cold war

  1. R

    Dutch 20th Century designs

    A few years ago when researching the photo archive of Kon. Mij. De Schelde succeeded by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding I traced the next dia's, probably part of a lecture although without technical details
  2. Hood

    1987 Netherlands LST

    In 1987 the Royal Netherlands Navy began studying an 8,000 ton LST for the 1993-97 construction programme which would have the capacity to carry 600 Marines. This pre-dates the LSD effort which began in 1990 which resulted in the Rotterdam-class. These have a capacity for 600 troops but offer...
  3. uk 75

    Lists of Unbuilt Royal Navy and British Export Ships

    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...
  4. Forest Green

    Top-Secret Soviet Black Projects

    Found this, probably a few you have heard of and a few you haven't. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB2E3_wbVoU
  5. C

    I-70: Interceptor Version of the XB-70 Valkyrie?

    In the January 16, 2020 article "Triplesonic Interceptors: The F-103, F-108, and YF-12A", Tony R. Landis of the Air Force Material Command History Office briefly mentioned an "I-70" interceptor version of the North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie. According to Landis (2020), the "I-70" was...
  6. B

    RIP Bernard CHABBERT

    Well-known French journalist, author, pilot, THE voice of aerial meetings in France (La Ferté-Alais air show, Salon du Bourget air show, Paris Villaroche Air Legend and so on). He was 78 y.o.
  7. Mike Pryce

    Ralph Hooper RIP

    I've just heard that Harrier and P1216 designer Ralph Hooper passed away yesterday. He was 96, and in my view, Britain's greatest ever aircraft designer. Ralph explained his achievements modestly but clearly to the many who asked. Glad we asked him to do so for a video a few years back...
  8. B

    RIP Mikhail Maslov

    On December 8, 2022, at the age of 68, Soviet / Russian aviation historian Mikhail Alexandrovich Maslov passed away.
  9. Flyaway

    Apollo 17 50th Anniversary

    New video from NASA to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the mission. View: https://youtu.be/XhvliTtzQXY
  10. Mark Nankivil

    Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division Engineer Opportunities

    Good Day All - From the collection of the late Mike Burke "The Artist", this is a engineer opportunities brochure with artwork that may be of interest. Guessing mid-'60s as the OH-6A first flew in 1963. Enjoy the Day! Mark
  11. Grey Havoc

    FORM (computer algebra system)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.quantamagazine.org/crucial-computer-program-for-particle-physics-at-risk-of-obsolescence-20221201/
  12. Forest Green

    Kh-45 Hypersonic missile

    This was apparently being developed for the Soviet T-4 and DSB-LK hypersonic bomber and were also planned for the Tu-160. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-45 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed5CYLk6B5Y&t=500s
  13. thatdronedude

    Laser Battle Station Model Kit Inspiration

    I recently bought a NIB copy of the Revell "Laser Battle Stations" model kit from 1984. There were a number of other kits released at the same time that all have connections to reports and concepts (see images) but these "laser battle stations" are a bit hard to place. They appear to be modeled...
  14. hesham

    UK Old RPV and Target Drones

    Hi, in the book,Teach for the Sky,the company Air Service Training designed C.4 as a target drone,is there any more Info and drawing to it ?.
  15. flateric

    NASA/industry small transport aircraft technology (STAT) studies from 80s

    some GA weirdo projects from early 80s
  16. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Hilton (late 1960s)

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/z8frvx/what_happened_to_hiltons_hotel_on_the_moon/ https://mascola.com/insights/lunar-hilton-luxury-hotel-advertising/ http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/hotels_in_space.shtml...
  17. njiiaf

    Little Johnny Jet cartoon (1953)

    Was wondering if anyone else remembered this little Tex Avery short from their childhood.
  18. Grey Havoc

    Lancaster Mk VII NX611 'Just Jane'

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/ww2-avro-lancaster-bomber-renovation/ https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lots-to-see/aircraft/lancaster http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_lancaster_VII.html
  19. F.L.

    Chinese Nanchang J-12 light fighter

    How about a thread on the J-12 ? I noticed that there was none ! It is a jet that I like and I will try to collect in this thread some interesting things about it.
  20. C

    French dominance

    This was idea I had reading the merage IV threads, the idea being the the lockheed bribery scandal breaks in Germany befor the deal goes though leading to anything American becoming politically toxic, this leads to Germany (and though them the rest of the nato f-104 block) to buy the Mirage III...
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