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Some of these WERE put into production but most did not - A comprehensive, alphabetical look at every British fighter aircraft of the World War... View: https://youtu.be/J1GX-idufNY

From, Техника - молодежи 1956-05, what was this,is it just a hydrofoil or another thing ?.

Hello everyone, I am looking for a full version of document British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee - BIOS Final Report No 142 "Information obtained from targets of opportunity in the Sonthofen area". This document contains information on some German projects such as powerful explosives...

Mentioned briefly by Drach here at 2.06 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbVmZ77Q5A Anyone have any information on this ship and size of guns?

What if the Arial Target had been developed quicker, was available for some of the last Zeppelin raids on the UK and successfully brought one or more down, would that have any longer term effects?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_M-N_Scheme The Admiralty M-N Scheme' (sometimes given as "Project M-N") was a World War I British plan to close the Strait of Dover in the English Channel to German U-boats, by means of a chain of either eight or twelve massive towers linked by...

Does anyone have access to a copy of the Italian journal Notiziaro di Aeronautica for September 1923? I am interested in viewing the article about the Blackburn Swift, if possible Thanks

I'm wondering If I should buy this book or not because I bought British Carrier Aviation: The Evolution of the Ships and their Aircraft in the past. Does anyone know more about that book?

I understand that after the Falklands the Batch I Sheffields were re-fit with the 1022? I checked in a couple of references online and while the 1022 is always mentioned in conjunction with the Batch II and III, I cannot find anyone detailing the upgrades of the earlier ships. I'd like to update...

From wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_British_Military_Aeroplane_Competition The text for this says a crash by one of the monoplanes 'resulted in a ban being imposed on monoplane use by the RFC, which had a long-term effect on the course of British aircraft design.' Is there any...

In 1804/1805 Sir William Sidney Smith designed two catamaran landing craft From Tom Pocock's 'The Terror Before Trafalgar: Nelson, Napoleon and the secret war' But while infantry could scramble ashore from ships’ boats, they could do so only in small parties; also the landing of artillery was...

There's an interesting referendence in the May 1982 International Defense Review, p626: "British Aerospace, which was the prime contractor for the now cancelled NATO 6S vertically launched missile ..." The context is the first public showing of vertical launch Seawolf and the suggestion that...

It's 60 years since the infamous event View: https://x.com/MichaelJPryce/status/1908792157692903689 And this thread https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tsr2-conference-cosford-13-may-2023.41350/ Was it really the turkey we all now say it is?

I am not a fan of ATL./AH. scenarios but found this article in a 1946 issue of ATC. Gazette proposing a 'World Organisation' 'International Air Force' of interest. Who knows such an idea may have led to a UN. with teeth and negated the need for organisations such as NATO. etc. :)

As a follow-up to my Skyvan book, (which should be out before the end of the year), I am now working on the HP/SA/BAe Jetstream family. Firstly, does anyone have a copy of the official brochure for the Jetstream 31EZ maritime patrol aircraft? Also, any more information on the Jetstream C.5/E.4...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%27s_third_airport Ever since I was a little boy and saw pictures and books about London Airport grown-ups have been trying to find a replacement. In the TV show Thunderbirds it is called London International Airport. By September 1966 the emergence of...

There is autoloader tank project or big gun tank that made by British (other than fv4005 or death Star)?

Dad spent 1943 at Sherburn-in-Elemet photographing top secret trials of gliders for major landings such as Operation Varsity on this day March 24 1945. The secret trials were not so much about the gliders but how they handled carrying troops, panniers , field guns and even tanks (in...

Developed in 1954 at the Royal Naval Air Station No.802 Squadron , Lossiemouth, Scotland for high-speed target practice. The 'Excelsior' banner (target) streaming device was especially for use on Hawker Sea Hawk FGA Mk.4 aircraft.

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