In a patent dated October 20, 1914, entitled Fallgeschoß für Luftfahrzeuge, Walther Lentz presents a type of projectile, an aerial torpedo dropped from airships by means of an ejection device on a descending trajectory.The aerial torpedo has a simple shape, with two slender wings attached to the...
admiralty
admiralty a-class airship
airship
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early 1920s
great britain
late 1910s
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r.38 class airship
royal airship works
royal corps of naval constructors
royal navy
short brothers plc
united states
united states navy
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A detailed description of the Torpedo Protection System for this ship is held by the University of Tokyo and has been digitised. I have downloaded, and uploaded here, the description and the diagram of this system. It goes without saying that the presence of this document in Japan is a very...
Introduction:
John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Commander, Captain, Admiral, Second then First Sea Lord, one if not the most influential and prominent naval commander of the Royal Navy. His ideas, views and dedicated work allowed the modernization of the Royal Navy to remain in first...
One of my continuing interests and a strength of this site is information about Royal Navy ships that never left the drawing board.
Recently.not so much has been published about these designs so I thought I would start this thread.
Many projects have there own threads and are well known to...
corpo aeronautico militare
early 1920s
interwar period
kingdom of italy
late 1900s
ministry of aeronautics (kingdom of italy)
pre-worldwari
regia marina
regio esercito
worldwari
To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea:
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2
(You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
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birmingham small arms company
british army
cold war
enfield of india
great britain
interwar period
the enfield cycle company limited
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Fokker Dr. I Genesis/Brief Summary of Leon Bennett's Perspective
Hi everyone,
I recently read "Three Wings for the Red Baron" by Leon Bennett. Quite a fascinating and surprising book, but I'm not sure how much of it is speculation and how much can is based on a solid foundation of verifiable...
French Night Fighters
Between February 1918 and July 1922 the French Aéronautique Militaire used the Caudron R.XI heavy escort fighters from the Escadrille C 46, in joint operations with the Breguet XIV night bombers of the 3ême regiment de bombardement.
In 1924 a night fighter unit was...
Hi,
Henry and James Hoffar built aircraft seaplane in 1915,called H-1,followed by H-2 and H-3 flying boats.
http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft29897.htm
http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft209213.htm
Long before the Welbike, the American inventor Arthur Hugo Cecil Gibson in 1915 during the First World War, offered his motor vehicle to the American army. A 22.5 kg combat scooter that can carry a load of 136 kg at a speed of 40 km/h but was not accepted however it did not differ so much from...
The history of the bullpup in France began long before the famous FAMAS which certainly marked its time but it was born under the constraint of the international conflicts. as assault rifle France had its misadventure during years from 1945 to 1970 with various programs and much expenditure...
Hey everyone, came across these pictures on an old German newspaper about WW1. Lets use this thread to aggregate all information about early armoured cars.
- Coutin
PS: Does anyone recognize the American models?
Hello everyone,
I recently watched 2 videos by the "Great War" channel where they mention and even show modern illustrations of what the vehicle would've looked like, despite all of this, I haven't been able to find any information regarding this curious beast at all, even on books. Does anyone...
French two prototypes buildt in 1919... is said to be one of the best looking aircraft of the WW1. The name " Sesquiplane" means 'one-and-a-half wings.'"
Its sleek smooth streamlined wooden monocoque shell of tulipwood, was produced by winding thin spiral strips around a mould in a series of...
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