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  1. archipeppe

    The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program: Unfulfilled Dreams and Missions that Never Flew (Springer Praxis Books) 1st ed. 2022

    The latest work of my friend Davide Sivolella an aeronautical engineer and a skilled author, who lives in England. If you want to learn about never realized Space Shuttle versions, this is the right book...
    • archipeppe
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century nasa post-cold war space race space shuttle space station space transportation system united states air force
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  2. Grey Havoc

    The man who tried to fake an element (BobbyBroccoli Youtube channel)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war early 21st century elemental table late 20th century nuclear post-cold war pre-world war ii the hunt for elements victor ninov world war ii
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. B

    High Adaptability Surface Combatants

    Saw this in an article as I was looking for some information on the Reformers of the 1970s-1980s: "Hart and Lind have long made public their dismay with America's supercarriers, which, they argue at length, are vulnerable, too expensive to deploy in the numbers needed, and carry the wrong kind...
  4. Grey Havoc

    S-4 and S-45 IRBM projects (France, Cold War)

    https://nuke.fas.org/guide/france/theater/s-4.htm https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/26902/britishfrenchstr00bate.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
    • Grey Havoc
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    • armeé de l'air cold war commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques early 1990s force de dissuasion forces aériennes stratégiques late 1980s sol-sol balistique stratégique
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  5. russiafareast1972

    Unknown illustrations of space projects by Dr. Dandridge Cole from a 1963 book

    New vintage book from my PDF collection of Dr. Dandridge Cole. Exploring the Secrets of Space: Astronautics for the Layman 1963 Prentice-Hall. This black and white book is a prologue to a colored tome Beyond Tomorrow. Above - unknown illustrations. Almost unknown illustrations - the view from...
  6. Phantom Fanatic

    Four engine fighters

    Hello all I am wondering if anyone knows of any four engine propeller or jet fighter programs or designs. The only example I know of is the Swiss EFW-20 Aiguillon. Attached below are some reference photos of the Aiguillon in the Swiss air force museum in Dübendorf. I took the photos when I went...
  7. Grey Havoc

    Tyneham

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/728823/The-village-that-died.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/dorset/idyllic-village-stolen-government/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army cold war d-day lulworth ranges ministry of defence post-cold war post-world war ii world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  8. Grey Havoc

    Ford Levacar (Ground Effect Vehicle)

    https://www.curbside.tv/blog/2017/5/21/ford-levacar-mach-1 https://www.curbside.tv/blog/2018/4/22/when-cars-flew
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war early 1960s ford motor company ground effect machine ground effect vehicle late 1950s united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. E

    Mitsubishi ZF and ZG military engines

    Hi everyone, I have uncovered a few documents on the development of the Mtsubishi ZF and ZG series engines. The 10ZF was used on the Type 74 tank, the 6ZF on the Type 75 SPH and the 4ZF on Type 73 APC and derivatives. The 8ZG mentionned in the related document is a predecessor to the 10ZG...
    • Elan Vital
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    • afv cold war engines japan japanese ground self-defense force jgsdf mitsubishi tank
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Propulsion
  10. Grey Havoc

    HMS Alliance (P417 / S76)

    HMS Alliance was modified for SIGINT/ELINT work during a yard period in the late 1950s (1958-1960), in particular for monitoring the Soviet Northern Fleet, at least according to the Daily Telegraph obituary of Rear Admiral Martin Wemyss linked below...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1960s amphion-class submarine cold war elint late 1950s royal navy signals intelligence
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  11. Andrei_bt

    Т-64A and object 287, object 775 ERA, 1968 design

    The story of how in 1968 the universal dynamic protection for the Object 775 and T-64A tanks was developed and tested, surpassing all subsequent developments of the Research Institute of Steel - "Contact" and "Contact-5". This page of the history of tank building is not mentioned anywhere...
  12. J

    Northrop´s Stealth Aircraft-Prototypes and Projects 1940-1950-War Secrets-Volume Five

    Northrop’s Stealth Aircraft Prototypes and Projects 1940-1950 War Secrets-Volume Five CONTENTS Northrop N-1 Northrop N-1M Northrop proposal MX-140 N-9M trainers Northrop XB-35 Air Corps Specification XC-622 Northrop XP-56 (41-786) Northrop XP-56 (42-38353) Aero boost ducts...
  13. uk 75

    Fighters escort Kennedy to West Berlin?

    Found this reference to USAF fighters escorting Kennedy on his famous visit to West Berlin. https://www.panam.org/pan-am-stories/632-a-dangerous-game I had always assumed that no Western combat aircraft had flown through the air corridors to Berlin during the Cold War. There were plans for...
    • uk 75
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    • cold war early 1960s united states united states air force west germany
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Michel Van

    What kind Wind Turbine is this ?

    I need your Help in 1970s this kind Wind Turbine was proposed (here illustrated by Roger Leloup in 1976) has some one more information about this ?
    • Michel Van
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    • 1970s 2010s cold war early 21st century energy crisis late 20th century post-cold war
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: The Bar
  15. Hood

    Chinese Type 343M Corvette

    In 1990 Racal Marine teamed up with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company to offer a modernised Type 037 Hainan-class hull as a corvette with Racal radars (obviously!), European guns and A/S torpedoes and Chinese C-801 SSMs. There were no takers.
    • Hood
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    • china china shipbuilding industry co. ltd cold war corvette early 1990s great britain people's republic of china racal electronics plc
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  16. Hood

    Swedish K1 Corvette

    Discussion about German corvettes seems to have been popular lately so I'm sharing this Swedish project which I found in Jane's 1972-73. The design was to be a flotilla leader for MTBs or FACs as well as escorts for the remaining destroyer fleet that was then still active. Two were to be built...
    • Hood
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    • 1970s cold war corvette kingdom of sweden royal swedish navy
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  17. hesham

    DARPA Laser Airborne Aircraft for US Navy of 1981

    From Aviation magazine 1981, here is an airborne Laser aircraft.
  18. Grey Havoc

    U.S. Army ATAC (Army Tank Automotive Center) Tank / AFV concepts, late 1960s

    https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/16/the-american-s-tank/ https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/us-tank-concepts-no-1-1-b-1968/ https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/us-tank-concepts-no-2/ (For third concept, see first link)...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war combat arms group (fort leavenworth) detroit arsenal from the swedish archives late 1960s u.s. army u.s. army tank automotive center united states army
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  19. Grey Havoc

    THE BIG PICTURE " OPERATION ROLL-UP "

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Bs-0a_0Os
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war early 1950s korean war u.s. army united states united states army
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  20. Grey Havoc

    Facit mechanical calculators and other devices

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPMIjVGzd0 From the comments thread:
    • Grey Havoc
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    • ab addo åtvidabergs industrier cold war computing electromechanical devices facit ab kingdom of sweden mechanical calculators swedish board for computing machinery the besk boys
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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