Has anyone seen what the early Saro S.36 with gull wings looked like and what was Saro's reason for changing to the design they finally did?
What did the Supermarine 314 look like?
The Siddeley-Deasy Sinaia, also known as the Armstrong Whitworth Sinaia and Siddeley Deasy Type 103 was a twin-engine biplane day bomber with gunners in rearwards extensions of the engine nacelles.
Four examples were initially ordered by the Air Ministry in 1917 but only one (serial J6858)...
The Vickers VC.1 Viking began life as the Wellington Transport Aircraft, under Air Ministry Specification 17/44 (according to Wikipedia). The idea was to keep the wing and undercarriage of the good old "Wimpy" but to develop a new fuselage.
I just found this on t'interweb thingy: "the postwar...
Hi,
here is a two drawings to Bristol Type-172 long range bomber project for B35/46,and
Bristol Type-174 scale flying model for E8/47,please note the drawing for 172 differs
from Mr. Tony Buttler drawing of the book; British Secret Projects : Jet bombers since
1949.
Air International magazine
SARO projects for rescue lifeboat and Sea Raider commando attack gliders.
Descriptions and small 3-views from Tagg-Wheeler From Sea to Air;
larger drawings from Wheeler From River to Sea.
P.108 1949
Two versions of a glider, the hull of which detached to serve as a lifeboat. The Mk.II version...
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Hi,
the Hawker company developed in 1933,a monoplane version of its
Fury biplane fighter,it remained a drawing board only.
http://alternathistory.org.ua/fury-monoplane-ili-nemnogo-o-kharrikeine
It was the little biplane, which could be built around a 660-horsepower Rolls-Royce Goshawk III and based on the experience of the company with bodies flying boats, Petty used a covered working dural fuselage skin with integrated keel. The rest of the aircraft was a standard scheme for Blackburn...
I've done a search. and I'm surprised that there's no thread for this...
Following the partial replacement, in 1959, of the British Ministry of Supply by the Ministry of Aviation, the iconic 'Rainbow Code' system for projects was also replaced, by a new system of two letters, and three numbers...
I found this drawing on the net and the only info I know that is was an Avro Bomber Project with 10 engines. Do you guys know anything more on this project?
Greetings and salutations my friends.
A friend told me the original plans for what became the Fairey Barracuda depicted an aircraft with a low wing similar to the Battle and Fulmar. This was before the suits demanded a shoulder high wing and the design was changed.
Is this true or is my...
I still have to finish my detailed Cierva list, but here is a rough version:
SPAIN
BCD-1* 'El Cangrejo' two-seat biplane (* Barcala, Cierva & Diaz)
BCD-2* small racing tractor monoplane (* Barcala, Cierva & Diaz)
C-3 (large biplane)
BRITAIN
C.1 Autogiro N°1
C.2 Autogiro N°2
C.3 Autogiro N°3...
in end of 1930 the British aircraft manufacturer Hillson
came up with exotic Aircraft concept
to increase take off performance of monoplane, by making them temporal biplane !
the concept was called "Bi-mono"
Noel Pemberton Billing, (inventor, pilot and politician) proposed a wing with own...
Hello,
I am looking for any information concerning the 2 tailless military projects, refered as "Pterodactyl II" and "Pterodactyl III", presented by Geoffrey HILL to the Air Minitry in 1925-1927 , after the successful tests of his first powered "Pterodactyl" (aircraft now on show at the Science...
Hi all,
I search for drawing of some Hawker fighter projects. Hope you can help:
1) Hawker Henley Escort fighter conversion
2) Hawker Henley Close Support Bomber
3) Hawker Typhoon with Turbo-Supercharger
4) Hawker Tempest with Bristol Centaurus
5) Hawker Tempest Mk.I with Sabre IV
6)...
We may need a thread dedicated to Armstrong Whitworth aircraft. Here is the AW drawing for Armstrong Whitworth B.1/39. Drawing date is 3/6/39. Dwg No. is AW9186? (last number is cut off in this photo)
I have also added a favorite detail image, showing the location of twelve large bombs.
* I had...
Hi All,
Tried the search function and didn't find anything,
Likewise tried searches on the net, zilch.. nada...
I am after a drawing of the gloster F9/37 with the peregrine engines fitted, anyone seen any, or know of a link ?
cheers
Jerry
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