united states army air corps

  1. R

    USAAC limited to Ford Tri-Motor until 1941?

    What if the United States Army Air Corps was limited to Ford Tri-Motor transports until the onset of World War 2? For the purposes of debate, Bill Stout is allowed to update the basic Ford airframe to 23,000 pound gross weight and up to 725 horsepower per engine, but is still limited to the...
  2. Dynoman

    GAX Ground Attack Experimental (1920-1923) Program

    Following WWI, Air Corps planners saw the need for a ground attack aircraft, which was armored and carried a 37 mm cannon and eight .30 caliber machine guns. This resulted in the GA-1. Six aircraft were built: 1. Boeing GA-1 (1920) 2. Orenco IL-1 (1921) (Also known as a Model E) 3. Junkers...
  3. hesham

    Aeronca Glide Bombs

    Hi, here is a glide bombs GB-1,GB-5 and GB-7,designed by Aeronca. https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/crgis/images/4/41/FFT-TestLog.pdf
  4. Johnbr

    Bell YFM-1 Airacuda

    http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?13408 Great site on the plane.
  5. Skyraider3D

    Allison-powered Brewster Buffalo

    In some Brewster documents there's mention of an Allison-powered Army fighter based on the Buffalo. Has anyone ever seen drawings of this proposal?
  6. K

    Norden Bombsight Developments and Attachments

    I've found very little information on the internet regarding the following and while I have some guesstimates and ideas as to what the systems do, I am not certain and I figure you guys would probably be able to provide a more conclusive answer. The Automatic Gyro-Leveling Device (AGLD) /...
  7. Stargazer

    U.S. Army Air Corps early 1920s system (Types I to XVI, etc.)

    Excerpt from an official U. S. Army Air Corps Engineering Division document entitled Army Appropriation Bill, 1922, as reproduced in Aviation and Aircraft Journal Vol. 10, 1921 (bold type and color added): The functions of the Engineering Division, Air Service, can be outlined as follows: To...
  8. P

    Republic XP-72

    I don't know if this is common knowledge, and if it is I apologize! I've just finished readying the wonderful book - World's Fastest Four-Engine Piston-Powered Aircraft: Story of the Republic XR-12 Rainbow, by Mike Machat. I found an interesting abstract in the book pertaining to: "Minus its...
  9. Stargazer

    Martin XLB-4 bomber project (Model 75-A)

    Before the B- for bomber series was unified in the early 1930s, the U. S. Army Air Corps had run a series of parallel designators based on the size or mission of the aircraft: HB- for Heavy Bomber, LB- for Light Bomber, NBS- for Night Bomber Short-Range, NBL- for Night Bomber (Long-Range). The...
  10. hesham

    Early Consolidated XB-24 concept

    From my dear Scott site; http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=8952
  11. Stargazer

    Christopher AG-1 and Timm AG-2 assault gliders

    Alongside the training and cargo gliders already in service at the outbreak of World War II, an idea that received more attention with the U.S. Army Air Force was the assault glider. Major Lewin B. Barringer, a glider specialist, on the staff of AAF, presented blueprints for such a glider in the...
  12. lucamax

    Vultee V-12 Drawings

    Hi, I'm looking for the drawings of the Vultee V-12, an attack aircraft of 1939. I searched in the web but I didn't found anything.. Do you have something to share? Thanks a lot in advice :-)
  13. Stargazer

    Kinner Invader

    While browsing through the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives at Flickr, I happened on a couple of photographs depicting a pre-1945 twin-engine aircraft that was totally unknown to me, and described as a Kinner Invader. Not only it is new to me, but its identity is strange, since: If it...
  14. J

    Beechcraft 25

    I found this snippet of information on Wikepedia: "Beechcraft began designing the Model 25 early in 1940 in response to the requirement of the then-named United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) for a small twin-engined aircraft suitable for use in training student pilots in the handling of...
  15. J

    North American XB-28 and XB-28A

    Unknown source
  16. RyanC

    Development of Airborne Armament 1910-1961

    I finally got the microfilm in the mail of all four volumes of this study; and had them scanned by a local company. First up, the magnificient maidien known as the Valkyrie: Reading further; North American was very dead set against Active Defense in any form for the B-70; which isn't that...
  17. P

    In Flight Refuelling

    This idea was proved pre WW2 but for some reason doesn't seem to have been considered for use in extending the range of LRMP aircraft. What method was used, my reading of it is that the tanker trailed a hose (with a drogue to prevent wild movements) and the receiving aircraft caught this with a...
  18. hesham

    Beechcraft designations

    Beech aircraft: model-40 :experimental model-35 with two 180 hp Franklin engines mounted in nose driving one propeller. model-112 :1957 twin tuboprop businees aircraft project with two Lycoming T-53 engines. model-120 :1962 twin turboprop pressurized business...
  19. Skybolt

    Grumman project list

    Hoping to stir upr some discussions (and undigging of half-forgotten infos) I post the Grumman projects list found in the Francillon's book (Putnam-Naval Insitute) on Grumman Corporation. As it's very well explained in the opening remarks, it is complete till G-128 and after veeeeery sketchy (to...
  20. P

    Bell XFM/YFM-1 Airacuda

    From old good Letectvi+Kosmonautika
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