I'm putting this here as I think this is the most appropriate place for this, if anyone thinks otherwise please move this to the correct place.
Emerging Civil War: The Helicopter Designed by A Union Chief Engineer
As with many pre-internal combustion designs the issue was the weight of the...
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According to a letter in Flight (17 August 1972 issue) Riley Aeronautics looked at replacing the fuselage of the de Havilland Dove with one that could be pressurised, as part of their Riley Dove enhancement programme. The fuselages would have been made by Handley Page.
Does anyone have more...
Apparently Sig messed up real bad. Hoping here that some sensible figure leverage on this to push back the whole M7 pony.
View: https://x.com/tangopapadelta/status/1947760579202236679
View: https://x.com/HardPass4/status/1948153303772119374
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Hasn’t it previously been rumoured that it’s this aircraft they keep losing money on during development.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/lockheed-records-1-6b-in-losses-mostly-linked-to-continued-strife-on-classified-aero-program/
Today past a Legend away
Ozzy Osborne was godfather of Heavy Metal
He and guys from Black Sabbath defined it sound for decades
His life was rollercoaster trip to Haven and Hell and back.
Ozzy drug use was same level as legendary Lemmy Killmister, both were good friends
like Lemmy manage...
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The biplane fighter reached its peak during the 1930s.
Czechoslovakia built the Avia B-534, Belgium the Fairey Firefly, Italy the Fiat CR.32, The Netherlands the Fokker D. XVII, France the Spad 510, England the Hawker Fury Mk. I, United States the Grumman F2F, Germany the Heinkel He 51, Japan...
Ever since this railroad started operating, all you ever hear about it are the frequent accidents. This article provides a deep dive into why it became so dangerous.
https://www.wlrn.org/killer-train-brightline-death-toll-surpasses-180-but-safeguards-are-still-lacking
Hello folks,
these photographs featuring the "Rohr Advanced Marine Vehicle "Pleasurecraft" Artist Concept" from 1974 were uploaded to the SDASM Flickr Archives today on July 17, 2025.
I did a quick web search and came across the AIAA paper No. 74-300, dated February 25-27, 1974.
Since these...
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A very good site,and my dear PaulMM spoke about it before,
https://whatisnuclear.com/the-story-of-the-atomic-airplane.html
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/aircraft-nuclear-propulsion-program-manned-aircraft-progress-report-1956-1958-video.45325/
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everyone who is a fan or enthusiast of the US Navy, keep moaning about the issues with US shipbuilding.
the only reasonable way to revitalize this industry is by buying smaller vessels that can be built in smaller yards.
a single basic hull form that can be mass produced, and then have...
Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/330469583/Mortars
Source: www.miltechmag.com/2014/06/eurosatory-2014-atks-solutions-of.html
Starting off with some images, mostly of the unsuccessful ATK and General Dynamics Design:
Sources for the last three images...
Passed away on the 2nd of July.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0705/1521987-fantastic-four-actor-julian-mcmahon-has-died-aged-56/
https://www.ign.com/articles/fantastic-four-and-niptuck-actor-julian-mcmahon-dies
https://deadline.com/2025/07/julian-mcmahon-dead-1236449999/...
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In the midst of the Oil Crisis, all manner of novel ideas were brought up to reduce foreign oil reliance, especially in the fuel-hungry maritime sector. Nuclear propulsion was being considered in trade magazines, a small fleet of coal-powered bulk carriers were built in various yards, and in...
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