royal air force

Hi all. I've found a photo of Gloster " Meteor F 4 -RA 490" with F2/4 metrovic Beryl engine. What is know about this plane ? Thanks.

Does anyone know of any thrust vector designs BAe worked on after the P1226 I believe Marconi worked on the X32 whilst BAe aupported the X35 - is this correct? I'm trying to work out when BAe abandoned the pegasus thanks

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, who know this fighter ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200879.html

Hi folks, Some pics I recently came across of different armament rials for the Westland Whirlwind: 12 x 0.303: 1 x 37mm cannon: Apologies if already posted. Regards, Greg

I have heard somewhere that the Royal air Force issued a specification around 1960-odd for a manned space capsule, but it's still classified - does anyone know anything about this, and could a "Freedom of Information" request get it into public knowledge? Grif

Hi, Who know this Fairey turret aircraft ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1941/1941%20-%202896.html

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

From Tony Buttler’s ‘British Secret Projects, Fighter and Bombers 1935 –1950. ‘De Haviland also studied a development of the Mosquito with four Merlins as a ‘fast’ heavy bomber but the general arrangement drawing known to have been produced has not been found. In 1941 the company did put...

Once again everybody I bow down to your wisdom and plead for enlightenment! Having spent an afternoon randomly googling (I really enjoy my current job ;)) I stumbled across the RB.431 entrance on the Skomer site. http://www.skomer.u-net.com/projects/turbines.htm It claims that the engine was...

From Stephen Flower's 'Barnes Wallis' Bombs, Tallboy, Dambuster and Grand Slam' - Page 20 'Wallis was not the only designer to advocate larger aircraft, for Rex Pierson also proposed a six-engined bomber with a twenty-ton bomb load' Does anyone have any idea what design that would be?

Hi, we know the the Supermarine company submitted to the British Specification B12/36 for four engined heavy bomber,the Types 316, 317 & 318. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200254.html

So the first one is the Armstrong-Whitworth design but whose are the other two?

Hi, I found this Miles tandem wing monoplane project,can anybody identify it ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1944/1944%20-%200910.html

Hawker P.1035 Hawk with F.2/43 Fury undercarriage. Source grade 1. While searching for P.1035 images I came across the beginnings of a model by Paul Bradley (attached). Until seeing it, I hadn't considered the possibility that the P.1035 retained the tail-wheel undercarriage (a la Attacker)...

Hello, Can't find a source for this, but I think I've seen a profile of a proposed Spitfire variant with a second crew-position for a gunner and a remotely-aimed gun turret/barbette. Can anyone direct me to more info.? Likewise, does anyone know of other proposed turret-modifications of...

In his book on attack aircraft of the West Bill Gunston refers to a British Aircraft Corporation brochure published in the early 60s showing the Mirage III vstol in RAF and RN colours in the process of being delivered to the UK forces, the final page of which is described as being the first...

I read in numerous sources that their were proposals for a Big Wing version of Jaguar, but have never seen any details or any images. Anyone help? Regards.

Hi, the Bristol company designed a new concept for annular or tandem fighter aircraft in 1944,it was incredible design I never see like this before. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1944/1944%20-%201605.html

BSP4 mentions proposals for air-launched versions of the Polaris and Pershing missiles for use on RAF Vulcans, does anyone have any performance estimates for these and how would they have compared to Skybolt?