pre-world war i

Here are some summary notes on the Scottish Company Beardmore who's aircraft manufacturing activities began in 1913 and ended in the 1920's. Beardmore-D.F.W. Round Britain Racer In 1913 William Beardmore and Company took over the building rights in Britain for the German Deutsche Flugzeug Werke...

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...

I found this rather interesting PDF on what could have been Denmark's first submarine. It's in Danish, so here's the Google translate translation. "Description of Captain V. Hovgaard Project for a submarine. 1900 " Or what could have been Navy's first submarine ... By Søren Nørby, cand. mag...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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

With the recent Supermarine list I tried to get a Vickers list from the inromaftion in limited my library. The list is far from complete and is offered here as a start. I will load it up in groups. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Refer EFB-1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27...

Many, many years ago a discussion forum for never-were ship designs was created called Warship Projects which is currently in version 3 here. I thought I'd post some of the more interesting projects here. This topic covers various designs by Ansaldo in Italy for Russia, Greece and Spain and the...

Hi guys :), I wonder if any of you knows more about those freelance engineers who presented their own designs to the competent authorities. The one depicted here, sent to me by Lark ( thanks again ;), Paul ) is from Wilhelm Hillmann, an engineer at Bremen. From "Die deutschen Flugboote...

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

Hi, The Caproni was a great aircraft company and it absorbed more than 20 companies during its life. Biplane and Monoplane first as a historical aircraft. Ca.30 three engined bomber of 1913 led to developed the Ca.31 and inter production as Ca.1. Ca.1 to Ca.5 heavy bombers. Ca.6 biplane. Ca.7...

Hey fans, I search for all material of Agusta-aircrafts or projects before the helicopter production! Help, please. Cheers

First post of a long topic about Italian battleship Francesco Caracciolo and the many designs for her in 1914-1919. A quick summary; A-series with 12x381mm guns B-series unknown? C-series definitive Caracciolo with 8x381mm guns in duples. What was actually built (but not finished) D-series with...

Good morning Vietnam. I´ve found this interesting web about WWI. In the following link you can find some interesting russian battleships. www.gwpda.org/naval/irn16bb.htm May the fun be with you...

Hi, the Breguet Br.600 was a twin engined amphibian seaplane Project,intended for A46 competition with Br.790.