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  1. R

    WI Medway Trident and VC10 Super 200?

    Both of these airliners were shrunk at the request of their initial customer, the Trident from 111(130?) seat Medway sized to 97 seat Spey sized and the Super 200 from a 212 seat 28' fuselage stretch to a 174 seat 13' stretch for the Super VC10. The Super VC10 was then embroiled in a public...
    • Rule of cool
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    • 1960s 1970s airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd ministry of aviation ministry of supply vickers-armstrongs limited
    • Replies: 203
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. uk 75

    Postwar British missile procurement

    We have covered individual projects and the infamous Sandys 1957 White Paper in some depth but I wanted to draw together what we have learnt with some open questions: Which missile projects across the board: Malkara to Blue Streak would you bin or save? Which Foreign systems would you have...
  3. Apophenia

    Rolls-Royce RB Designations

    Rolls-Royce Limited/Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited/Rolls-Royce plc 'RB' Designations (Moderator: I have placed this listing here because its emphasis is on the designation system rather than details of the engines themselves. If this is positioning is deemed inappropriate, please move or delete...
    • Apophenia
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    • air ministry cold war directorate of air ministry factories great britain ministry of aircraft production ministry of aviation ministry of defence ministry of supply power jets rolls-royce rover company limited world war ii
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  4. robunos

    The 'AB.123' project designation system...

    I've done a search. and I'm surprised that there's no thread for this... Following the partial replacement, in 1959, of the British Ministry of Supply by the Ministry of Aviation, the iconic 'Rainbow Code' system for projects was also replaced, by a new system of two letters, and three numbers...
    • robunos
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    • 1960s 1970s air ministry cold war late 1950s ministry of aviation ministry of defence ministry of technology united kingdom war office
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  5. robunos

    Marshall MA.4 BLC testbed aircraft

    This aircraft has been mentioned in a couple of threads, here :- http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14200.msg143338.html#msg143338 http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3808.msg29919.html#msg29919 but doesn't seem to have a topic of it's own. In the period...
  6. B

    British Island Bases Strategy

    Has any research been carried on the subject of the British Island Bases Strategy of the late 1960s ? My understanding is that the idea was use Indian Ocean islands as bases for RAF F-111s when the Navy's aircraft carriers were withdrawn. One island which was seriously considered was Aldabra but...
    • Border Reiver
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    • aerial refueling airborne early warning airfield british indian ocean territory cold war east of suez great britain in-flight refueling tanker indian ocean late 1960s maritime reconnaissance ministry of aviation nuclear battlefield raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber wilson government
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. JFC Fuller

    RN Nuclear NIGS ship

    Firstly, this is based upon known discussions with the RN, known systems that were proposed and/or existed at one point or another and known sketch designs performed. However these have been combined together to form a single coherent platform that is representative of what could have been built...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • air ministry anti-air warfare area air defence atomic ships cold war cruiser destroyer early 1960s great britain late 1950s ministry of aviation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy surface-to-air missile
    • Replies: 404
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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