Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects

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Unbuilt and cancelled aviation projects since 1945. Designs that never made it into production.
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Competitors to the XF-92
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Brabazon III
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US Navy "V/STOL Type A" competition
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Paul Poberezny Aircraft and Projects
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Armstrong Whitworth flying wing transport aircraft
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Swiss Little Known Helicopters,Light Aircraft and Projects
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DARPA/ONR Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) UAS
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SNCAN (Nord Aviation) and Nord-SFECMAS Projects
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McDonnell XF-88B
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Northrop Aeronautical Institute student Project
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Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) Oblique Flying Wing commercial transport
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F-4E(S) & F-4X
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William Horton's Wingless Designs
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Transall - Origins, Variants & Projects
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Mirage F2 and F3
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McDonnell-Douglas Model 260 VSTOL project
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A very light helicopter
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Republic AP-47 Mixed-Power Ground Support Proposal of 1948
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Postwar Hispano Aviación projects
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Sikorsky S-61 prototypes, projects and license builds
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Northrop/Dornier P700 / N310 / ND-102 (N/D-102) tailless fighter
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The Road for Fiat G.59
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Super 580 Falcon Aircraft Company
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Snow Aviation International (SAI) SA-200 Series
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Boeing Vertol BV-307 commercial helicopter project
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UTVA Ekranoplan
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Tupolev "45M" (1972) - heavy Tu-22M modification
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Convair B-36 Derivatives (B-36C)
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Bell D-139 "Vertiburner" VTOL jet fighters - precursors to the D-188A
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Aircraft with Ramjets
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MBB BBH Armed Escort Helicopter
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Ultra-Light Helicopter & Aircraft/LSA Projects
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Post-War Portuguese Projects
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"The Mysterious Ryan Model 147S-2"
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Scaled Composites Model 432 "Silver Fox" UAS
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Equator aircraft
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Fletcher FD-25
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UTX/UCX proposals
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Avro 720 and derivatives
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Studies before the Tornado: NKF, AFVG, UKVG
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MIRAGE 4000
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SNCAN (Nord) 500 « Cadet » VTOL prototype
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Michel Van
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C-130 V/STOL modification projects
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F-15 SMTD and alternatives
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Tupolev Tu-160SK / Burlak-Diana space launcher
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Helicopter Prototype By Joseph Pidek, Canada
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Apophenia
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Dornier Do P.380 flying boat
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Dornier Cargo VTOL 60 T Aircraft ?
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MVZ/Mil' very own Speedhawk - Mi-X1 - in the works
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Lockheed CL400 Suntan
2
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Rogerson Hiller 1100 gunship
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Partenavia Prototypes & Projects
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Secret Stealth VTOL Transport - "Senior Citizen"
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New Zealand Light Aircraft Prototypes & Projects
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ITWL Grot-2
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Sikorsky Naval S-76
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Grumman/Gulfstream Projects
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Lockheed Martin SVATD (Smart Vehicle - Advanced Technology Demonstrator) 2001
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Bell Model 207 Sioux Scout
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Brazilian Civil Aircraft Post WWII
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Tupolev '164' (Tu-164)
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Turkish THK Prototypes & Projects
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Why is this called TU-160A while I'm referring to this unknown Tupolev project, not to be confused with the Tu-160 Blackjack bomber?
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British Aerospace Filton Stiletto - A 1981 British proposal for a Mach 2 interceptor based on Concorde technology
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Northrop Flying Wing Bomber Project
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Hawker Siddeley P1154 and HS681 - 50 years on
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Dornier Corporate/Commuter 2000
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Indonesian Aerospace Gandiwa light attack helicopter
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Stemme Glider & Motor Glider Aircraft
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Northrop F-5G / F-20 Tigershark
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Tsybin R-020
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Motocar
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Alexeyev Design Bureau Hydrofoil And WIG Designs
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Martin Model 316: XB-68 Tactical Bomber
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Unknown Martin delta wing project
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Saab UAVs & UCAVs
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Low-cost Eurofighter alternative design
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Ryan "Rogallo wing" concepts
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Italian Fighter Competition 1948/51,That Never Was ?
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Egypt Jabbar-250 Stealth UAV
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UAC Ilyushin IL-276 SVTS
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Kazan Ansat Helicopter Projects & Prototypes
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Westland WG.34 Evolution
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Buehler Executive
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RSRA (Rotor Systems Research Aircraft) Projects
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Lockheed Archangel A-1 (pre-SR-71)
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Lockheed pre-ATF & ATF studies
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Air-Metal Flugzeugbau und Entwicklungs GmbH
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Early Business Jet Aircraft Projects
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Heinkel He 212 / VFW VC-400 tandem tiltwing
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Westland VTOL convertiplane projects
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52
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Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 / HS.681
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Northrop Grumman "Switchblade"
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Mikoyan MiG 602
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Piasekci H-21 for the Royal Navy
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Hood
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North American X-15 - Variants and Projects
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KC-135 Competitors
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Hawker P1154 RAF Final variant three views needed
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Ryan Disc Rotor System
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Soviet/Russian UAV and UCAV projects
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Declassified CIA documents on Soviet Aviation
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ADF to LWF: Evolution of the General Dynamics F-16
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