transport aircraft

  1. Jemiba

    Transall - Origins, Variants & Projects

    Here some unbuilt Transall projects : - An AEW with a dorsaly mounted rotodome - Two VSTOL versions, designed by the german HFB, which was deeply involved in the development of lift fan designs - and an airliner version (a little bit OT here, but as it was derived of a military type ...
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  2. Sentinel Chicken

    Cessna Bird Dog derivatives (Models 305, 308, 311, 312, 319, 321, 325)

    Here's the Cessna 308:
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    • cessna aircraft company civil aviation coin aircraft cold war forward air control general aviation jet age stol transport aircraft u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps vietnam war
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  3. GTX

    Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 / HS.681

    Hi folks, Does anyone have detailed information on the British contender (and winner I believe) for the NBMR. 4 VTOL tactical transport aircraft requirement - the Armstrong Whitworth Type 681? All I have are these pictures: Regards, Greg
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    • cold war great britain nato north atlantic treaty organisation raf support command raf transport command royal air force transport aircraft united kingdom v/stol aircraft vtol
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  4. flateric

    McDonnell Douglas & Boeing BWB projects

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb_main.html - several streaming QuickTime videos of LARC WT tests http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/x48b.html - several hi-res photos...
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    • air mobility command boeing bombers cold war cold war ii early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
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  5. overscan (PaulMM)

    German V/STOL transport/passenger projects

    Some very interesting VSTOL projects were designed in Germany. MBB BO-140 A tiltwing transport, with civil (Z) and military (M) versions. 4 x GE1-S1-1T turboshaft engines each developing 11,400shp and driving 8.24m diameter blades. BO-140Z could carry 80 passengers at 84cm seat pitch...
  6. Antonio

    CX-HLS (Cargo Experimental, Heavy Logistic Support) designs & derivatives

    Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston ISBN 1-85260-258-9 LOCKHEED MARTIN C-5 GALAXY: WarbirdTech 36 In 1960 the USAF launched Project Forecast which called for the world's biggest logistic transport, the CX-4, in the 600,000 lb category. It should be a jet. The only study I know comes from...
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    • 1960s airborne forces airlifter airmobile cold war military air transport service military airlift command transport aircraft united states united states air force usaf
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  7. Antonio

    Republic VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects

    fighter from Republic scan courtesy of Lark AP-100 Republic's entry to USAF competion for an all weather nuclear supersonic strike fighter Powerplant: 6 improved GE J-85 plus 3 lift-fan systems Gros Weight: 38000 pounds AP-100A single seater AP-100B two seater
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    • cold war jet age nuclear battlefield republic aviation corporation space age stol transport aircraft united states united states air force v/stol aircraft vstol vtol
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  8. Orionblamblam

    Boeing Pelican ULTRA (Ultra Large TRansport Aircraft)

    Boeing Pelican wingship
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    • 2000s airlifter airliner airmobile boeing cargo civil aviation phantom works transport aircraft united states war on terror wig wing in ground
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  9. Orionblamblam

    Lockheed "Flatbed" transport designs

    Lockheed "Flatbed" from the 1970's
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    • 1970s airlifter cargo civil aviation cold war military airlift command space age transport aircraft united states united states air force
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  10. D

    Various Lockheed military transport projects

    Some unbuilt US military Transports : Lockheed LGA-144, ' 80 project .Kind of a Super Galaxy with a longitude of 88 meters and able to load 180 tons (source: magazine of scientific popularization "Muy Interesante" May 1986) A study of Lockheed of the '80 decade for a transport military...
    • Dronte
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    • airborne forces airlifter airmobile civil aviation cold war lockheed military airlift command nasa space age transport aircraft transport glider united states united states air force v/stol aircraft vtol
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  11. D

    Civilian versions of bomber aircraft

    Why to spend money in a development from zero if military designs can adapt? Proposals for a SST based on the North American XB-70 Valkyrie (I cannot avoid to imagine to the boys of Green Peace in a MIG-31 with the colors of the rainbow trying him to give hunt to one of these apparatuses) ;D
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    • airliner civil aviation cold war great britain kingdom of sweden soviet union strategic bomber subsonic supersonic supersonic transport transport aircraft united states world war ii
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  12. Antonio

    Vickers VC-10 Projects

    Vickers 450 seater project based on VC-10. Drawing from May 1964. Source: Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston
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    • aerial refueling air ministry air-launched ballistic missile airborne early warning airlifter airliner civil aviation cold war electronic warfare great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command rolls-royce royal air force sigint strategic bomber tanker aircraft transport aircraft vickers-armstrongs
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  13. overscan (PaulMM)

    General Dynamics (Convair) VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects

    General Dynamics "Jiminy Cricket"
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    • 1960s 1970s close air support cold war convair general dynamics naval aviation stol transport aircraft united states united states air force united states army united states marine corps united states navy v/stol aircraft vstol vtol
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