (1972)

    Hi, the Dornier sutdied in 1972 to develope an aircraft which was based on or looks like the SAAB-37 Viggen,and also designed a very beautiful lightweight V/STOL fighter,I never heard about them before. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%202852.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 1970s air-to-ground anti-tank bundeswehr close air support cold war dornier flugzeugwerke federal republic of germany ground attack transonic v/stol aircraft vtol west germany
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  17. 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...
  18. P

    Stretched Type 82

    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: 104
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  19. hesham

    Hawker Siddeley VTOL/STOL Concepts

    My dear Jemiba, can I ask you if there was a project to Hawker called HS-810 VTOL transport aircraft or not ?.
    • hesham
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    • cold war france french fifth republic great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd nord aviation nord-aviation stol united kingdom v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 77
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. hesham

    Various Japanese civilian aircraft designs

    Hi, The Japanese company NAMC YS-12 was developed from YS-11 but powered by two Rolls Royce dart RDa 10s ,YS-31 was with two RDa 7s and the YS-12-4 was with four RDa 10 engines. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1959/1959%20-%203097.html?search=ys-12
    • hesham
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    • airliner civil aviation cold war hypersonic japan light aviation post-cold war supersonic supersonic transport v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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