late 2000s

  1. Sentinel Chicken

    Gulfstream-based tankers?

    I seem to recall several years back that there was some sort of oddball proposal for a pure tanker aircraft based on the Gulfstream business jet. Might have been for a USAF study, but given the current controversy with the A330 vs. KC-767 (damn, way to screw up the MDS, guys!) and that the USAF...
  2. Sundog

    DARPA: High Speed Super Cavitating Express Vehicle

    I don't know if you guys saw this article. I don't have a Janes account, but I can't help thinking of the sub fighters from the TV show SeaQuest when I read it. ;)
  3. Matej

    Bell/Boeing Civilian Quad Tilt-Rotor?

    Mentioned, but not shown Bell V-22 derivates. Smaller is Model 626* and bigger is CQTR (Civil Quad Tilt-Rotor). [*Mistake fixed on 262 > 626]
  4. hesham

    Bell V-44 QTR (Quad Tilt Rotor) multi-purpose VTOL

    Hi, do you here about Bell V-44 and Bell-626 tilt-wing VTOL transport aircraft:
  5. Golfus

    Beautiful Turkish MBT project

    Hi, gentelmen. I have found in www.portierramaryaire.com (spanish web and forum) a very interesting project. It is the proposed new MBT for the turkish army, designed by GIAT. Could anyone hav 3-view derawings of this beauty? Thanks in advance Golfus Viva er Beti manque pierda...
  6. Sentinel Chicken

    Payload on the latest Delta IV launch?

    Well, the forum title does say "General Aircraft Discussion" but the heading above that says "Aerospace" and what's cooler than a large explosive fuel filled vessel spewing tons of flame and noise to reach orbit, right? I'm curious as to what might have been the secret USAF satellite orbited on...
  7. Sentinel Chicken

    Mitsubishi X-2 ATD-X Shinshin Demonstrator

    A fellow aviation collector I know in Japan posted this image to our forum and he tells me that it was some sort of full-size RCS test model for a proposed Japanese fighter design. I've never seen anything like this in the press before but it appears to be some sort of F-22-based model with what...
  8. Sentinel Chicken

    NEWS: Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets

    Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter When Boeing names an airplane design after a Muppet, it must be pretty different. Two small teams at the company are re-imagining the airplane in futuristic configurations that...
  9. P

    StandOff & PGM Weapons

    In February 2006, it was certified the OAO Region KAB-500S "GLONASS/GPS" guided bomb by the Russian Air Force's 929 GLITS, at Akhtubinsk Air Force Base in the Volga Region and the weapon was introduced formally into the Su-34 arsenal (another weapons that would be included into the Fullback...
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