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From,L'Air 1952, what was this ?.

In the midst of the Oil Crisis, all manner of novel ideas were brought up to reduce foreign oil reliance, especially in the fuel-hungry maritime sector. Nuclear propulsion was being considered in trade magazines, a small fleet of coal-powered bulk carriers were built in various yards, and in...

This is a list of the various aircraft projects with turboprops? Also pics are welcome

Given the recent destruction of the only Antonov 225 super heavy lift cargo plane ... what will the next generation of heavy lift planes look like? What is the biggest cargo they will carry? What is the widest cargo? Tallest cargo? Longest cargo? Heaviest cargo? How heavy? How fast? How long...

So, the likely destruction of the An-225 Mryia and possible limitations on access to Russian operated An-124 freighters is making me wonder about other options for carrying heavy and outsized cargoes, both for the US/Western militaries and for civilian users. The Boeing C-17 line is long gone...

Hi, I found the topic by that name locked,so I opened that one for Lockheed civil transport aircraft Projects,which haven't known designation numbers,such as CL,GL,Model & L. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/various-lockheed-civilian-projects.181/#post-211177 And from L+K 14/1970,I...

Official Boeing 777 cutaway illustration circa 1995. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1995-Boeing-777-skeleton-sketch-Press-Photo-/190704744080?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66e37690

52 United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft are being modernized by the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) into the Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy. This modernization program is expected to be completed in 2016 and will extend the service life of these 52 C-5 aircraft...

Artist's impression of British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC) Hoverfreighter at sea. This 4,000 ton 480-ft long oceangoing hovercraft would have had a cruising speed of 50 knots with a load of 2,000 tons. Model of BHC Hoverfreighter. Source: http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/concepts.html

Coopership Industries was a company founded in 1996 to design and build (very) large rigid hull airships. The website at www.coopership.com appears to have disappeared in the early 2000s, but included this info on the proposed airship: The attached picture comes from a January 2001 article in...

Found this paper entitled "The Wingship's Potential For Strategic Lift" which I found very interesting at http://www.ndu.edu/library/ic6/95-S12.pdf It states "Steven Hooker, an aeronautical engineer and DIA analyst who first observed the Caspian Sea Monster in 1967. He became so convinced of...

Sorry if this has been covered before. Were all early VFW-614 concepts swing-nose types? Attached in a manufactures 3-view drawing showing a swing nose. Note: at this stage, the Weser Fluzeugbau WFG-614 was to be powered by twin Lycoming PLF1B-2s.

Hi, Varialift is a unique heavy lift transport Airship,its carrying capacity is from one ton to 1000 tonnes. http://www.varialift.com/

Boeing Pelican wingship

Lockheed "Flatbed" from the 1970's