Meant to create a topic on this after creating the one on the Kenworth-Boeing gas-powered turbine truck earlier in the year. Like that program this one had its origins in an USN requirement, albeit a later one.
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1960s
cold war
ford motor company
ford motor company heavy trucks division
freightliner corporation
gas turbine
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
The Royal Navy in the 1960s has been the place for many alternative history threads helped by the excellent books on the subject and the enthusiasm of Brits like me for CVA01 and co. The US Navy offers even more scope for programmes that could have been. Some thoughts to kick things off...
1960s
cold war
dounreay nuclear power development establishment
great britain
nuclear power
royal navy
united kingdom
united kingdom atomic energy authority
vulcan naval reactor test establishment
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Looks like the requirement was for a heavily protected defence orientated tank, employing ambush tactics (similar in a number of respects to the S-Tank), for use by the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR). IIRC, default NATO strategy in the event...
1960s
cold war
general staff operational requirement
gsor 1008
liquid armour
ministry of defence
nuclear battlefield
swingfire missile
tank design
the armoured archives
united kingdom
As a result of a December 1964 request from the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shustri in London for a joint US-Soviet nuclear guarantee, the UK Foreign Office drew up a discussion paper with the Ministry of Defence on British nuclear forces outside of the NATO area. A follow-up Foreign...
I found info about the A118 compound helicopter project (circa 1960) in a book (in Italian) on history of Italian contributions to mechanical engineering, with an interesting chapter devoted to helicopters. Further material, including the real blueprints, should be available at the museum of...
I found this on Fleabay the other day- delighted to happen across it. I'd be interested to hear thoughts on the likelihood of this coming to fruition.
I believe BEA were getting cold feet regarding the Rotodyne at this stage and Westland were trying hard to push the Belvedere derivative as a...
1960s
cold war
comint satellites
elint
imperial japanese navy
leo satellite
low earth orbit
national reconnaissance office
sigint
signals intelligence
soviet union
strategic reconnaissance
united states
world war ii
Despite being favoured over Bristol's design, AWA was not able to spare the staff to realise the ER.134T research aircraft requirement, and so Bristol was awarded the contract.
As we know Bristol's 188 took a long time and was hampered by the Gyron Junior engines.
But what if AWA had staff...
1960s
air ministry
alternate history
armstrong whitworth aircraft
avro 730
bristol aeroplane company
cold war
experimental
great britain
late 1950s
ministry of supply
operational requirement er.134t
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
supersonic
1930s
1960s
a4-class steam locomotive
london and north eastern railway
national railway museum
railways
steam engine
train
world record
world steam record
I didn't find anything about Momentum bomb project in the forum.
In Chris Gibson & Tony Buttler's book "British secret projects: Hypersonics, Ramjets & missles" this project names "RAE Momentum bomb":
and "Vickers Momentum bomb":
What does it mean? And I have another question. Do you have any...
1960s
1970s
2020
cold war
experimental military uhf communications satellite
lincoln laboratory
massachusetts institute of technology
tactical satellite communications
tri-service program 591
united states
Back in the 1960s Boeing was telling everyone that its Supersonic 2707 transport would be the must-have airliner for the 1970s.
Some 26 airlines took out options on the plane.
There is a comprehensive thread about the US designs on this site, but no illustrations of the artwork Boeing must have...
Rover developed gas turbines for automotive applications, development continued after the marque's absorption by Leyland in 1967. In addition to automotive applications Rover also produced gas turbines for APU applications, as described here. They also went as far as testing them in aircraft...
I should know the answer to this. When does Lance first emerge as a likely replacement for Honest John and Sergeant and even Corporal, given its range. I only ask because Lance does seem to make Blue Water pretty pointless as it has better range and more mobile with its M548 based launcher...
Came across this while researching something totally different. This project was first proposed by Dr. Frank Malina (one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) in late 1960 as an ideal candidate for the first activity of the just formed Academy of Astronautics (now known as the...
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