jet age

  1. Stargazer

    Goodyear's Inflatoplanes

    Robunos was suggesting having some pics of the Goodyear Inflatoplane, so here goes... The Goodyear Model 466 and 468 were called Inflatoplanes. Like the Hiller Flying Platform and other odd aircraft, they were part of a multi-service evaluation by the Army and the Navy's ONR, except here the CIA...
    • Stargazer
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    • central intelligence agency cold war espionage goodyear goodyear aircraft corporation goodyear tire and rubber company jet age office of naval research space age united states united states army united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. robunos

    Ryan "Rogallo wing" concepts

    In the early 1960's, Ryan Aeronautical sought to develop applications for the Rogallo wing, developed by NASA's Francis Rogallo. In addition to use in recovering returning space vehicles, see here :- http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=4269 Ryan also sought to exploit the flex-wing, as they called it...
  3. H

    Gloster Whittle, Gloster E.28/39, Gloster G40, Gloster Pioneer

    Hello all. Whatever you want to call it a quite important aircraft for (at least) British aviation. But scant information that I can find on the internet that isnt a repeated source. Specifically I am currently looking for some decent cockpit photos. I have come across two black and white low...
    • hole in the ground
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    • air ministry british empire gloster aircraft company great britain jet age power jets royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. M

    Me 262 - Projects, Pre-Projects And Variants

    Hi everybody I am searching drawings of the following Me-262 variants. They are very rare ! Panzerflugzeug 1 and 2 armed with four WGR.21 and four MK-108 ? weight 7300kg ? Me-262 A-2a/R2 ? heavy armored "Sturmjäger" ? Me-262 A-3a ground-attack version Me-262...
    • moin1900
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    • axis powers fighter fighter bomber jet age luftwaffe messerschmitt ag nazi germany reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  5. mekon

    a couple of interesting tin toys

    Hi All I recently came across these beauties in a museum in New Zealand, and I though I would share. I *think* this is the most appropriate/relevant place on the forum..? I guess many companies over the years produced many different things, but I'd be fascinated to know if anyone has more...
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    • civil aviation cold war great britain jet age new zealand royal air force toy toys united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. spectre

    NASA Langley STOL studies 60s-70s

    Can someone shed some light on this C-5 Galaxy/NASA project? I was given this picture via email. Looks like STOL C-5? Blown flaps? Thank you in advance.
  7. hesham

    Northrop VTOL/VSTOL/STOL Projects

    Other Northrop V/STOL aircraft of 1967,who can identify it ? except the T-39,XV-4 and T-38. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680004577_1968004577.pdf
    • hesham
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    • cold war jet age nasa northrop space age stol u.s. army united states united states air force v/stol aircraft vstol vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. Apophenia

    VFW 614 - Development, Variants and Projects

    Sorry if this has been covered before. Were all early VFW-614 concepts swing-nose types? Attached in a manufactures 3-view drawing showing a swing nose. Note: at this stage, the Weser Fluzeugbau WFG-614 was to be powered by twin Lycoming PLF1B-2s.
    • Apophenia
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    • 1960s 1970s airliner anti-submarine warfare bundesmarine cargo civil aviation cold war federal republic of germany jet age luftwaffe maritime reconnaissance space age transport aircraft vereinigte flugtechnische werke weser-flugzeugbau gmbh west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. hesham

    Morane-Saulnier MS 1000, MS 1010 and MS 1020 Jet Fighters

    A little info about two MS projects, the Morane Saulnier MS-1010 was developed from MS-1000 for ADAV and the MS-1020 was two seat trainer version of MS-1000, does anyone know more ?.
    • hesham
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    • 1950s aéroplanes morane-saulnier cold war fighters french fourth republic jet age north atlantic treaty organisation
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  10. hesham

    SARO M.7 fake flying boat

    Hi, the SARO M.7 fake delta-wing flying boat for a British film. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200135.html
    • hesham
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    • cold war early 1950s great britain jet age movie prop movies saunders-roe
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. Jemiba

    Soviet SST designs from the '60s

    From aero 1962, some designs which are said to have been published in the press "behind the iron curtain" The first picture shows a designs from Myasishew, Ilyushin and Tupolev (from top to bottom), the other picture shows an unknown design.
  12. uk 75

    Boeing 2707 SST airline artwork wanted

    Over many years I have gathered together brochures and artwork (cards ads etc) for the Boeing SST So far I have artwork for the following: Airlift (photo of broken model from ebay) Alitalia (drawing in brochure) Braniff (image from Internet site) Continental (photo of model in brochure-meatball...
    • uk 75
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    • airliner alternate history boeing civil aviation cold war jet age space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united states what-if
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  13. J

    Early P-80 configuration

    From "Flying" August 1945
  14. overscan (PaulMM)

    DH-110 Sea Vixen projects

    From a brochure I missed on Ebay: DH.110 Tactical Bomber / Photographic Reconnaissance Aircraft (March 1957) The seller had these brochures: DH110 Tactical Bomber Aircraft (RCAF Requirements) (November 1958) Sea Vixen Development with RB163 engines (February 1960) Which he sold privately to...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • british commonwealth cold war de havilland aircraft company limited fighter fighter bomber great britain jet age naval aviation nuclear battlefield reconnaissance bomber royal air force royal australian navy royal canadian air force royal navy tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  15. flateric

    C-133 as a Saturn Carrier Aircraft

    1964 study of C-133 as Saturn S-I and S-IV stages carrier aircraft LOW-SPEED CHARACTERISTICS OF A 1/2O-SCALE FOUR-ENGINE TRANSPORT MODEL WITH LARGE BODIES MOUNTED ABOVE THE FUSELAGE by Vernurd E . Lockwood Langley Reseurch Center Lungley Stution, Humpton, Vu, March 1964 Full paper...
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    • apollo program cold war douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division jet age nasa nasa langley research center space age space race transport aircraft united states
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. hesham

    NASA Aircraft Projects

    Hi, We can speak about NASA projects which was never built. During the end of 1970s,NASA had launched a program for Energy Efficient Aircraft, a joint NASA/US industry research and development project to reduce by 50 per cent the fuel consumption of future generation civil transport...
    • hesham
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    • 21st century cold war cold war ii jet age late 20th century nasa national advisory committee for aeronautics post-world war ii space age space race united states war on terror
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  17. overscan (PaulMM)

    Bristol 198 SST project

    Technical Report http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/arc/cp/0815.pdf
  18. Orionblamblam

    Alternatives to the NAA X-15

    The AP-76 was one of the neatest-looking of the X-15 contenders... and also the poorest performer of the bunch. Looks ain't everything. BLATANT COMMERCIALISM WARNING.... Along with the AP-76, I just added a slew of new items. The AP-76 report is a prime example of how a design *should* be...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • 1950s bell aircraft corporation cold war douglas douglas aircraft company hypersonic jet age nasa national advisory committee for aeronautics north american aviation office of naval research republic aviation corporation space age space race united states united states air force united states navy wright air development center
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  19. Sferrin

    Interesting escape concepts.

    http://www.combatreform2.com/escape.htm
  20. hesham

    Kyushu J7W1 Shinden/J7W2 Shinden-kai

    Hi, The Kyushu J7W2 single seat jet interceptor project.
    • hesham
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    • air defence bomber destroyer empire of japan fighter fighters imperial japanese navy imperial japanese navy air service interceptor interceptors jet age naval aviation world war ii
    • Replies: 370
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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