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  1. Jemiba

    Boeing YB-40 variations

    In RAF Flying Review 6/60, there was a letter to the editor, mentioning 2 variants of the unsuccesful YB-40 escorts, with an armament different to th one I knew before. According to the description the attched profiles were shown. One version is said to have had twin gun Emerson turrets in nose...
  2. 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...
    • hesham
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    • beech aircraft corporation beechcraft british aerospace plc civil aviation cold war french fifth republic general aviation great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd interwar period matra north atlantic treaty organisation united states united states air force united states army united states army air corps united states army air forces united states navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  3. D

    1946 USAAF Penetration Fighter (XF-88, XF-90)

    Hi friends. I know, that: Initial attempts to produce jet-powered fighters with the endurance of piston-engined aircraft (e. g. the Bell XP-83 and the Convair XP-81) were disappointing, and in early 1946, the USAAF informally requested proposals for a "penetration fighter" with a combat...
    • devi
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    • cold war consolidated vultee consolidated vultee aircraft corporation convair curtiss-wright airplane division escort fighter late 1940s lockheed mcdonnell aircraft corporation north american aviation penetration fighter post-world war ii strategic air command united states united states air force united states army air forces
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. 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...
    • Skybolt
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    • cold war department of transportation fleet air arm grumman interwar period jet age nasa naval aviation royal canadian navy royal navy space age space race united states united states air force united states army united states army air corps united states army air forces united states coast guard united states navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  5. A

    Lockheed L-/CL- Temporary Design Number (TDN) designations

    I noticed that Lockheed 70's project are all in the 1000 series CL-1200 and 1600 are Lancer (F-104 derivatives) CL-1400 is A-10 competitor CL-2000 is the SST I don't understand why they changed from their odinary system (CL-595 for example) PS have someone ever noticed that Lockheed and...
    • Archibald
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    • anti-submarine warfare civil aviation cold war helicopter lockheed naval aviation north atlantic treaty organisation truck united states united states air force united states army united states army air corps united states army air forces united states navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  6. P

    Canadian Car & Foundry B-2000B 'Intercontinental Bomber project

    In order to accelerate the intercontinental bomber project, a conference of high-ranking USAAF officers met on August 19, 1941 and decided to scale down their requirements. The maximum range requirement was reduced to 10,000 miles and the effective combat radius requirement was cut to 4000 miles...
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