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A picture from an 80's military advertisement lead to these other two images. Interesting similiarities between the 25 year old ANS test vehicle and Taiwan's recent supersonic cruise missile. ;) (The ad is aerospatiale.)

Would anyone possibly possess illustrations of the TEL for this missile, which was supposed to replace Pluton? Thanks.

My dear Jemiba, can I ask you if there was a project to Hawker called HS-810 VTOL transport aircraft or not ?.

Hi, The Bertin HB-12 was a project of large version of HB-11 powered by three General Electric J85 engines.

seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30) others were DASA HKK/L2 missile...

I find in my archives the Dassault MD 630 Cavalier project drawing. I could post it if y are interesting. I propose to start a "Dassault projects" Topic Now, the Calavier projects

Perhaps someone has more infos about the Dassault proposal for the ECAT competition, which was known as the Cavalier (not to be mixed up with the VSTOL design with the same name) and which lost against the Br.121, later Jaguar. It would have been powered by two GE J85 engines and was intended...

About the mentioned Hydro 2000 : I'm still not sure, if this was really a project, or just a try to collect money...

(I wasn't sure if this should be included under the Horizon thread, as there were at least 8 projects between Type 42 and Type 45 in the UK alone, let alone any other nations, and Horizon was just one of those) (Note that the image is resized by the forum code and is actually 994 * 582...

Early UK concept and French concept.

Beech aircraft: model-40 :experimental model-35 with two 180 hp Franklin engines mounted in nose driving one propeller. model-112 :1957 twin tuboprop businees aircraft project with two Lycoming T-53 engines. model-120 :1962 twin turboprop pressurized business...

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.

The Mirage III was the winner of a competition for a multirole, mach 2 fighter. Its only two competitors were the rocket-powered Trident II, and the Durandal which was quite similar to the Mirage, with a frontal air intake. The Trident was eliminated as too specialised, and the Durandal because...

According to Key Publishing (I just hate this forum, so don't ask me why I browse there!) there had been studies for an improved concorde. - No reheat - another stage compressor on the engines - 25% more range - leading edge slats - more fuel Of course, this went to nothing because of the...

Aparently at the beginning the first Mirage were named by number such as I, II, III and the like. If I understand well Mirage I Small interceptor, 2 Viper 930 kgp each Mirage II Bigger interceptor, 2 Gabizo 1500 kgp each Mirage III Final interceptor, 1 Atar 101 4500 kgp Mirage IV More...

Translated from http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/frheft7x/FRHeft77/FRH7708/FR7708c.htm PS: small edit made by Deino as the German name for that helicopter was not "Fleidermaus" but only "Fledermaus" without an "i" meaning "bat" !!

From French aerospace mag Air&Cosmos July 1994. I made this drawing based on the magazine article. Can anybody post the original pic and additional information on Dassault post-Rafale studies in the 90's?