In my files this text,
Trying to solve the problem of improving the air-to-ground performance of
supersonic aircraft, several domestic design bureaus began working on projects
for aircraft with additional lift engines. As a result, in the second half of the 1960s,
a number of projects and...
aérospatiale
alternate history
british aircraft corporation
cold war
mcdonnell douglas
raf strike command
royal air force
strategic air command
strategic bomber
tupolevokb
united states air force
ussr
I was recently reading "Modern fighting Aircraft", by Bill Gunston and on page 198 it describes an Tupolev Aircraft that captured 14 FAI-Ratified world records. I have searched this Board and used Google to no avail. The engines are described as "four type 75 engines of 20000kg thrust each". The...
Some time ago, I found this pics in http://legion.wplus.net. It was a soviet project for an AWACS based on a jet powered version of the Tu-114 airliner. In fact, it should be considered a jet powered Tu-126 "Moss" AWACS. Sadly, the page is in russian. Any aditional info (and drawings) should be...
air defence
airborne command post
airborne early warning
awacs
cold war
command and control
late 1960s
soviet air defence forces
soviet union
strategic defence
tupolevokb
v-pvo
airliner
cccp
civil aviation
cold war
electronic warfare
jet age
nuclear battlefield
red fleet
soviet air forces
soviet navy
soviet union
space age
sst
supersonic
supersonic transport
transport aircraft
tupolevokb
ussr
There was/is a maritime patrol version of the Tupolev Tu-204-200 - the Tu-204P. I believe it may even have included provision for a Cannon-pod. It was to replace the IL-38 amongst others. Not sure if it is still an active project or whether it died for lack of funds.
Regards,
Greg
A thread for the Tupolev Tu-2000 aerospaceplane and also other VKS contenders.
The Tu-2000A (first two pictures) was to be a 70-90 tonnes demonstrator of the actual SSTO spacecraft.
The third pic shows a model that was displayed at the 1992 Mosaeroshow. I'm still not certain whether it's meant...
cold war
electronic warfare
heavy bomber
interceptors
long range aviation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
red fleet
russian air force
soviet air forces
soviet union
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
tupolevtupolevokb
ukraine
ussr
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