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Hi, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%203106.html

The "hovertank" is a staple of science fiction novels and board games, yet in the real world fans and skirts never seem to have supplanted wheels or tracks. Does anyone have any projects or prototypes to share on proposed land-based hovercraft? Cheers, Matthew

Can anyone recommend a good English source for information concerning Valentin Glusko's Lunar Expeditionary Complex beyond the Russian Space Web site and Astronautix, either books or websites? Does anyone have concept art they would be willing to share? I have been on the Buran web site. It's...

I have read conflicting information concerning the Soviet N1 rocket. Some sources say that the 30 engine design of the first stage was fatally flawed and the complex piping was damaged during rail transport to Baikonur. But then another source says that Nikolai Kuznetsov continued to work to...

Evening gents I was looking for information on the Soviet ZSU-37 SPAAG, when I discovered that there was a ZSU-37-2 Yenisei. The only information I could find was - The ZSU-37-2 Yenisei is a later, unrelated design based on the chassis of the experimental SU-100P self-propelled gun. It was...

In mid of 1951, in the region of Kazajstan; Wolfgang Ziese -component of the program " COMBINAT OKB-2 from the old team of the german SIEBEL-, exceed Mach 1 with his plane DFS 346. Although this plane was under the belly of Tu-4 (from captured B-29), that would have been interesting it was...

RAM-G - Yakovlev Yak-38 RAM-H - Tupolev Tu-144D RAM-J - Sukhoi Su-25 RAM-K - Sukhoi Su-27 RAM-L - Mikoyan MiG-29 RAM-M - Myasishchev M-17 Mystic RAM-N - Ilyushin Il-102 RAM-Q - Usenet postings referring to RAM-Q have been made, no idea what it might refer to. RAM-P - Tupolev Tu-160 RAM-R -...

Most, although by no means all, pre-Apollo concepts for manned lunar flights depended on assembly or at least refueling in LEO. It's my understanding that a reason for dropping this approach was that it could not be done in time to satisfy Apollo's before-this-decade-is-out deadline. Probably...

Hi to all. Today not well-known and unknown Myasishchev airships projects - 2DP - VS-80 - VS-90 Detailed info see in www.avicopress.ru and magazine "Our wings" Regards

Last month's DTI carried a blurb on the Mig-31 BM . the last line talked about the Mig-31 BM's ability to counter stealth cruise missiles and Hypersonics. In this context I propose to start a discussion as to how the Mig-31 BM may indeed accomplish the same.

...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

has this been discussed before? http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/yak_vvp-6.php

Maybe Chelomei’s space interceptor ... ? http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lks.htm

Hi, the Yak-60 was a big helicopter project and it a tandem rotor,it would have used two Mi-6 rotors,each driven by a pairs of 6,500shp D-25VF engines, its rotor diameter 35m,length 46m and weight 42 tonnes. http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/yak-60.php

Development of the "Ajax" and "Neva" hypersonic flight vehicles with MHD (Magneto-Hydrodynamic) propulsion was initiated at the Leninets design bureau in late 1980s. There were apparently several configurations, some for hypersonic atmospheric flight, some for space launch. I have found some...

These drawings were obtained from a book I ordered several years ago from Avia Press. Sorry, I can't identify specific sourse. They were shown in a book on the T-4 Sotka, and only shpwed the over head view.Thw book was in Russian so I can't give any details. I would like to know if these are...

This is prototype of fighter autogyro built by TsAGI in 1936. Armament is 1 ShKAS 7,62 MG. Top speed is 245 km/h.

Was the YE-8 related?, another cool single engined MIG. Cheers, Woody

I hadn't heard of this aircraft until a couple of weeks ago and I haven't found more than a passing mention of it on this forum, so I thought I'd post some info. It's clearly a Mig-21 derivative, but apparently a new airframe, not a modification. From what I've read, it served partly as Mig-25...

ASW and AWACS navy project. Related aircrafts are here: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,353.0.html