Hi,
in 1938,Parnall designed a twin boom heavy bomber Project,with no supporting
tailplane or structure between the booms,how we can find a drawing or a more
Info about it ?.
Introduction of Space Industry Bill shows UK’s commitment to commercial spaceflight
From: Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published: 28 June 2017
The Space Industry Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords, marking...
Blue Envoy Press are pleased to announce The Admiralty and the Helicopter by James Jackson.
A companion volume to The Air Staff and the Helicopter, this latest addition to the Project Tech Profile series charts the development of the Admiralty’s pioneering requirements and the numerous...
A handful of examples of the Saro/Blackburn Segrave twin-engined light touring monoplane were built in the early 1930s, mainly by Blackburn at Brough. Some were license-built by Piaggio as the P.12, but I don't know how many (Wikipedia suggests just two).
The last Blackburn-built Segrave was...
Hi,
here is a Blackburn unknown Triplane Fighter Project of 1917,featured with a propeller mounted
at the mid-fuselage,and powered by one 110 hp engine,what was this ?.
http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Aeronautica/L'Aeronautica%201930%2002.pdf
Type 31 design Concepts
Note that there was a misprint in the original article which had the Type 26 as the Type 266.
IMAGE CREDITS: BAE Systems, via Janes.
In the spirit of what-if?
Scotland votes to exit the United Kingdom and re-join the EU. As part of the negotiations with the
London Government, the Scottish First Minister insists that all nuclear warheads for the Trident
submarines must leave Scottish territory as soon as Scotland becomes...
A bit of a long shot, i recall a book launch at Telford a few years ago for a U2 history by Chris Pocock. On the authors signing table a display model with roundels on the grey finish ? (im wandering if it was part of Lockheeds ASTOR proposals or a stand alone submission?) I dont recall seeing...
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Found this on Amazon.co.uk ;
On Atlas' Shoulders: RAF Transport Aircraft Projects Since 1945
by Chris Gibson (Author)
Hardcover – 31 Oct 2016
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Hikoki Publications (31 Oct. 2016)
ISBN-10: 1902109511
ISBN-13: 978-1902109510
air ministry
cold war
post-cold war
raf air command / headquarters air command
raf air support command
raf strike command
raf transport command
royal air force
unitedkingdom
I thought we already had a thread on Rolls-Royce's drone ship program, but either I misremembered, or else our search engine has gone feral again.
Anyway, here's a quick update on the program via gCaptain...
"Hoverspeed hovercraft set to be destroyed"
30 January 2016 Last updated at 11:13 GMT
Source:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-35445419
https://youtu.be/YxiR0fipmiM
I had always been sceptical of the claims in various books that the RN planned to name its
fifth Polaris boat RAMILLIES. It made no sense as all the other names RESOLUTION, RENOWN, REPULSE and REVENGE were related to the role of the boats.
In his excellent new book about the RN submarine...
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