airborne forces

Hi, here is a strange project for Blackhawk,it can carry a light tank. http://www.geocities.com/air_mech_strike/aircraftphotos.htm

I came across this neat OSS briefing film referenced in the Wikipedia article on the M29 Weasel. The 10 minute video--worth the wait, I promise--includes some discussion of the various alternative approaches to travel across ice and snow that were evaluated as well as a lot of footage of the...

I was at a used book store this week and came across a book titled The McDonnell Douglas Story by Douglas J. Ingells published by Aero Publishers (1979). In it, they had photographs of a model for a freighter aircraft that they named Nation Builder. Does any one have additional information...

I am looking for a picture of the Douglas CG-19 glider project that was initiated in 1946. Anybody can help? Jso Heyman

Hi all, found this pics from japanese gliders of the WW2. Can you give a identification?

Hi, I found this Miles tandem wing monoplane project,can anybody identify it ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1944/1944%20-%200910.html

Boeing FTR (Future Transport Rotorcraft) program targets were: - Replace aging CH-47 fleet - Deploy Brigade from Fort to Fight in 96 hours - Carry the Future Combat System Payload of 20 tons in a C130 size box - Vertical Hover capability FTR Configuration Options were: - FTR Advanced Theater...

In RE Smith's British Army Vehicles and Equipment (Ian Allan, 1964) There is an entry for the "T.V.1000". Described as a 6x6, differentially steered test vehicle powered by a 535bhp Meteorite petrol engine dating from 1959. It is continues: "one of the most powerful wheel vehicles then in...

Actually there are five JHL concepts in three speed bands. The Sikorsky X2 Lifter and Boeing ATRH (Advanced Tandem Rotor Helicopter) at <170 knots The Sikorsky X2 High Speed Lifter in the 170-240 knot band The Bell/Boeing QTR (Quad Tilt Rotor) and Karem Industries OSTR (Optimum Speed Tilt...

Hi, do you here about Bell V-44 and Bell-626 tilt-wing VTOL transport aircraft:

During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries developed and built such types. One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot. Much better known...

Hi Whilst looking through some issues of Air Pictorial there was a picture that caught my eye in a Paris Special from 1965(? not too hand so not sure on the exact issue). The picture was a selection of European military Transport model, one was the Dornier Do28 another was a rather tasty swept...

Here some unbuilt Transall projects : - An AEW with a dorsaly mounted rotodome - Two VSTOL versions, designed by the german HFB, which was deeply involved in the development of lift fan designs - and an airliner version (a little bit OT here, but as it was derived of a military type ...

Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston ISBN 1-85260-258-9 LOCKHEED MARTIN C-5 GALAXY: WarbirdTech 36 In 1960 the USAF launched Project Forecast which called for the world's biggest logistic transport, the CX-4, in the 600,000 lb category. It should be a jet. The only study I know comes from...

Some unbuilt US military Transports : Lockheed LGA-144, ' 80 project .Kind of a Super Galaxy with a longitude of 88 meters and able to load 180 tons (source: magazine of scientific popularization "Muy Interesante" May 1986) A study of Lockheed of the '80 decade for a transport military...