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  1. Jemiba

    German Airship Projects

    After WW I Schütte-Lanz, led by Prof. Schütte tried to get into the civil airship business by designing Trans-Atlantic airships. SL 101 "Atlantic" would have had a volume of 95,000 cbm, whereas SL 102 "Panamerica" would have been considerble bigger with 205,000 cbm. Apart from the wartime...
    • Jemiba
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    • deutsches reich german empire imperial german state interwar period pre-world war i weimar republic world war i
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  2. hesham

    Izhorski Giant Triplane Heavy Bomber Project

    Hi, http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft28258.htm
  3. Stargazer

    Vladimir Fedorovich Savelyev's quadruplanes

    Until the early 1920s, aircraft development was based mainly on the intuition of designers. As for aerodynamics, this science was in its infancy. Suffice it to say that the concept of inductive resistance was not known at that time, which led to the emergence of "flying monsters" with three...
  4. K

    Fixed torpedo tubes for shore defence

    Could anyone provide me data and informations about fixed torpedo tubes for shore defence?I known that they saw action during WWII.In one case the German heavy cruiser "Blucher" sunk by two 533 mm torpedoes fired from an Norwegian shore torpedo launcher during German invasion in Norway.Do they...
    • KonTim
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    • coastal defences cold war kingdom of norway kriegsmarine nazi germany royal australian navy royal norwegian army world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. P

    Going to the moon (and elsewhere) on slide rules.

    As a slide rule addict (and, by way of disclosure, an ordinary member of the Oughtred Society), I'm well aware of the slide rule's proud history in aerospace design and research. Now we know that it almost certainly wasn't all done with slide rules - log and trig tables, mechanical calculators...
    • pathology_doc
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    • cold war interwar period pre-world war ii space race world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. P

    "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - Targets, Drones and UAVs (Air-Britain)

    . I don't know where this really belongs (if at all) anyway, out of interest, Air Britain have (?) released a new book on RAF unmanned aircraft / target drones / recon drones called "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - I do NOT know if any projected models are included :-...
    • phil gollin
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    • aerial gunnery target aerial torpedo british army cold war drone early 21st century electronic warfare fleet air arm interwar period late 20th century photo-recce post-cold war royal air force royal navy tactical reconnaissance target drone unmanned aerial vehicle war on terror world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  7. Stargazer

    Aeromarine & Aeromarine-Klemm designations

    Aeromarine (nd) Boland's first, unsuccessful plane (1909, 1 built) B two-place pusher motor; canard stabilizers with twin rudders between the wingtips (1910, 1 built) (nd) Aeromarine's first official type, Boland's single-seat canard pusher flying boat (1914, 1 built) (nd) military...
    • Stargazer
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    • interwar period pre-world war i united states united states navy world war i
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  8. Maveric

    Early UAV

    Hi all, two pics of an early german UAV: the Argus As-292.
  9. hesham

    LFG (Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft) Projects

    Hi, V.14 Binz was float plane of 1922. V.15 Sellin was flying boat with enclosed cabin for passengers. V.16 was an airliner biplane. V.17 was float plane and powered by Benz engine. V.23 Anklam was a low-wing monoplane powered by one Siemens Sh 4 engine,a high wing also planned. V.25...
    • hesham
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    • deutsche luftstreitkräfte die fliegertruppen des deutschen kaiserreiches german empire imperial german navy imperial german state interwar period marine-fliegerabteilung pre-world war i weimar republic world war i
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  10. RyanC

    Commercial (or Semi Commercial) Cargo Submarines

    Yes I know once again from NHHC Photo
    • RyanC
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    • atomic power atomic ships cargo submarine cold war nuclear powered vessels post-cold war world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  11. JFC Fuller

    Farquhar Hill Pattern 1918 rifle

    This weapon has a very long history and participated in and failed multiple trials through 1908 to the early 1920s. it started life as a self loading rifle and appears to have evolved into a light machine gun. However the closes it got to entering service was 1918. After numerable trials a...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • british army great britain interwar period late 1900s post-world war i pre-world war i royal flying corps world war i
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  12. A

    ALBATROS Flugzeugwerke GmbH

    hi all
    • AM
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    • deutsche luftstreitkräfte die fliegertruppen des deutschen kaiserreiches german empire imperial german navy interwar period pre-world war i world war i
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  13. A

    Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH.

    hi all
    • AM
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    • focke-wulf flugzeugbau ag focke-wulf flugzeugbau gmbh german empire interwar period luftwaffe nazi germany pre-world war i reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium third reich weimar republic world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  14. A

    Potez designations

    hi all
    • AM
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    • cold war france french third republic interwar period post-world war i sncan world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  15. A

    Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen

    hi all FF 1 Two-seat single-float biplane (11.1912) FF 2 Single-seat two-float monoplane (1913) FF 4 Two-seat two-float monoplane (02.1914) FF 8 Single-seat two-float sport monoplane (06.1913) FF 9 Two-seat single-float racing biplane (06.1913) FF 11 Two-seat reconnaissance biplane...
    • AM
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    • central powers deutsche luftstreitkräfte die fliegertruppen des deutschen kaiserreiches german empire imperial german army imperial german navy pre-world war i triple alliance world war i
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  16. Stargazer

    Armstrong Whitworth designations

    Apparently no-one has yet tackled the subject on this forum, so here is my contribution. After days of research, it seems that there is no chance of ever filling the gaps in this list as even the sources of the time and the resources available do not give the type numbers for many A.W.A...
    • Stargazer
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    • cold war interwar period pre-world war i royal air force royal navy united kingdom world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  17. E

    Ricci Bros Projects: between the aerial motorcycle and the flying transatlantic

    Something about the ricci brothers: Umberto Ricci, born in Verona on November 26, 1886 Ettore Ricci, born in Verona on November 30, 1888: they started their aeronautical career in 1905, building little hot air rigid airship models. After some free flight gliders, they built a triple-tandem...
    • ermeio
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    • early 1900s interwar period kingdom of italy pre-world war i regia aeronautica regia marina world war i
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  18. Maveric

    Caproni early aircraft

    Hi all, once again a question about Caproni... I don´t know project or not, but I search for pics or drawings of the following early Caproni aircraft Ca.52/Ca.54/Ca.55/Ca.78(sure project)/Ca.81(sure project)/Ca.88(real aircraft) and Ca.110(project). Thanks Maveric
    • Maveric
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    • corpo aeronautica militare interwar period kingdom of italy pre-world war i regia aeronautica regio esercito servizio aeronautico della regia marina world war i
    • Replies: 108
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  19. blackkite

    Various Nakajima projects and prototypes

    Hi hesham enjoy! I will report specification of these aircrafts near future. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/airplane/museum/nakajima/91sen/91SEN.html You can see many interesting topics when you click bottom parts of this site.
    • blackkite
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    • empire of japan imperial japanese army imperial japanese army air service imperial japanese navy imperial japanese navy air service interwar period nakajima aircraft company world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 71
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  20. richard

    Projects in Switzerland

    Enjoy ! Projects of the "Institut für AerodynamiK" Does anybody knows more ? http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Dia_240-276_29408.html http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Dia_240-191_30044.html...
    • richard
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    • federal military department (switzerland) interwar period swiss air force swiss army swiss confederation switzerland world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 93
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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