Artist's impression of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) light destroyer (DDL) project from 1966 to 1972.
Source: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=54420
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URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_light_destroyer_project
that a Novum in this Forum
we talk allot about Aircraft, but not much about Airports
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport was original planed as Aéroport de Paris Nord in 1966
with 4 runways of 4000 meter length and 6 big Terminals
like Terimal One, but with 6 floor multi-storey car park for 4000...
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An interesting way of achieving this capability:
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0754396
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Does anyone have specifications of the North American Rockwell/General Dynamics Phase B Shuttle (1970)? Any additional concept art and drawings would be appreciated as well.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070609091323/www.abo.fi/~mlindroo/SpaceLVs/Slides/sld029.htm
A project I've never heard of until today, looking through the Rockwell bomber study PDF here:
http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=C016293&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
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http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4221/ch4.htm
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Just found today in Icaré 1971 issue,french project for a hydrofoil missile boat.
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od Sud-Aviation ? Nevertheless, maybe it's interesting for you ...
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