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  1. P

    Aerial Target (AT) developed soon enough to be used against Zeppelins

    What if the Arial Target had been developed quicker, was available for some of the last Zeppelin raids on the UK and successfully brought one or more down, would that have any longer term effects?
    • PMN1
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    • anti-aircraft british empire drone great britain pilotless aircraft remote control royal aircraft establishment royal aircraft factory royal flying corps world war i zeppelin
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Dan Sharp

    HOTOL: Britain's Spaceplane by Dan Sharp

    HOTOL: Britain’s Spaceplane by Dan Sharp Now available for pre-order here: HOTOL: Britain's Spaceplane Tempest Books ISBN: 9781911704294 Format: Hardback Pages: 424 The start of Space Shuttle operations in 1981 marked a new era in spaceflight – with the five orbiters launching numerous...
    • Dan Sharp
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    • 1980s british aerospace plc cold war department of trade and industry early 1990s great britain ministry of defence post-cold war rolls-royce royal aircraft establishment single-stage-to-orbit space age space race spaceplane ssto strategic defense initiative
    • Replies: 294
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  3. RavenOne

    Learn to Test, Test to Learn: The Empire Test Pilots School 80th anniversary

    The worlds first test pilots school, our Empire Test Pilots School opened its doors for the first students in 1943, with the first fixed wing course and 2 decades later the first rotary wing course started. One of the graduates of the 1960s course was the late NASA Astronaut Al Worden who passed...
    • RavenOne
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    • 1943 2023 20th century british commonwealth british empire cold war cold war ii early 21st century farnborough air show great britain jet age nasa post-cold war royal air force royal aircraft establishment royal international air tattoo test pilots training aircraft united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. 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
  5. B

    Aerolite Spitfire

    Any info or thoughts on the Aeorlite Spitfire, which was an attempt to build a Spitfire fuselage out of Aerolite, which was resin impregnated fiber that was a predecessor to carbon fiber/carbon fiber reinforced plastic. It wasn't mass produced, but was done to see if it could be done if there...
  6. Z

    AWA.166 instead of Bristol 188

    Despite being favoured over Bristol's design, AWA was not able to spare the staff to realise the ER.134T research aircraft requirement, and so Bristol was awarded the contract. As we know Bristol's 188 took a long time and was hampered by the Gyron Junior engines. But what if AWA had staff...
    • zen
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    • 1960s air ministry alternate history armstrong whitworth aircraft avro 730 bristol aeroplane company cold war experimental great britain late 1950s ministry of supply operational requirement er.134t royal air force royal aircraft establishment supersonic
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. uk 75

    Keeping the Hunter and Canberra longer

    A bit of a Brain sneeze prompted by reading the Vanguard book on the Su25 in which the author noted thst the Soviet Union found thst the Mig 17 performed better in the ground attack role than the later Mig and Sukhoi designs that replaced them. The Canberra and Hunter replacement programmes for...
    • uk 75
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    • alternate history elint fighter bomber great britain photo-recce photographic reconnaissance post-cold war royal air force royal aircraft establishment royal navy sigint strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance training aircraft what-if
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  8. S

    RIP John Farley

    Sad news, John Farley has passed away. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/obituary-john-farley-the-harriers-champion-449661/
    • SteveO
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    • aerospace industry air force cross (great britain) british aerospace plc central flying school etps great britain hawker aircraft limited hawker siddeley aviation ltd jet age most excellent order of the british empire royal air force royal aircraft establishment sea harrier space age test pilots v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. B

    Eric "Winkle" Brown passes away

    True hero sadly departs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35626854
    • bob225
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    • cold war fleet air arm great britain royal aircraft establishment royal canadian air force royal navy world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: The Bar
  10. J

    Saro P.163

    Model
    • Justo Miranda
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    • air ministry avro 730 cold war operational requirement er.134t royal air force royal aircraft establishment saunders-roe united kingdom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. J

    Avro 707

    Pics and drawings Post-1
    • Justo Miranda
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    • 1950s 1960s a.v. roe and company / avro aeronautical research council (australia) british commonwealth british empire cold war commonwealth of australia experimental great britain late 1940s raf flying training command royal air force royal aircraft establishment united kingdom
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  12. Cy-27

    Beardmore Aircraft

    Here are some summary notes on the Scottish Company Beardmore who's aircraft manufacturing activities began in 1913 and ended in the 1920's. Beardmore-D.F.W. Round Britain Racer In 1913 William Beardmore and Company took over the building rights in Britain for the German Deutsche Flugzeug Werke...
    • Cy-27
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    • 1920s admiralty early 1910s great britain interwar period post-world war i pre-world war i royal aircraft establishment scotland world war i
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  13. JFC Fuller

    CASTOR-C (Canberra)

    Before ASTOR (which became Sentinel) there was CASTOR (Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar), which came in two forms as follows: Army: CASTOR-I, this was Britten-Norman Islander with the RSRE / Thorn-EMI SAR*- this aircraft has been relatively well documented RAF: CASTOR-C, this was to use the...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • 1980s airborne stand-off radar battlefield surveillance british army british army of the rhine cold war ferranti gec avionics great britain ministry of defence radar royal aircraft establishment royal signals and radar establishment tactical reconnaissance thorn emi
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. hesham

    Avro-746,was it a competitor to Hunting H.126 ?

    Hi, from the Avro Heritage site,the Avro-746 was Jet flap research aircraft. 1x Bristol BE.53. Span 42.4’,Length 43’, Height 16.5’, AUW 10,876lb.And I am asking that,was this aircraft a competitor to Hunting H.126 for the Spec. ER.189D ?.
  15. boxkite

    Bevan small ramjet helicopter from 1948

    Just reading Matthew Uttley's "Westland and the British Helicopter Industry 1945-1960" I stumbled across the Bevan small ramjet helicopter project for Specification E.1/48, initiated in 1948 and cancelled in 1953. Checking all my sources (incl. the WWW) I even cannot find a company with this...
    • boxkite
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    • air ministry cold war early 1950s great britain late 1940s ministry of supply post-world war ii royal aircraft establishment
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. T

    Gloster Meteor: special one-of-a-kind aircraft and unbuilt variants

    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.
  17. W

    Vickers Type 432 + 'Artemis' Missile.

    Hi folks, I recently came across Adrian Mann's (rather fine) "Illustration of a Vickers Type 432 firing an Artemis air-to-air missile", at: https://www.strata.com/showcase_detail.asp?id=2051&category=67 (I take it the target is an Me-264.) Does anyone know if the Vickers 432 was ever...
    • Wingknut
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    • 1940s air-to-air missile aviation art bomber destroyer great britain high altitude interceptor royal air force royal aircraft establishment vickers vickers-armstrongs limited what-if world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  18. Maveric

    Heston aircraft projects

    Hi all, can you give a short history of the british aircraft builder Heston? I need also informations about the aircraft(projects?) J.?.2/ J.?.4/ J.?.7 and J.?.8... ...was J.C.9 the last project by Heston? Thanks Servus Maveric
    • Maveric
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    • 1930s 1940s aeroplane and armament experimental establishment air ministry civil aviation cold war early 1950s great britain interwar period light aviation ministry of supply pre-world war ii raf flying training command raf technical training command raf training command royal air force royal aircraft establishment world war ii
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  19. hesham

    General Aircraft tailless glider

    Hi, the General Aircraft Ltd developed the GAL-56 tailless glider,and here is a variant from it. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200018.html?search=tailless+glider
    • hesham
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    • 1940s air ministry contract acft/3303/cb.10(c) directorate of scientific research (map) experimental glider great britain ministry of aircraft production post-world war ii royal aircraft establishment tailess tailless tailless aircraft advisory committee world war ii
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. RP1

    Project "Cymballine"

    Hi, I'm currently drawing a profile of something called "Cymballine". It vaguely resembles this: http://www.bisbos.com/rocketscience/aircraft/hyper/scheme4.htm But has intakes with half-cone centre bodies right forward under a nose which is, well... shaped like a yacht. It's clearly...
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