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  1. hesham

    RAF Specifications for Aircraft from 1920 to 1949

    Hi, the RAF Specifications from 1920 to 1949 had many missing,in both Specifications and aircraft or projects. I will speak about the aircraft and projects (just its names ) which were not popular and involved in many Specifications,and I will ask about some misssing one. I will start with the...
    • hesham
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    • 1920s 1930s 1940s air ministry british commonwealth british empire cold war great britain interwar period jet age post-world war i post-world war ii raf bomber command raf coastal command raf fighter command royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 111
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  2. JFC Fuller

    RN Nuclear NIGS ship

    Firstly, this is based upon known discussions with the RN, known systems that were proposed and/or existed at one point or another and known sketch designs performed. However these have been combined together to form a single coherent platform that is representative of what could have been built...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • air ministry anti-air warfare area air defence atomic ships cold war cruiser destroyer early 1960s great britain late 1950s ministry of aviation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy surface-to-air missile
    • Replies: 404
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. saturncanuck

    Blackburn B.20

    Hey all, remember the Blackburn B.20 with the retractable hull? Anyone seen any good pics of her?
  4. Apophenia

    Short S.34 and Super Stirling proposals

    In another topic, Boogey asked "for any draught of British bomber project Short S.36 Super Stirling on the Air Ministry specification No B.8/41. It would be also fine to look at the Short S.34 Modified Stirling." British Secret Projects has a 3-view drawing of the Short S.36 'Super Stirling' on...
    • Apophenia
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    • 1930s air ministry interwar period pre-world war ii raf bomber command royal air force united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  5. A

    Rolls-Royce Crecy engine which was to be installed in Spitfire

    Dear All Does anyone know if therew are any photos/plans/sketches of this project? - "Supermarine Spitfire Mk II, P7674 had been delivered to Hucknall and was fitted with a Crecy [Rolls-Royce prototype engine] mock-up to enable cowling drawings and system details to be designed." taken from...
    • Andrewjs2007
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    • air ministry allies great britain rolls-royce royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Propulsion
  6. H

    Gloster Whittle, Gloster E.28/39, Gloster G40, Gloster Pioneer

    Hello all. Whatever you want to call it a quite important aircraft for (at least) British aviation. But scant information that I can find on the internet that isnt a repeated source. Specifically I am currently looking for some decent cockpit photos. I have come across two black and white low...
    • hole in the ground
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    • air ministry british empire gloster aircraft company great britain jet age power jets royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. boxkite

    Bevan small ramjet helicopter from 1948

    Just reading Matthew Uttley's "Westland and the British Helicopter Industry 1945-1960" I stumbled across the Bevan small ramjet helicopter project for Specification E.1/48, initiated in 1948 and cancelled in 1953. Checking all my sources (incl. the WWW) I even cannot find a company with this...
    • boxkite
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    • air ministry cold war early 1950s great britain late 1940s ministry of supply post-world war ii royal aircraft establishment
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. hesham

    Blackburn B-40

    Hi, the Blackburn B-40 was improved version of the B-20 with Bristol Centaurus Radial engines,and twin tail fins. http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_b40.htm
  9. GTX

    Westland Whirlwind Variants and Projects

    Hi folks, Some pics I recently came across of different armament rials for the Westland Whirlwind: 12 x 0.303: 1 x 37mm cannon: Apologies if already posted. Regards, Greg
    • GTX
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    • air ministry anti-ship fighter fighter bomber fighters great britain ground attack heavy fighter interceptor interwar period late 1930s night fighter pre-world war ii raf fighter command royal air force westland aircraft limited world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  10. A

    Siddeley/AWA/Avro Wings, 1936.

    Sir John Siddeley, owning AWA, bought Avro, 1928 and promptly funded, not big AWA, but the moth-also-ran sawer and sewer to licence Fokker's wooden wing, for Avro X. In 1932 he patented AWA's alloy wing and funded John Lloyd to design bomber-transport A.W.23 (f/f 4/6/35), from which A.W.38...
    • alertken
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    • 1930s a.v. roe and company / avro aerospace industry air ministry armstrong siddeley great britain hawker siddeley aircraft interwar period late 1920s royal air force
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. hesham

    Fairey turret aircraft

    Hi, Who know this Fairey turret aircraft ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1941/1941%20-%202896.html
    • hesham
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    • 1930s air ministry interwar period pre-world war ii raf bomber command royal air force united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  12. P

    Rex Pierson six-engined design

    From Stephen Flower's 'Barnes Wallis' Bombs, Tallboy, Dambuster and Grand Slam' - Page 20 'Wallis was not the only designer to advocate larger aircraft, for Rex Pierson also proposed a six-engined bomber with a twenty-ton bomb load' Does anyone have any idea what design that would be?
    • PMN1
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    • air ministry interwar period ministry of aircraft production raf bomber command royal air force united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  13. Maveric

    Heston aircraft projects

    Hi all, can you give a short history of the british aircraft builder Heston? I need also informations about the aircraft(projects?) J.?.2/ J.?.4/ J.?.7 and J.?.8... ...was J.C.9 the last project by Heston? Thanks Servus Maveric
    • Maveric
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    • 1930s 1940s aeroplane and armament experimental establishment air ministry civil aviation cold war early 1950s great britain interwar period light aviation ministry of supply pre-world war ii raf flying training command raf technical training command raf training command royal air force royal aircraft establishment world war ii
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  14. hesham

    General Aircraft tailless glider

    Hi, the General Aircraft Ltd developed the GAL-56 tailless glider,and here is a variant from it. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200018.html?search=tailless+glider
    • hesham
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    • 1940s air ministry contract acft/3303/cb.10(c) directorate of scientific research (map) experimental glider great britain ministry of aircraft production post-world war ii royal aircraft establishment tailess tailless tailless aircraft advisory committee world war ii
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. hesham

    Frank Radcliffe Mail Plane Projects

    Hi, here is a two Frank Radcliffe mail plane projects from Flightglobal, one with high wing and the other with low wing. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201461.html?search=frank+radcliffe+aircraft...
  16. hesham

    Cunliffe-Owen O.A.2 Aircraft & the Company's Projects

    Hi, here is an artist picture for Cunliffe-Owen O.A.2,which could carry 18-passengers and had an estimated speed of 225 mph. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%200100.html
    • hesham
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    • air ministry cunliffe-owen aircraft ltd great britain late 1930s post-world war ii pre-world war ii world war ii
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  17. P

    Avro 693

    From ‘Stuck on the Drawing Board’ by Richard Payne Avro’s original projects against the Type 3 Specifications were the Avro 690 and 692 (or Avro XXII and XXIII), both powered by six Rolls-Royce Merlin 100 engines. These were superseded by the Avro 693 in 1945, which began life powered by four...
    • PMN1
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    • a.v. roe and company / avro air ministry british commonwealth british empire british overseas airways corporation cold war united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  18. hesham

    Bristol Brabazon

    Hi, the early concept for Bristol Brabazon in Flightglobal shows it with pusher propellers and V-tail. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1949/1949%20-%201647.html?search=aircraft%201949
    • hesham
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    • air ministry air ministry specification 2/44 airliner brabazon committee bristol aeroplane company british commonwealth british empire civil aviation cold war early 1950s great britain late 1940s post-world war ii type 167 world war ii
    • Replies: 79
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  19. hesham

    Miles Tandem Wing Projects

    Hi, I found this Miles tandem wing monoplane project,can anybody identify it ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1944/1944%20-%200910.html
    • hesham
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    • air ministry airborne forces fleet air arm great britain miles aircraft limited phillips & powis aircraft royal air force royal navy united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  20. Apophenia

    Hawker P.1035 Hawk

    Hawker P.1035 Hawk with F.2/43 Fury undercarriage. Source grade 1. While searching for P.1035 images I came across the beginnings of a model by Paul Bradley (attached). Until seeing it, I hadn't considered the possibility that the P.1035 retained the tail-wheel undercarriage (a la Attacker)...
    • Apophenia
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    • air ministry fleet air arm hawker aircraft hawker siddeley aircraft ministry of supply royal air force royal navy united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
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