post-world war ii

Does anyone have any information on the Cierva W.10 helicopter? I have seen it described as a four to five seater single engined helicopter and also that Cunliffe Owen built a prototype just before they went bust in 1947. Does anyone know more? Thanks in advance!

In Norman Friedman's invaluable "The Postwar Naval Revolution", which I have so far read many times, now I have found yet another new information. It regards a project of a corvette from 1945. This is what Friedman says on this (in a footnote on one of the book's pages): "The 1200-ton corvette...

Over in the Army Projects section of this forum I came across a thread on a declassified 1946 report of the U.S. National Defense Research Committee, Division 12, "Transportation Equipment and Related Problems." The report is a collection of scientific analyses and research on everything from...

I guess the search engine really is my friend. So say we all. http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/howard-hughes-d-2-a-9232.html Moonbat

...thanks again Stingray, great work... Do you have a complete designation list from the Charkov Institute, I believe the ChAI.35 was the last? If you can please post a pic or drawing from the ChAI.18 ;D Thanks a lot Servus Maveric

Hi, here is an artist picture for Cunliffe-Owen O.A.2,which could carry 18-passengers and had an estimated speed of 225 mph. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%200100.html

From The Royal Air Force Review October 1951 Vol 7 No 1.

I've always liked this story, which has a few design details in it about the (fictitious) two-stage rocket A20. I've always imagined it as being rather like an R.A.Smith-style "son of V2" with a retractable wing upper stage. Fired up by "The Spaceship Handbook", I'd like to try drawing this...

Hi, the well known Cierva/Weir W series of helicopters and autogyros, the W.7 from Flightglobal and Cierva project. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1946/1946%20-%201154.html?search=helicopter%20project%201946

Hi, the Piaggio P.140 was four engined transport aircraft project and powered by four Hercules 761 engines,a retractable loading ramp was built in to the lower rear portion of the deep fuselage. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1949/1949%20-%200797.html?search=PIAGGIO%20P.140

Hi, the Canadair CL-45 was ASW helicopter project,CL-52 was Boeing B-47B and CL-61 snow mobile project, what were the Canadair CL-65 (old design) and CL-212 ?.

The projects drawn by Filippo Zappata, famous Italian designer known for the CANT Z 10XX and 5XX series, while working at Breda (circa 1942-1950) are one of the major problems of Italian aviation history. Breda archives were utterly destroyed when the aviation branch of the company went...

Hi, this is an unusual method for cargo aircraft,from Curtiss-Wright. http://www.google.com/patents?id=izx-AAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=curtiss+wright+airplane#PPP1,M1

I've always been fascinated by the late WWII - very early Post WWII Attack a/c prototypes. While most seem to have fairly good info about, the Convair XA-41 being somewhat elusive, I can't find much of anything in print or online about the XBTC-2 (not the XBT2C, sort of a Helldiver II). Heck...

Hi, The Original DC-8 design from; http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1512961648048918155wQlQmW

These drawings can be found on the site Dutchsubmarines.com, albeit in multiple segments. The cargo submarine concept is a throw back to the WWI German concept - perhaps even the later the later "milch cow" u-boats? I do have to wonder if this design was prompted by the Dutch experience in the...

Hi, The Scaled Aircraft Composites designed and Beech built the UTT; it was a medium- size utility transport test aircraft with two tandem high-wings and twin turboprop engines,I have no drawings to it. anther Beech little known aircraft was PD.208 which developed from Model-99.

From Japan: Toyo TT-10 :tandem two seat low wing light cantilever monoplane, powered by one Lycoming O-290-D2 engine,FF 1953.

During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries developed and built such types. One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot. Much better known...

Here is a link to the Never Were Warships thread where Autocad drawings of the Malta class are available. http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=750&mforum=warshipprojects