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I've been doing some work on an original aircraft design. As part of the feasibility process, I decided to try calculating the wave drag of a Sears-Haack body with a length of 49.2 feet (15 meters) and a fineness ratio of 14 (a recommendation given by Dr. Raymer's aircraft design book). This...

Part of the one documentary threads on this channel. States it’s considered one of the worst aircraft to fly with the RAF. View: https://youtu.be/OO_t3HFGrhw?si=BJGkVc9QwQeiINZa

It struck me recently why we haven't examined what might have happened if Gloster's Javelin had been a better aircraft. Of all the twin engined fighters for the RAF, the Javelin was produced in the largest quantity and of all of them was the most heavily armed. But ultimately let down by too...

Son of CV-22B Osprey: Air Force Research Lab signs Research contract with Bel for high speed VTOL study https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/us-air-force-signs-research-contract-for-bells-high-speed-vtol/143611.article

Sorry, and I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post, but anyway … I just found something strange and sadly no-one even in the German FlugzeugForum can help me. Following the “bible” on Chinese Aviation so far (China Today: Aviation Industry) the first wind-tunnel was built in Shenyang...

Hi, the Dornier sutdied in 1972 to develope an aircraft which was based on or looks like the SAAB-37 Viggen,and also designed a very beautiful lightweight V/STOL fighter,I never heard about them before. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%202852.pdf

In view of the material already presented in the forum this topic will surely motivate enough crossposting but I believe that the topic deserves to take their own place. -A 90's proposal of GE for a Super-AWACS. A wind tunnel model existed but I have not gotten pictures of the same one...