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American Flying Saucers Between 1932 and 1935 the aerodynamicist Charles H. Zimmerman tested several types of low aspect ratio wings (with semicircular wingtips and Clark Y airfoils) in the NACA-Langley wind-tunnel, searching a solution to the Air Flivver problem of stall/spin accidents. The...

Mitsubishi high altitude ko fighter, temporary name : three speed Reppu/experimental high performance Reppu(A7M3). 　A7M3 fighter development began in March 1945 as temporary name three speed Reppu(A7M3). A7M3 fighter was selected one of the candidate for next Ko fighter in parallel with Reppu...

RX for Spaceborne Deterrence By J. S. Butz, Jr. Technical Editor For viable American military spacepower, man's unique abilities seem essential. In addition we must have more nuclear data, lower the high costs of launching, attain a high degree of maneuverability in space, and work...

Quite a few things missing here. Thought I'd shared my list already. Here it is (some stuff still missing, of course, but there are fewer gaps than above): N-1M FLYING JEEP or JEEP experimental flying-wing N-1 proposed two-engine flying wing bomber developed from N-1M N-2B USAAF XP-56 BLACK...

I finally got the microfilm in the mail of all four volumes of this study; and had them scanned by a local company. First up, the magnificient maidien known as the Valkyrie: Reading further; North American was very dead set against Active Defense in any form for the B-70; which isn't that...

While the overall RN fleet maintained a high/low mix or rather fleet destroyer and anti-submarine/patrol frigate mix I think in the decision making timeframe of 1966-70 the need was far more for the high end. At this time the RN only had eight modern ships with guided missiles coming into...

Northrop Aircraft Corporation Compiled by Steve Pace N-1, proposed two-engine flying wing bomber - N-1M scale model N-2, XP-56 "Black Bullet," MX-14 (two built) N-3, single-engine float-equipped patrol bomber - N-3PB for Norway N-4, interceptor pursuit N-5, interceptor pursuit N-6...

The mere fact that lenticular aerospace vehicle designs have been proposed, discussed, or even occasionally tested before does not validate their superiority, since evidently they have never been adopted for any actual mainstream aerospace systems.

- In 1934 two airplanes fitted with circular wings were flown in the United States: the Johnson Uni-Plane (NX13680) and the Nemeth Parasol Monoplane (NX13851). Both prototypes were profusely described in Popular Aviation Magazine (June 1934, March 1935, and December 1936), Aero Digest (November...

Does anyone have any details of this "Block 60" variant? Also, who in Europe is supposedly showing interest??

Excellent article on the LCA, which I had totally forgotten about. An IAF person places the challenges, and extremely ambitious aims into perspective. When one hears "delay, delay", it also bears reckoning how ambitious (and practically impossible), the original schedule itself is! BHARAT...

Here's the report I never posted before on ASG-18 and GAR 9.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/govfilms.html SOME INTERESTING DOD FILMS Part 4: Oddball or Unusual Aircraft compiled by Michael Ravnitzky mikerav@ix.netcom.com [please note that most of these films have never been seen outside of the DoD, and thus have never been used for any...

PROJECT ONLY - Designed in 1942 to address the shortcomings experienced in combat by the Ki.43 and Ki.44 fighters of the same firm, the Ki.84 was used with great success as an interceptor, fighter bomber and air superiority fighter, fitted with 13 mm bulletproof steel plate and self-sealing fuel...

https://astrohn.ru/2020/03/31/therz-7a/ Specifications THERZ-7A The detection range of large objects (hidden under clothing) is at least 15 m. The throughput capacity in the mode of passage of the inspection object is at least 150 people / hour. The maximum time during which the result of the...

From my files. I welcome any additions: C 135 Boeing 717 Stratotanker/Stratofreighter Specifications: span: 130'10", 39.88 m length: 134'6", 41.00 m engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57 P 59W max. speed: 532 mph, 856 km/h The Boeing 717 evolved alongside the...

As promised on Twitter, Elon Musk did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit; here's the Q&As: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/76e79c/i_am_elon_musk_ask_me_anything_about_bfr [BFS = Spaceship / upper stage of BFR] [presumably he means yes to the former] Not exactly a question but...

Northrop Aircraft Corporation PROVISIONAL: based on information from various forum members in topic HERE N1 proposed two-engine flying wing bomber - N1M scale model N2 XP-56 "Black Bullet," MX-14 (two built) N3 single-engine float-equipped patrol bomber - N3PB for Norway N4...

https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wordpressua.uark.edu/dist/3/246/files/2016/05/Minuteman-Trajectory-Simulation.pdf (also attached to this post) The source for that is Reentry Vehicle Development Leading to the Minuteman Avco Mark 5 and 1 – David K. Stumpf in the Fall 2017 Airpower History...