ground attack

I saw recently that the USAF is purchasing Super Tucano light attack aircraft. The designation is the A-29. Is this part of the official Air Force Designation? The last A aircraft I see is the A-24, according to the NMUSAF. What is the A-25 - A-28? Wes W.

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Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French announcing the development of the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-410 Spirale III STOL transport. It would have been based partly on the previous Avions Marcel Dassault MD-410 Spirale COIN/ground attack prototype, but with a high-wing and a new...

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about Sud-Ouest's entrant for the 1956 ground attack/COIN competition; the SNCASO Sud-Ouest SO.7100 Dogue. It remained a "project"...... The article comes from the 26th November 1955 issue of Les Ailes...... Terry (Caravellarella)

Model of Rockwell Low Cost Fighter found on eBay. URL:http://cgi.ebay.com/Rockwell-airplane-desk-model-fighter-T38-Talon-Sabrebat_W0QQitemZ200456655873QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eac25d401 Seller's description:

This is apparently a video of the HVM, a missile considered for the A-10 as an anti-tank weapon back in the 80s. And a link to Adreas' page: http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/hvm.html

Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., and principal of Aeromarine Airways, developed training aircraft for the US Navy during WWI. After the war they attempted to capitalize on a number of Curtiss HS-2L and F-5L surplus seaplanes by converting them into civilian 'aerial yachts' for their airline...

Hi, in 1959,the Air Ministry issued a competition for VTOL strike recce aircraft, the tenders were English Electric P.31 and Gloster P.505,I don't know if there was anther contenders or not,but I ask for more info about those two projects.

Huh? Huh? Who says I never deliver up something y'all haven't seen before...

Hi folks, I couldn't find an existing one so here is a thread for and unknown, secret or rare Junkers Ju-87 variants. To start with here is a photo (albeit poor quality) of a Jumo 213E powered Ju-87. It was a trial installation on a Ju87B. Regards, Greg

Sources regarding esp. the M.148T requirement for carrier-based strike aircraft, which then resulted in the Blackburn Buccaneer, mention as one of the aircraft's weapons unguided rockets referred to as the OR.1099, where the "OR" abbreviation stands, as I understand, for 'operational...

#784 was trialled with a radome and variant of the B-1B's radar system. Has any other information on this project, or any images of the test configuration, ever turned up? This is said to be the forerunner of the Raptor's radar mounting.

Hi folks, Some pics I recently came across of different armament rials for the Westland Whirlwind: 12 x 0.303: 1 x 37mm cannon: Apologies if already posted. Regards, Greg

XA-44, later became XB-53 From http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

Hi All! 1)Martin Model 234---XA-45 2) ? ? .................. That you can add ?

Hi, the Dornier sutdied in 1972 to develope an aircraft which was based on or looks like the SAAB-37 Viggen,and also designed a very beautiful lightweight V/STOL fighter,I never heard about them before. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%202852.pdf

Hi, the Bell T-37 trailing-rotor project. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1965/1965%20-%200898.pdf

Flying Review March 1966

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.

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