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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General Dynamics/Convair hypersonic transport designs
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MIRAGE 4000
SNECMA VTOL programs
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Swiss Little Known Helicopters,Light Aircraft and Projects
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24
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Sineva
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Nagler / Voljet / Phoenix Helicopters and Projects
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AST.404 Contenders
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CJGibson
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hesham
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Rolls Royce VTOL Projects
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Jemiba
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Various Handley Page civilian aircraft designs
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Stargazer
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U.S. Army MMAS (Mini-Manned Aircraft System)
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Sundog
Boeing MRF-24X Tailless Fighter
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33
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Republic AP-100 VTOL fighter
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Boxman
Teledyne Ryan Model 262 'Manta Ray' (STAR)
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allysonca
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Wright Air Development Center /ASD in-house Projects
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overscan (PaulMM)
overscan (PaulMM)
hesham
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NASA / Lockheed-California Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft studies
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28
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Ordovician
Ordovician
flateric
General Electric VSTOL/STOL Projects
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25
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12K
Stargazer
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blackkite
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Boeing/NASA Transonic Oblique Wing Transport
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23
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riggerrob
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Boeing oblique wing commercial jet transport aircraft
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Armstrong Whitworth AW.66 and AW.65 projects
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9
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Piasecki PA-2C annular wing VTO aircraft
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32
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Stargazer
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Unknown turboprop combat aircraft pictured on early 50's magazine
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blackkite
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Kawasaki KAL-1 liaison plane, KAL-2 liaison plane and KAT-1 trainer
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2
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burunduk
burunduk
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American Light Aircraft Prototypes & Projects
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5
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Stargazer
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Unidentified Teledyne Ryan RPV/UAV designs
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12
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526
Stargazer
Stargazer
aim9xray
"The Mysterious Ryan Model 147S-2"
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29
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15K
Stargazer
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AeroFranz
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Very early Teledyne Ryan UAVs
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23
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16K
Stargazer
Stargazer
overscan (PaulMM)
Ryan 275 UAV
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4
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3K
Stargazer
Stargazer
hesham
Bell ,Vertol & Lockheed Wing Extension VTOL Old Projects ?
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3
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2K
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Mitsubishi Helicopter Projects
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10
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6K
blackkite
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General Dynamics / Grumman F-111B
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93
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JFC Fuller
JFC Fuller
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P&W TF30 for Orao II of Yugoslavia in 1978
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5
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BAC QSTOL STOL airliner
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19
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Thorvic
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Vought V-1000 International Fighter Aircraft
2
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76
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Tigershark 30-82
Tigershark 30-82
cluttonfred
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Kaman helicopter and non-helicopter projects
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62
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TomS
TomS
JAZZ
Eurotrainer: Alphajet Proposals
2
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53
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German V/STOL transport/passenger projects
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109
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60K
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Deino
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Shenyang Jianjiji-11 / J-11 Lightweight Fighter
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11
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TsrJoe
TsrJoe
Sundog
XTI Trifan VTOL
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14
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9K
Stargazer
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Groen Bros./Georgia Tech/DARPA 'Heliplane'
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10
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5K
Stargazer
Stargazer
overscan (PaulMM)
McDonnell-Douglas Model 199 FX - design and development of the F-15
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133
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Stargazer
Bendix Aircraft's forgotten postwar designs
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6
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sienar
sienar
Skybolt
Martin Model 316: XB-68 Tactical Bomber
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154
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hesham
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Stargazer
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Lockheed's 1953 VTOL flying saucer
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7
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Dynoman
Dynoman
Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)
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Unbuilt XB-70 variants
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blackkite
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René Couzinet and his flying saucers
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18
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Orionblamblam
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Blended Wing Bodies
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150
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The Artist
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Dee Howard DBA - 'The Big One'
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17
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Archibald
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Designs that led to the Hawker Siddeley Trident
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44
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BLACK DAWN revisited
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43
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godstar23
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Maveric
Towards the One-Eleven - Hunting Aircraft & BAC projects
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21
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Fokker F-27 MS
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3
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723
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Iranian F-14A
Fokker F-27/F-50 Projects
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20
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21K
Hobbes
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hesham
Fokker Partner twin boom aircraft
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4
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4K
burunduk
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boxkite
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Boeing B-47 Prototypes & Projects
2
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45
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hesham
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Caravellarella
Agusta A.101-G triple-engine helicopter project......
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22
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hesham
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uk 75
Vickers (Supermarine) Type 583 / 583V / 584 / 589 VG strike fighter family
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90
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Dynoman
DARPA/ US Army Praeire UAV
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9
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L2VMA and LARA (Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft) designs
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262
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Scott Kenny
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Variable Geometry STOL Fighter of 1960s to ID (was Langley 'Little Boy')
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5
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riggerrob
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Bölkow Helicopter Projects
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26
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riggerrob
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UK Old RPV and Target Drones
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9
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Longshaor
Westland Wyvern - Development and Projects
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39
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Yellow Palace
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F.L.
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Chinese Nanchang J-12 light jet.
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16
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Apophenia
VFW-614 - Development, Variants and Projects
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30
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fightingirish
fightingirish
hesham
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Unbuilt Light aircraft variants
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33
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riggerrob
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persil
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Little-known Chinese helicopter projects
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7
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persil
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Michel Van
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Avro Canada « Silver Bug » flying saucer (Project 1794)
2
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59
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Missile Truck
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1
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436
GTX
GTX
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Boeing 737 Development Concepts
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29
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aim9xray
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British Little Known Civil Aircraft,Helicopters and Gyroplanes
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18
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Arjen
Arjen
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Postwar Burnelli Designs
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88
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Matej
Boeing Condor HALE UAV
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12
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Jemiba
Hawker Siddeley Postwar CTOL projects
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34
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hesham
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Various Mil Projects
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119
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McDonnell-Douglas F-15N "Sea Eagle"
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21
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overscan (PaulMM)
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Evolution of the Eurofighter Typhoon: TKF-90, AST 396, AST.403 and more
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286
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TsrJoe
TsrJoe
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Iranian Helicopter Prototypes and Projects
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21
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persil
persil
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NASA Unknown Hypersonic Project of 1960s ?
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1
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hesham
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Stargazer
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Civil joined-wing projects
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13
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Nik
Nik
Jebediah
Cool documents dealing with exotic aircraft
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publiusr
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Antonio
Need help to identify this designs
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10
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flateric
flateric
hesham
Grumman OV-1 SEAMORE (G-452 ?)
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Grumman G-754 VTOL RPV
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1
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TsrJoe
TsrJoe
overscan (PaulMM)
Convair F-106 Projects
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169
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92K
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Hawker Siddeley P1179
2
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40
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TsrJoe
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Joined-wing and box-wing aircraft
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101
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VTOLicious
VTOLicious
yasotay
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Tri-Service VTOL Transport proposals (XC-142 competition)
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94
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RAP
RAP
overscan (PaulMM)
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Novi Avion / YU Supersonic (Yugoslavia)
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120
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Motocar
Motocar
overscan (PaulMM)
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Sikorsky VSTOL/STOL Projects
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50
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18K
hesham
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Stargazer
US Navy XHP (Experimental Helicopter - Patrol) competition
2
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68
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16K
Platt-LePage Aircraft
Platt-LePage Aircraft
Tuomasn
UTS trainer competition: Yak-130, MiG-AT, Sukhoi S-54, Myasishchev M-200
2
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57
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48K
fightingirish
fightingirish
overscan (PaulMM)
General Dynamics (Convair) VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects
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22
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10K
Arjen
Arjen
overscan (PaulMM)
Canadair/General Dynamics CL-84 Projects
2 3
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110
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52K
Archibald
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Curtiss Wright X-300 VTOL Passenger Aircraft
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14
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yasotay
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ACME Anser Twin-Jet Amphibian Project of 1958
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7
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4K
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TinWing
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Did Canada plan another supersonic fighter program concurrent with Avro's Arrow?
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13
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9K
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overscan (PaulMM)
Vought V-1100 fighter to LWF specification
2
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45
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48K
overscan (PaulMM)
overscan (PaulMM)
breiz
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Boeing's Inter-city Transport Plane concept
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3
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632
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Lockheed-Georgia Spanloader Aircraft studies
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19
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11K
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Antonio
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Sikorsky flying crane projects
2 3
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100
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73K
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UK-Swedish TW-18 Rhombic Tandem Wing Project
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1
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A question about the cockpit of the Goodyear GA-28A/B
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398
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