Fighter project, 1943
The Airspeed firm suggested to the Admiralty the transformation of the radio-controlled flying-boat target aircraft AS-37 into a scaled-up jet fighter, powered by one de Havilland Halford H.1 centrifugal-flow turbojet with 1,225 kgf static thrust in the forward area of the...
These projects date back to the beginning of the 20th century when many warship experiences and design concepts were developed. Neither proved to be viable. There is little information about these projects and in one case it is only possible to speculate on certain specifications.
The first...
The Royal Navy's second 16" armed battleships history was a long and bumpy road of large number of designs and the inability on the Admiralty's side to actually start and continue it's work on them or choose a design to produce.
First I present the 1938 designs:
Design 14A-38
This is the first...
I put this under 'Early Aircraft Projects' because the things were free-flying but sorry if they should be under 'Missiles'.
The sheer scale of this plan makes it hard to regard as a 'secret' project but seemingly it is, or at least I'd never heard of it. Anyway, here’s something on Britain’s...
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admiralty
balloons
director of boom defences
great britain
rn directorate of miscellaneous weapon development
royal navy
world war ii
Here are some summary notes on the Scottish Company Beardmore who's aircraft manufacturing activities began in 1913 and ended in the 1920's.
Beardmore-D.F.W. Round Britain Racer
In 1913 William Beardmore and Company took over the building rights in Britain for the German Deutsche Flugzeug Werke...
Hi all,
the most of you knows the real aircraft of Port Victoria like the P.V.2/5/7/8/9. Can anyone of you help with drawings and technical data for the aircraft projects of Port Victoria. I need help with P.V. 1, P.V. 3, P.V. 4 and P.V.6.
I believe the "Grain Griffon" was the P.V.10, is this...
admiralty
air department / air division (admiralty)
marine aircraft experimental depot
port victoria marine experimental aircraft depot
r.n. aeroplane repair depot
royal naval air service
royal navy
world war i
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