In the very first Thnunderbirds Episode "Trapped in the Sky" the London Airport building features the letters BAOC (based on the British Airways predecessor BOAC) as a rival to the Air Terrainean company who flew the Fireflash.
As a BOAC fan I always hoped to see the BAOC version. So 50 years...
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This is just a little thought exercise in a 'what-if' scenario for a hypersonic flight research program.
The US efforts to develop a hypersonic aircraft design in the 1950's (Aerospaceplace, X-15), 1960's (X-20, Lifting Bodies), and 1970's (X-24C, HYFAC) culminated, for a time, in the USAF and...
The RAF wereallocated three Concordes from the so-called white tail fleet at Filton by the Callaghan Government in 1980. This surprise decision was nearly as much of a shock as the Labour Party's 1978 victory.
One of the aircraft was re-painted in the distinctive colours of the Queen's Flight...
This is posted in the alternative history and future speculation section. So it is not history, but it is close to history.
What if.....what if the P1154 is proceeded with?
How does that happen? And what are its effects?
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It could happen partly by not merging RN and RAF...
alternate history
cold war
fleet air arm
fleet air defense fighter
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf fighter command
royal air force
royal navy
v/stol aircraft
vtol
what-if
Hello there, long time lurker, first time poster as they say, so my first post is a spot of a challenge.
The Cold War instead of ending when it did thanks to Mr Gorbachev being a realist, has continued through to 18th October 2012, NATO forces are now in the process of being reduced, so think...
1990s
2000s
alternate history
cold war
early 2010s
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
soviet union
united states
warsaw pact
western europe
what-if
After the rescue of most of the American hostages in 1980 Jimmy Carter went on to secure a second term against a divided Republican party.
The United States Navy had been hoping that a Republican victory would secure its additional Nimitz class carriers. Carter moved quickly to scotch these...
Well, don't forget Iran... it's a well-known fact that some upgraded Arrows found their way to Iran in 1972. The Shah was exasperated by Soviet Mig-25RB overflying its country... Phantoms were not powerfull enough, F-14 and F-15 were prototypes five years from export...
Iranian Arrows scared...
Hi folks,
I recently came across Adrian Mann's (rather fine) "Illustration of a Vickers Type 432 firing an Artemis air-to-air missile", at:
https://www.strata.com/showcase_detail.asp?id=2051&category=67
(I take it the target is an Me-264.) Does anyone know if the Vickers 432 was ever...
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bomber destroyer
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high altitude
interceptor
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
vickers
vickers-armstrongs limited
what-if
world war ii
Over many years I have gathered together brochures and artwork (cards ads etc) for the Boeing SST
So far I have artwork for the following:
Airlift (photo of broken model from ebay)
Alitalia (drawing in brochure)
Braniff (image from Internet site)
Continental (photo of model in brochure-meatball...
American studies into a supersonic transport go back to the 1950s when various versions were proposed by Convair based on the B-58 Hustler. Things remained paper studies until John F. Kennedy moved plans ahead in July of 1961 with the formation of a presidential committee made up of members of...
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