Ho,
for this competition,the main tenders were; SARO P.104,P,162,Blackburn B-78,Supermarine 524
and Shorts PD.2,has anyone a drawings to Blackburn and Shorts proposals ?.
1948
cold war
flying boat
great britain
late 1940s
maritime patrol aircraft
maritime reconnaissance
post-world war ii
rafcoastalcommand
royal air force
saunders-roe
supermarine aviation ltd
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
early 1960s
elint
great britain
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
maritime surveillance
rafcoastalcommand
royal air force
strategic reconnaissance
supersonic
variable geometry
'Mustard Plasters' are mentioned in my wartime notes of trials carried out by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Helensburgh. More information appreciated.
air ministry
early 1940s
great britain
marine aircraft experimental establishment
ministry of aircraft production
rafcoastalcommand
royal air force
world war ii
Bristol Britannia BEWARE:
as pictured in Chris Gibson's books 'The Air Staff and AEW' and 'Battle Flight'. I followed the drawing, with one exception: after Chris mentioned the limitations of Britannia's electrical system, I added a large APU under the left wing root.
Hawker Siddeley...
In the 1960s, the RAF started to examine options for land-based AEW aircraft. NASR.6166 was a joint RAF/RN requirement issued in 1962, for a carrier-borne AEW aircraft that would also be used from land bases. This requirement specified an FMICW radar.
That didn't stop companies from offering...
I'm on the scrounge.
Does anyone have a copy , or just the key text, of specification R.2/33 that they would be willing to share? Failing that does anyone know whether the text of the specification has been included in any article or book, most likely one about the Sunderland.
Thanks
I'm trying to find any record of RAF/Coastal Command of the Ford-built B-24H.
Thus far I've found small references to B-24H-15-FO 42-52776 going to the RAF as VB904. Also, B-24H-20-FO 42-94797 being drawn from USAAF stocks in the UK to the RAF as Liberator B.IV TT340.
Any info on either of...
allies
anti-submarine warfare
ford motor company
great britain
heavy bomber
maritime patrol aircraft
rafcoastalcommand
royal air force
united states
world war ii
Has anyone seen what the early Saro S.36 with gull wings looked like and what was Saro's reason for changing to the design they finally did?
What did the Supermarine 314 look like?
allies
british commonwealth
great britain
light night striking force
raf bomber commandrafcoastalcommandraf fighter command
royal air force
second tactical air force
world war ii
Wandered into this aircraft form another link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Knuckleduster
According to the wiki article (I know, I know), the Goshawk was part of the contract, is this true as the competing Saro and Supermarine designs had Pegasus engines?
If The Knuckleduster managed to...
air ministry
air ministry specification r.24/31
early 1930s
flying boat
general purpose open sea patrol flying boat
great britain
interwar period
marine aircraft experimental establishment
rafcoastalcommand
royal air force
short brothers plc
short r.24/31
short s.18
Hi,
the RAF Specifications from 1920 to 1949 had many missing,in both
Specifications and aircraft or projects.
I will speak about the aircraft and projects (just its names ) which
were not popular and involved in
many Specifications,and I will ask about some
misssing one.
I will start with the...
1920s
1930s
1940s
air ministry
british commonwealth
british empire
cold war
great britain
interwar period
jet age
post-world war i
post-world war ii
raf bomber commandrafcoastalcommandraf fighter command
royal air force
world war ii
Hi,
the Blackburn B-40 was improved version of the B-20 with
Bristol Centaurus Radial engines,and twin tail fins.
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_b40.htm
Hi,
the Blackburn Nile was three engined recce bomber flying boat,it was
designed for R5/27 Spec.,but never completed.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%200125.html
In RAF Flying Review 6/60, there was a letter to the editor, mentioning 2 variants of
the unsuccesful YB-40 escorts, with an armament different to th one I knew before.
According to the description the attched profiles were shown. One version is said to
have had twin gun Emerson turrets in nose...
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