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Experimental heavy tank having to replace P.26/40. If an pre-order of 150 specimens were contracted, Armistice was signed without only prototype is finished. The models of P.43 showed its affiliation with P.26/40 without any doubt. The tank weighed approximately 30 tons, was propelled by an...

Hi guys, I came across this reference to a project being developed by helicopter pioneer Corradino D`ascanio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Campini_Ca.183bis It relates to a desire to employ a BMW 003 turbojet into an helicopter before WW2 ended. Does anyone could come up with more on...

Thank you for your message! I do bear excellent news. Ian Allan has green-lighted my Italian secret projects book proposal. But I won't be the only one at the helm on this one as this board's very own Skybolt will be sharing authoring duties with me. He was a natural choice with his top notch...

Many years ago I read about SWATH being the ideal hull form for future naval ships because of their superior seakeeping ability to monohulls. There stability made them ideal for carriers according to an article I read in Proceedings of the American Naval Institute. We breifly saw concept art...

Hi, http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread320129/pg1

Many, many years ago a discussion forum for never-were ship designs was created called Warship Projects which is currently in version 3 here. I thought I'd post some of the more interesting projects here. This topic covers various designs by Ansaldo in Italy for Russia, Greece and Spain and the...

From "Model Airplane International" October 2008

Hi, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1935/1935%20-%200956.html

scanned for you from "Aerei nella Storia" of this month ! Simply design of Piaggio 133 was strictly connected to B-24 !

you know Luft '46 http://www.luft46.com/ over proposed aircraft project during WW2 but is there a similar webpage over proposed project during WW1 ? thanks in advance...

Hi, here is an unusual amphibian autogiro aircraft,I think it was from Cierva design. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1935/1935%20-%200631.html

I've found out, at www.chandelle.net, these two drawings about Caproni's fighter project. Sincerely I don't know how much fictional, speculative or based upon real designs they are....

Hi all, today no Caproni-Fighter. In Ali d'Italia Caproni Ca.133 I have found little info´s about the unbuild versions of the Ca.133, but no drawing or technical data. If you have drawings, 3views or technical data about the Ca.141, Ca.151 and Ca.177 please let me know ::) Servus Maveric

Dear Folks, I've found out some interesting information about a lanucher glider project which roughly resembles German studies about the so-called "Mistel" combination (even if also Germans, Russians and English has conducted a lot of experimentations with parasite concepts during '30s). The...

The projects drawn by Filippo Zappata, famous Italian designer known for the CANT Z 10XX and 5XX series, while working at Breda (circa 1942-1950) are one of the major problems of Italian aviation history. Breda archives were utterly destroyed when the aviation branch of the company went...

Sometimes projects make themselves discovered in very unlikely places. Last Friday I was in Rome at the Italian Air Force historical archives doing research for my book. On the same table there was my friend Paolo Miana looking for infos on the Italian giant bombers of late 20s -early 30s...

Hi all, in 1939 in Italy was a contest for a Caccia-Comattimento (Heavy Fighter) in wich eight projects were entered: 1) Macchi M.C. 301 2) Caproni-Bergamasca Ca.350 3) Romeo Ro.67 4) Fiat C.R. 50 and C.R.55 5) Bellomo C.B. 6) Santangelo C.S. 7) Savoia-Marchetti S.M.91 We know the Ro.67...

Hi, The Caproni was a great aircraft company and it absorbed more than 20 companies during its life. Biplane and Monoplane first as a historical aircraft. Ca.30 three engined bomber of 1913 led to developed the Ca.31 and inter production as Ca.1. Ca.1 to Ca.5 heavy bombers. Ca.6 biplane. Ca.7...

Hey fans, I search for all material of Agusta-aircrafts or projects before the helicopter production! Help, please. Cheers

First post of a long topic about Italian battleship Francesco Caracciolo and the many designs for her in 1914-1919. A quick summary; A-series with 12x381mm guns B-series unknown? C-series definitive Caracciolo with 8x381mm guns in duples. What was actually built (but not finished) D-series with...