close air support

Hi, the Bell T-37 trailing-rotor project. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1965/1965%20-%200898.pdf

FIAT G91 was one of the most succesful Italian aeronautical products of '60s. A lot of the were produced and utilized at least by AMI, Luftwaffe and Portoguese Air Force. FIAT G91 was a close support light STOL fighter-bomber, with some recce capabilities despite its not optimal flight...

Martin proposed an interesting concept for close air suport in 1952. The twin engined jet aircraft was designed for simplicity, short field performance, low vulnerabilty, high maneuverability and provision for a wide variety of different weapons, including side firing guns, as later introduced...

Flying Review March 1966

Hi, The Lockheed had old project called C-130J,it was developed from C-130E with increase aileron and rudder chords,wider u/c track,improved braking system and additional armoured protection; do you have a drawing to it ?,(of course I know there was a new project to lockheed in 1996 called...

Hi, In 1985 the Northrop designed a new project called F-5S (by that time),it was proposed as a version of F-5G (F-20) for Sweden, with 30 percent larger wing,do you know it ?.

I'm still working on the text, in the meantime, enjoy some pics. Plan view is ALR Piranha 4, with additional side view of Piranha 2D and scrap view of two seat nose.

from my dear Jemiba : Potez P.92 :single seat twin engined jet strike and close-support project and the engines was mounted above the rear of the fuselage in a new shape,it was designed to compete Breguet Br.121.

DELETED POST (please remove from the thread)

Hallo, it is good field to start serearch about new projects. in 1954 NATO issue a competition for lightweight strike fighter,all the members submitted a proposals,such as: Italy Fiat G-91 France Breguet BR-1001 Taon Germany Messerschmitt P.1225 can you complete ?.

OK I have been a bit slack, thought I would put some information together on the development of PZL's Skorpion SABA. feel free to point out errors or add to it. I will post the information as jpegs.

Fairchild F-15 (model number unknown) Early VG configuration Final submission- fixed wing

‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra When Bell first came up with the efficient and versatile Bell AH-1 Cobra combat helicopter design, it originally went one step further by incorporating a retractable skid arrangement. This arrangement featured the skid’s retracting into the narrow fuselage. I...

Late in the Seventies, Fairchild-Republic studied a Next Generation Close Air Support aircraft. It would have been a two-seater, have a night-adverse weather capability, made with large use of composites and probably (judging from the design) sport a moderate supersonic speed. Weapons: GAU-8A...

Naval Apache Project Source: Al Adcock, AH-64 Apache In Action, Squadron-Signal

OK, lets go back to the AX competition and the original bids submitted. Cessna's submission Source: A-37 in Action, Squadron-Signal

From Flight International 23-29 May 1990 Bell-Boeing Supersonic combat tilt-rotor. Dual-mode engine incorporating folding rotors and employing jet exhausts. A high speed subsonic version also proposed. In the same page (29) there is information about US Army beyond LH program for an advanced...

I'm researching an article on the N/A W A-10 (A-10B) and came across this: Dennis R Jenkins, A/OA-10 Warthog Warbirdtech 20 Never seen this illustrated.

Estimated specs from Flight International, 7 October 1978 Length: 41ft Span: 33ft Wing gross area: 240 sq ft Empty Weight: 8,800lb Internal Fuel weight: 3,300lb Clean takeoff weight: 12,500lb Maximum payload: 6,600lb Max takeoff weight: 19,000lb Max wing loading: 79lb/sq ft Powerplant: 1 x...

General Dynamics "Jiminy Cricket"