attack bomber

  1. C

    Any WW2 italian gas turbine?

    In a topic in the "early projects" section, I've seen a reference to a R-2000 Italian turboprop of WW2 vintage. That mention arouse in me a question: why Italy was the first to actively research some kind of jet engine but at the same time the only great power apparently not having some research...
    • ceccherini
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    • attack bomber axis powers fighter gas turbine kingdom of italy regia aeronautica world war ii
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Propulsion
  2. Bailey

    Tupolev Tu-91 « Bychok » carrier-borne attack (NATO: "Boot")

    I'd be grateful if anyone can sort out this problem for me. The TU-91 is fairly well known and the photgraphs and drawings show the aircraft in the configuration of the first drawing below, however the second drawing shows something different. Accepting that the first drawing is correct, is the...
  3. overscan (PaulMM)

    Convair A-44

    XA-44, later became XB-53 From http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • allies attack bomber convair escort fighter ground attack late 1940s light bomber photo-recce post-world war ii united states united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. P

    Vought F-8 Projects

    I was flicking through some of my old magazine extracts that I have collected over the years (a photocopy when photo copiers were as amazing as computers are today!). I came across an article about the Vought IF-8 Crusader. It was apparently a proposal of based on the Vought F-8D Crusader to the...
    • Pioneer
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    • attack bomber chance vought cold war crusader f8u fighter fighter bomber jet age ling-temco-vought nasa naval aviation north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield space age supersonic united states united states navy vought
    • Replies: 77
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. C

    (Design 55) Grumman XTB2F-1

    Hi Everyone! Presented here are illustrations of a WW2 Grumman design for a two-engine torpedo plane/attack bomber for the USN. A mock-up was built of this aircraft, but it proceeded no further It was the Grumman XTB2F-1 and had the Grumman company's designation of Design 55. It was to be...
    • ChuckAnderson
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    • anti-ship attack bomber buaer bureau of aeronautics early 1940s ground attack grumman naval aviation torpedo bomber united states united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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