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    Zumwalt "borrows" (and adapts) European carrier designs...

    ... instead of re-inventing the wheel in the 70's. The idea is to blend together, Zumwalt "cheaper decks" (SCS / VSS / CVV) and the too few carrier designs from Europe. To bolster NATO fleets on one side, and the USN on the other - more flattops on both sides of the Atlantic. That is...
    • Archibald
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    • 1970s aircraft carrier alternate history cold war naval aviation naval sea systems command naval ship systems command navsea navships north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy united states navy vstol carriers western europe
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. uk 75

    Could the US have got a crewed Mars Mission in the 80s?

    We have discussed the pros and cons of Stephen Baxter's novel "Voyage" about a US crew landing on Mars in 1985. But could a mission like that have been done with the technology available to NASA?
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s 1970s 1980s alternate history cold war computing deep space probes manned mars nasa nuclear rockets space age space race space transportation system united states
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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    JPL "spare" planetary program, in the 70's.

    As said in the title... all the robotic planetary missions launched in the 70's left a spare spacecraft on the ground (and later, at the NASM aerospace museum). There were good reasons for that - providing spares - ground testing - backup in case of failures (Mariner 8...) Soooo ...by 1978...
  4. uk 75

    Britain's GI Joe toy

    Back in the 1960s a company called Palitoy introduced the American GI Joe figure to the UK market as a toy soldier called Action.Man. Generations of schoolboys have played with them and adults collect detailed versions made specially for enthusiasts. The British Toy industry still existed in...
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s 1970s 1980s cold war great britain hasbro hasbro industries hassenfeld brothers jet age pedigree dolls & toys popular culture space age toy toys united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
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    Lockheed Chronology Timeline, including (some) hints of yet-to-be-released programs

    Everyone, For a long time, I had been searching for a particular Powerpoint presentation a Lockheed Skunk Works employee had back in 2014. I finally captured it (courtesy some efforts of people on a Reddit blog thread). I am glad to post the link here...
  6. Grey Havoc

    Austrian Wine Poisoning Scandal (Fredrik Knudsen)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhN-o2ame-4
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1976 1980s 1984 1985 20th century adulteration anti-freeze wine germany republic of austria west germany
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. A

    Eureka ! a naval Northrop N-156

    We discussed at nauseum alternatives to the F-8 Crusader from 1956, 1968, 1975. One we missed was this very one. I had forgotten one of the early N-156 was to be a naval fighter. The USN wanted it for the smallest carriers of WWII vintage that had not been downrated to secondary or tertiary...
  8. M

    Boeing Tactical Fighter Study 1972

    Four Boeing tactical fighter designs. Hard to figure them as tactical....
  9. 7

    Boeing / North American Rockwell Windjammer SSTO

    The other day I was looking at some space proposals from the past and I stumbled upon this beautiful SSTO. I have only been able to find one source that gave some details about it and I'm very much hoping that you guys can help get more details/drawings on this proposal. "The ”Windjammer”...
    • 7Daniel13
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    • 1970s boeing hthl nasa north american rockwell proposal space plane space race ssto united states united states air force windjammer
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    Lincoln Experimental Satellite series

    https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/04/24/2248252/long-lost-us-military-satellite-found-by-amateur-radio-operator https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/les-5.htm
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 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
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Grey Havoc

    Hybla Fair (1974)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bedrock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Mesa EDIT: Forgot to mention that the above video comes from the Nuclear Vault channel over on YouTube.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s effects test emi / emp testing low yield nuclear device mx program nevada test site operation bedrock rainier mesa underground nuclear testing underground nuclear weapons effects test
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  12. Grey Havoc

    Ferranti F100-L Microprocessor family

    https://revaldinho.github.io/f100l/doc/F100CPU.html
  13. uk 75

    Ireland's SST that never was

    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...
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s 1970s aer lingus airliner boeing civil aviation cold war éire jet age republic of ireland space age sst supersonic supersonic transport western europe
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  14. JFC Fuller

    Rover Turboprops

    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...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • 1950s 1960s 1970s cold war gas turbine great britain united kingdom
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Propulsion
  15. RAP

    Large Lot of Vintage 1970's HELICOPTER CHEYENNE AH-56 Photos + Reunion List

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Lot-of-Vintage-1970s-HELICOPTER-CHEYENNE-AH-56-Photos-Reunion-List/143464193745?hash=item216721ded1:g:1WEAAOSwhKZd6xJu
    • RAP
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    • 1970s aafss advanced aerial fire support system attack helicopter cold war lockheed u.s. army
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
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    Leopard 2 prototypes

    During the development of Leopard 2, about seventeen different hulls (PT series) and turrets (T series) were built. At least two of the hulls (numbered PT11 and PT17) were fitted with hydropneumatic suspension and only six roadwheels. I managed to find only one small picture of such hull...
    • LVisingr
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    • 1970s 1980s bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer federal republic of germany west germany
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. uk 75

    Space 1975 Could Von Braun's vision have worked

    Just been leafing through a copy of an old Brooke Bond card album about spaceflight which ends with various NASA projects planned before Nixon went for a leaner option I also have Stephen Baxter's novel VOYAGE about a US manned mission to Mars in the 80s. To get the Von Braun vision to work...
  18. hesham

    BAC Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Project

    Hi, here is a hydrogen-powered airliner Project,designed by BAC. L+K 15/1978
  19. CJGibson

    Impact on the Iran-Iraq War if Iran had bought A-10s

    If Iran had bought the A-10 in sufficient numbers, they had been delivered and entered service, what, if any, impact would they have had on the course of the Iran-Iraq war? Chris
    • CJGibson
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    • 1970s 1980s anti-tank close air support cold war imperial iranian air force imperial state of iran islamic republic of iran islamic republic of iran air force ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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    KC-747 Artwork & Brochure

    Good Day All - On EPay - artwork for the proposed KC-747: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-USAF-Boeing-Military-KC-747-Advanced-Tanker-Aircraft-8X10-Concept-Art/283427464849?hash=item41fd97e691:g:BGoAAOSw35pclbdS There is also a brochure on the proposal...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1970s advanced cargo transport aircraft cold war imperial iranian air force in-flight refueling tanker kc-25/33 strategic air command tanker aircraft united states air force
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
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