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  1. 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
  2. overscan (PaulMM)

    Argentine SAIA 90 fighter project

    Air International October 1983 Argentina defined requirements for a dual-role combat aircraft for the 90s. SAIA 90 (Sistema de Armas Integrado Argentino de la decada del 90), to be built in Argentina, for air/air and air/ground roles. Using (Dornier) technology acquired in IA-63 Pampa. License...
  3. P

    Saunders Roe P.177 / SR.177

    I've cut and pasted this from another site SR.177 is a mixed powerplant interceptor and quite a flexible design to boot. Japan had a look at it too, and at one point examined weather to buy the SR.53's. and the production jigs. Had it entered service, its most likely the RAF and RN would...
  4. richard

    Heinkel Postwar Fighters

    Who could post a picture of the 1957 Heinkel He 012 ( or 021 ? ) fighter project ? Thanks a lot for the help ! Richard
    • richard
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    • cold war federal republic of germany fighters luftwaffe north atlantic treaty organisation occupied germany vtol west germany
    • Replies: 83
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. 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 >:(
  6. RP1

    NFR-90 and other Pre-Horizon AAW Projects

    (I wasn't sure if this should be included under the Horizon thread, as there were at least 8 projects between Type 42 and Type 45 in the UK alone, let alone any other nations, and Horizon was just one of those) (Note that the image is resized by the forum code and is actually 994 * 582...
    • RP1
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    • anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare area air defence canada cold war destroyer escort vessel french fifth republic frigate great britain italian republic kingdom of spain kingdom of the netherlands nato naval radar north atlantic treaty organisation united states west germany western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. S

    HWK series AFVs

    In "Encyclopedia of Tanks" by Crow and Icks, there are brief details of a series of AFVs on a common chassis. The picture is clearly of the small turret 20mm cannon version, though it is captioned by the arrow as having a 90mm recoilless rifle. Has anyone a picture of the 90mm variant, please...
  8. boxkite

    Messerschmitt designations (post-war and pre-MBB)

    Sorry for the delay, I was busy with non-aviation things :( . Here are the P xxxx numbers of unbuilt Messerschmitt/MBB projects (mainly source is “Willy Messerschmitt – Pionier der Luftfahrt und des Leichtbaues” by Ebert, Kaiser and Peters/ISBN 3-7637-6103-9): · P 1118 – four-seat touring...
    • boxkite
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    • bundesmarine bundeswehr cold war federal republic of germany kommando der marineflieger luftwaffe marineflieger messerschmitt messerschmitt gmbh occupied germany west germany
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  9. JAZZ

    MBT-80 British German

    There is little detail about the MBT-80 a British and german effort to find a replacement MBT, evetually they went their own ways. Any better photos than this out there?
    • JAZZ
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    • british army british army of the rhine cold war great britain mbt mbt-80 tank west germany
    • Replies: 67
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. GTX

    Panther Anti-Tank/Anti-Helicopter

    This was a project of the (then) West German Army during the late '80s/early'90s. It was designed for anti-tank and anti-helicopter warfare roles and was based on the hull of the Leopard 1 chassis converted by removing the turret and fitting an elevating arm with weapons/sensors that could reach...
    • GTX
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    • anti-helicopter anti-tank bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer federal republic of germany heer jagdleopard west germany
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. P

    West German Leopard 3 MBT

    In the late 1980's I remember the West Germans talking about their plans for their next gen of MBT that was going to replace the Leopard 1. It was called the Leopard 3. Does anyone have anything in the way of how far this project got - i.e prototype? is there any art work or drawings or...
    • Pioneer
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    • bundeswehr bundeswehr 2000 cold war deutsches heer federal republic of germany heavy tank heeresstruktur 2000 kampfwagen 90 mbt north atlantic treaty organisation post cold war tank tank design west germany
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  12. E

    Messerschmitt Me-P-308 "Jet Taifun"

    Okay, does anyone have three-views of post-war business jets developed on paper by Messerschmitt? I'm referring to the HA230/Me230 and Me308 projects.
    • elmayerle
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    • 1960s cold war federal republic of germany late 1950s messerschmitt messerschmitt gmbh post-world war ii west germany
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. overscan (PaulMM)

    MBB BBH Armed Escort Helicopter

    http://www.aiaa.org/tc/vstol/unbuilt/mbb/index_r.html BBH-2 Pic:
  14. Hanse

    Liberty air defense system.

    This was an air defense system based on the M1 chassis. ISTR it had two 25mm guns and ADATS missiles but I can't find anything on it.
    • Hanse
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    • 1980s air defense artillery branch anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war early 1990s faad faads-los-fh forward area air defense france los-f-h north atlantic treaty organisation spad surface-to-air missile u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps west germany
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  15. overscan (PaulMM)

    MBT 70 family

    Nice pics of an MBT-70 prototype http://tanxheaven.com/mbo/MBT-70/MBT-70.htm
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • 1960s armoured engineer vehicle armoured recovery vehicle armoured vehicle-launched bridge bundeswehr cold war combat engineer vehicle deutsches heer early 1970s federal republic of germany mbt north atlantic treaty organisation spaag tank design united states united states army west germany
    • Replies: 153
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  16. RP1

    MBB Lampyridae

    My latest project is here: http://rp-one.net/lampyridae/lampy.html The MBB Lampyridae stealth fighter. RP1
  17. C

    Grob G850 Strato 2C

    Hi Everyone! I'm very interested in the Grob G850 Strato 2C, (a research aircraft), and I was wondering if anyone had any three-views of this aircraft and if so, could you possibly post them on this website. I'd like to do some illustrations of this aircraft and possibly a scratch-built model...
    • ChuckAnderson
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    • 1990s cold war deutsches zentrum für luft- und raumfahrt e.v dlr germany late 1980s post-cold war west germany
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. R

    Messerschmitt Me 321/323, pre- and follow-on projects (ZSO 523)

    Have you ever heard about the Zeppelin/SNCASO ZSO 523? I´ve been trying to find info about it, but it was very hard, all I have is it was a big aircraft with six engines. Raravia
  19. 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.
  20. Jemiba

    VAK 191, Development, Variants & Prototypes

    Just found in an brochure from DaimlerChryslerAerospace. Probably well known, nevertheless ...
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