early 1950s

  1. flateric

    McDonnell Aircraft Model 73

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    • 1950 anti-submarine warfare asw cold war early 1950s korean war mcdonnell mcdonnell aircraft corporation patrol helicopter u.s. navy xhp competition united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Early 1950s Plans for Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships

    Stumbled across some early 1950s NATO documents concerning the defensive arming and equipping of Merchant Ships. SGS.1 and the 4" Mk 25 are briefly mentioned, although unsurprisingly the vast majority of equipment intended for DEMS was supposed to come from US stocks. There are more documents...
    • A Tentative Fleet Plan
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    • armed merchant ships armed merchantman cold war defensively equipped merchant ships early 1950s great britain north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy trade division (royal navy) united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. L

    If WW2 ended in 1950+ possible combat aircraft out of service dates

    At the end of WW2 the myriad RAF & USAAF combat aircraft were drawn down, scraped or in the UKs case “given back” (either literally to the US or again scraped in the UK). But what would the out of service dates be of these iconic aircraft if the war continued to 1950 or later. Frontline...
  4. Charlie 11

    USS Wichita (CA-45) Missile Conversion

    On Page 129 of Cruisers of the US Navy 1922-1962, Terzibaschitsch mentions that the USN briefly considered converting the USS Wichita into its first missile cruiser but instead chose Boston (CA-69) and Canberra (CA-70) because they were projected to have longer service lives. Friedman also...
  5. hesham

    Boeing Two Small Aircraft to ID

    From Boeing magazine 1950, what was these two Boeing designs ?,maybe a generic or ?.
  6. uk 75

    Invasion USA 1952

    Found this old American film from 1952 which has some good stock footage of early 50s combat aircraft ranging from B29s and B36 to a model Mig 15. View: https://youtu.be/Mg8a9UMqSzY Typical anti Commie era film but full of period flavour.
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    • cold war early 1950s united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. njiiaf

    Little Johnny Jet cartoon (1953)

    Was wondering if anyone else remembered this little Tex Avery short from their childhood.
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    • cold war early 1950s jet age popular culture united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  8. Grey Havoc

    THE BIG PICTURE " OPERATION ROLL-UP "

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

    The Menneking Prototype: A Forgotten Spanish Assault Rifle.1950

    Like the other nations of Europe, Spain also wanted to acquire a high-performance assault rifle by recruiting former German engineers. For this purpose, the CETME center was created, which brought together former members of Rheinmetall and Mauser. Hartmut Menneking's group had already been...
    • klem
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    • cold war early 1950s ejército de tierra late 1940s policía armada post-world war ii spanish state
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. Armin Derer

    Walter Wiesske air scooter, anybody?

    Good morning! Here we have a contraption that came to me when I rummaged through some old magazines. It is supposed to be some rudimentary kind of flying car (Flugauto) or roadable helicopter, which apparently flew as a model. The name of the inventor maybe given incorrectly. It is not the...
  11. Comrade Dave

    Royal Navy “Thorpe” Class minehunter.

    I was reading my copy of Rebuilding the Royal Navy by D. K. Brown and George Moore. Whilst browsing the second page of the minor war vessels chapter i came across the following statement. “A minehunting variant of the CMS (Thorpe) Class was designed and three ordered , but they were cancelled...
  12. P

    Did the Bundeswehr consider producing modernized Panzer V Panther in early 50's?

    G'day all I'm just going through some old documentation (yes hand written notes, so it's undoughtedly 1990's) and came across the following: "In early 50′s, the new Bundeswehr consideration to produced modernized Panzer V Panther tank with upgraded armament and electronics, but they elected to...
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    • bundeswehr cold war early 1950s west germany
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    • Forum: The Bar
  13. flateric

    Fairchild NEPA 'Studies of Fourteen Nuclear-Powered Airplanes' (1952)

    Found at OSTI http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/969600-studies-fourteen-nuclear-powered-airplanes
  14. Apophenia

    Weir autogyro and helicopter designations

    Cy-27 said that he was working on a Weir designation list which which was the kick in the pants needed to prompt me to finish off my list! ____________________ J&G Weir Company, 1932-1943, and Cierva Autogiro Company (Cierva-Weir), 1943-1951 Weir autogyros and helicopters received simple...
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    • 1930s 1940s cierva autogiro company cold war early 1950s g. & j. weir ltd. great britain post-world war ii pre-world war ii world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  15. hesham

    Yomiuri Y-1 helicopter

    From my dear Stingray site, the Yomiuri Y-1 was a side-by-side two seat helicopter,powered by the wartime Kamikaze-3 engine. https://sites.google.com/site/stingrayslistofrotorcraft/yomiuri-y-1
    • hesham
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    • cold war early 1950s japan japan helicopter association yomiuri shimbun
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. overscan (PaulMM)

    Planes of the Future: Boeing's 1950 jet-transport designs

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-Boeing-Airplanes-Press-Photo-/190710527330?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c673bb562#ht_3740wt_1397 Planes of the Future: Boeing's jet-transport designs include (bottom) a long-range double-deck plane with six turbojet engines mounted in gondola fashion; (top) a...
  17. Grey Havoc

    MX-767 Banshee

    Has anyone come across any info on this project? This is what I have from the Missile Scrapbook over in designation-systems.net:
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    • air material command air materiel command cold war cruise missile early 1950s late 1940s nuclear battlefield post-world war ii strategic air command united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  18. M

    KC-135 Competitors

    Greetings All - I recently acquired a copy of Aerofax "Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker" by Robert Hopkins III. In the book, he notes that Lockheed "won" the competition for the KC-135 though Air Research Development Command, with Lemay's concurrence, had already ordered 29 (followed by 88 more) of...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1954 1955 air research development command ardc boeing cold war douglas aircraft company early 1950s in-flight refueling tanker lockheed strategic air command tanker aircraft united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  19. hesham

    Benes LD 605 Haban Transport Glider Project

    Hi, The Benes LD-605 was a transport glider prototype at Czechoslovakia in 1951,but it was never completed. Source; Air Enthusiast,1972 magazine.
  20. Steve Pace

    Douglas Skyrocket

    I found this online - a view of the D-558-2 I've never seen before (note original cockpit canopy). Credit Life magazine - Steve Pace
    • Steve Pace
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    • buaer buair bureau of aeronautics cold war douglas aircraft company early 1950s jet age late 1940s national advisory committee for aeronautics supersonic u.s. navy united states united states navy
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    • Forum: The Bar
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