late 1950s

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    US Navy Type Spec 146: rivals to the P-3 Orion

    Does anyone have any information, design designations, drawings and specifications on the designs submitted in the 1958 US Navy competition, that lead to the Lockheed P-3A Orion Anti-Submarine/Maritime Patrol Aircraft being declared winner? Regards Pioneer
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    Messerschmitt Me-P-308 "Jet Taifun"

    Okay, does anyone have three-views of post-war business jets developed on paper by Messerschmitt? I'm referring to the HA230/Me230 and Me308 projects.
  3. sferrin

    Soviet 'Object 279' Super heavy tank (1957)

    As freaky as it is it's gotta be Russian ;) (The name probably says it all but any background on this?)
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    Fleet Air Defense Fighter - Douglas F6D-1 Missileer and its rivals

    Fleet Air Defence Aircraft (FAD) Although this once banished to history project, has continued to resurrect itself from time to time, I thought I would flog this horse one more time. With the hope that I can get the information I so desperately sorted for many years. The 1957 US Navy submitted...
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    XC-Medium - Alternatives to the Lockheed C-130 Hercules?

    In 1957 the USAF put forward a Request for Proposal (RfP) to the aircraft industry for a Tactical Air Command Transport as a replacement for its large and venerable fleet of Fairchild C-82/C-119 Flying Boxcar, and Douglas C-47 Dakota. This competition would eventually be won by the Lockheed...
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    L2VMA and LARA (Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft) designs

    The Mohawk (OV-1) Society has an illustration, originally in their newsletter, of Grumman's COIN derivative of the Mohawk on their website, though it takes a spot of digging to find it. I did copy it and will be glad to share (I cake it we can't attach picture files directly here). It looks...
  7. TinWing

    Convair NX2 CAMAL Nuclear Bomber

    Here is the accompanying paper: http://www.islandone.org/Propulsion/AtomPlane.html
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