transport aircraft

From,L'Air 1952, what was this ?.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/july/case-next-generation-heavy-bomber?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLTWvRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHotLMT_i9jMwbZHJqk57gZUYwX_rYjyERzBKI5Hp9oMEvUj93GvkIKuHtVbz_aem_K2fkdp5_6sDVHy2Wk9nWMw Still think a BWB arsenal plane makes the most sense. Then leverage the design into...

So a 3rd 747 might be modified to serve as an interim presidential transport until the definitive airframes arrive ? https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/01/trump-air-force-one-l3-harris-boeing-delays.html

Is anyone familiar with this book on the C-5 Galaxy (ISBN 1681624389) published a good quarter of a century ago? I would be interested in a table of contents. Unfortunately, I can't find the book in any German library.

What would civilian aviation look like had Nazi Germany won World War II? Since the outlook was optimistic for them until about 1942, many German manufacturers invested in designing and even building luxurious transatlantic airliners for planned post war use. What were some of these projects...

Hello, my first time starting a thread on here so excuse me if I did something wrong. Between 1941 and 1945 Breguet studied a series of 3 aircraft projects of very large proportions designed to carry large quantities of passengers and freight at high altitudes. The projects were known as the...

Source: AEROSPACE Magazine, November 2024 Official website: https://seacheetah.com/

Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke, The company was formed by the 1964 merger of two German aerospace firms, Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug). The formation of VFW was a natural outcome, as the two companies had been collaborating, along with Hamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB), in the...

Starting thread at the end... https://www.twz.com/air/final-kc-10-extender-tanker-sent-into-retirement

The Boeing SST in its various guises seemed to be the future of civil aviation and the 747 was designed to be converted easily to cargo lifting when the 2707s arrived in the late 70s. Even Air France and BOAC planned to operate them alongside the Concordes expected to be in service some years...

I am currently writing a book on the Short Skyvan. I wonder if anyone has information (description, drawings etc) on Shorts project P.D.50 described as a "Skyvan VTOL test-bed", and P.D.62 listed in the Putnam as "Skyvan with B.L.C" but elsewhere as "Skyvan Feeder Liner". Both seem quite...

A very large cargo plane to carry very large wind turbine blades. https://radia.com/windrunner

From Air Pictorial 1949, here is a profile drawing to this project.

Hi, Agusta was an Italian helicopter manufacturer. It was based in Samarate, Northern Italy. The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first airplane in 1907. The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of...

The Airbus Beluga STs have been retired from Airbus service. They were transferred to a new company, Airbus Beluga Transport, which will operate the aircraft (which still have 10-20 years of airframe life) on the commercial charter market. Airbus announced this on 25 January 2022. View...

Given the recent destruction of the only Antonov 225 super heavy lift cargo plane ... what will the next generation of heavy lift planes look like? What is the biggest cargo they will carry? What is the widest cargo? Tallest cargo? Longest cargo? Heaviest cargo? How heavy? How fast? How long...

So, the likely destruction of the An-225 Mryia and possible limitations on access to Russian operated An-124 freighters is making me wonder about other options for carrying heavy and outsized cargoes, both for the US/Western militaries and for civilian users. The Boeing C-17 line is long gone...

Similar to the post-BoB RAF: what might've Luftwafe/RLM do after Autumn of 1940 in order to improve their standing, both in short-term (next 12 months) and long-term (a few next years). I've also included 'Axis' term here - mostly European Axis countries' air forces/services - since they can be...

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/05/12/seaglider-boston-regent-video/

https://defence-blog.com/news/south-korea-unveils-design-for-future-military-transport-aircraft.html View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3IZC2UY-kk