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  1. R

    What if the British P.1083 entered service?

    IIUC the P1083 was a Hunter with a thinner 50 degrees swept wing and an afterburner, giving it mach 1.1 performance like the Super Mystere. When it was almost ready to fly in early 1953 the RAF decided it wanted it to have a radar and AAMs, these proved to be too hard to incorporate and the...
  2. B

    Feasibility Study For A Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft - Hawker Siddeley Aviation Advanced Projects Group - 1962

    What it says on the tin...
    • Barrington Bond
    • Thread
    • anti-submarine warfare cold war early 1960s elint great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd maritime surveillance raf coastal command royal air force strategic reconnaissance supersonic variable geometry
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. B

    Armstrong Whitworth AWP.15 NATO Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Anybody know anything about this?
  4. Y

    VHF AM COM Radios on RAF and FAA Jets

    I'd like to inquire about the time span of the VHF AM radios usage on the RAF jets. The VHF AM radios became omnipresent on RAF fighters during the early years of WW II. They replaced the troublesome TR9 HF sets, which were plagued by failures and short range. There were numerous VHF AM sets...
  5. boxkite

    They Also Serve - RAF Reconnaissance and Support Projects Since 1945

    Have I missed something? Have I overlooked something? See Chris Gibson's (new?) Avatar ...
    • boxkite
    • Thread
    • air-sea rescue cold war cold war ii electronic warfare elint great britain nuclear battlefield post-cold war post-world war ii raf air support command raf bomber command raf germany raf search and rescue force raf strike command raf transport command royal air force royal air force marine branch sigint strategic reconnaissance world war ii
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  6. C

    B-1 / B-52 Bombers for the United Kingdom?

    In a September 20, 2020 article posted on Wavell Room, defense and international affairs analyst Dr. James Bosbotinis examines the United Kingdom’s options for investing in long-range strike capability. One option briefly explored is for the UK to purchase surplus B-1 or B-52 bombers from the...
    • Christopher Wang
    • Thread
    • b-1 b-52 bombers heavy bomber nuclear battlefield royal air force strategic bomber united kingdom
    • Replies: 51
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. W

    Fairey Tactical Strike Aircraft GOR.339 Project 75

    Good evening people! Once again, I am flummoxed as to how secret our projects can or can't be !?! I have just became the proud owner of Aerocraft Models (I must add for the sake of conformity, that other Model Brands are available), Fairey Tactical Strike Aircraft GOR.339 Project 75. Now...
    • Welshy42
    • Thread
    • aircraft serial cold war drawing board fairey aircraft fairey aviation gor.339 great britain project 75 royal air force tactical strike tsr2
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. Mike Pryce

    Westland Aircraft & Rotorcraft : Secret Projects & Cutting Edge technology

    https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/15817/westland-aircraft-rotorcraft-secret-projects-cutting-edge-technology
    • Mike Pryce
    • Thread
    • british army civil aviation cold war great britain royal air force royal navy westland aircraft limited westland helicopters
    • Replies: 63
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  9. Tuomasn

    BAe Kingston Unmanned Fighter Aircraft (UFA)

    P.1224-1 from May 1983 was the first variant of the unmanned fighter aircraft (UFA) studies conducted at BAe Kingston during the 1980s. More info can be found in the recent Hawker's Secret Projects book.
  10. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Anglo-US Crusader/Hammerhead Sea Mine

    Briefly mentioned here, I remember stumbling across this system on another, now defunct, website covering US sea mines. If I remember, the project dated from the 1970s, and included two variants of rising mine, one based upon a small torpedo, the other rocket-propelled.
  11. uk 75

    Could TSR2 have been made to work?

    Now that TSR2 has been the subject of a conference of current experts on the subject, I am asking the BIG question. Could TSR2 have been made to work? By which I mean could it have been designed and developed in such a way as to let the RAF take delivery of say 50 machines by 1970? All...
  12. Z

    Bristol T.188 works properly....?

    What happens if the Bristol T.188 research aircraft doesn't underperform? What happens if it flies upto Mach 2.8 and reaches the thermal limit of the windscreen? We now know that it's underperformance is related to lack of interest and investment in the Gyron Junior engines after the...
    • zen
    • Thread
    • 1960s air ministry alternate history avro 730 bristol aero engines bristol aeroplane company bristol aircraft cold war de havilland engine company early 1960s experimental great britain late 1950s ministry of supply royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  13. robinbird

    What's Mustard Plaster?

    'Mustard Plasters' are mentioned in my wartime notes of trials carried out by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Helensburgh. More information appreciated.
    • robinbird
    • Thread
    • air ministry early 1940s great britain marine aircraft experimental establishment ministry of aircraft production raf coastal command royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  14. Deltafan

    UK-Japan-Italy Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) News & Analysis

    As the Tempest II and F-X programs merged into the GCAP, I think that it's better to create a specific topic. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tempest-uk-future-fighter-programme.30547/ https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/japanese-next-generation-fighter-studies-aka-i3-f-3.11566/...
    • Deltafan
    • Thread
    • aeronautica militare cold war ii italian republic japan japan air self-defense force royal air force tempest future combat air system united kingdom
    • Replies: 1,602
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. Z

    RIP Johnie Johnson-The Last of the Dam Busters

    Sad news as time marches on;- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-63899393 A privilege to have met the chap and listened to his first hand account of taking part in what was possibly the first ever precision air strike. Blue Skies Sir
    • Zoo Tycoon
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    • bouncing bomb dambusters raid great britain no 617 squadron raf bomber command royal air force royal air force volunteer reserve world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  16. robinbird

    V2 mystery

    Does anyone know the history of this particular captured V2, which I believe was at RAF Beaulieu (Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment) at the end of the war. My late father took the photograph as the AFEE photographer but that is all that I know.
    • robinbird
    • Thread
    • air ministry airborne forces experimental establishment great britain operation backfire post-world war ii project backfire raf no. 43 group royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  17. Grey Havoc

    Lancaster Mk VII NX611 'Just Jane'

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/ww2-avro-lancaster-bomber-renovation/ https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lots-to-see/aircraft/lancaster http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_lancaster_VII.html
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • a.v. roe and company / avro austin motor company cold war france great britain lincolnshire aviation heritage centre marine nationale raf bomber command royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. hesham

    Avro 721 as Air-Borne Aircraft

    From, Project Cancelled,by Derek Wood.
  19. Flyaway

    Buccaneers of the high frontier: Program 989 SIGINT satellites from the ABM hunt to the Falklands War to the space shuttle

    https://thespacereview.com/article/4479/1
    • Flyaway
    • Thread
    • cold war elint falklands conflict great britain national reconnaissance office royal air force sigint signals intelligence united states united states air force
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  20. hesham

    ID this Model

    Hi, what was this Model ?. https://www.pamono.it/aeroplano-regno-unito-anni-39-40
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