vstol

In another thread I mentioned that my group at McDonnell Douglas had come up with a supersonic STOVL fighter/attack airplane that we called Harrier 21. It was supposed to be one of a series of potential AV-8B follow-ons. There was Harrier III Low End, a modest modification of the basic AV-8B...

Germany was experimenting with various VTOL aircraft during the cold war in the end they didn't go for any of them. in this alternate scenario.. what if Germany did order some into production? 1. Which design would be the most likely to lead to operation? they had the VAK 191, DO 31 (this...

A variety of threads cover the attempts by the USN to develop an airgroup suitable for its Sea Control Ships (SCS). The ships themselves have been well covered and individual VSTOL programmes have their own individual threads. What I want to do is compare what actually happened with what might...

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Nov/23/2002540204/-1/-1/1/B-70%20VARIANTS.PDF This is nice :)

Zumwalt forgotten offspring - smaller Sea Control Ship and much larger CVV are far well known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSTOL_Support_Ship https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/sea-control-ship-scs-and-vstol-support-ship-vss.7635/ Whatif VSS happened to be the right size and cost -...

One of the joys of this site is the quantity of info available on unbuilt aircraft projects. Particularly tantalising are the various projects in the 70s and 80s for a supersonic VSTOL to replace the Harrier. The Bae 1216 has been the best covered thanks to Michael Pryce. Various US designs...

The next PTP I am writing, on Harrier Projects, is about 50% written. It will feature some things already known about, but tell their full story, such as: as well as revealing wholly new stories, such as the full saga of the Harrier III, the proposed Sea Harrier FRS.3 and some weird and...

Other Northrop V/STOL aircraft of 1967,who can identify it ? except the T-39,XV-4 and T-38. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680004577_1968004577.pdf

Static longitudinal and lateral aerodynamic characteristics at a Mach number of 2.20 of a V STOL airplane configuration with a variable-sweep wing and with a skewed wing design https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19660013086 TM-X-521 "STATIC LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS AT...

Hi, Did we speak about that Lockheed VTOL project before ?

I find in my archives the Dassault MD 630 Cavalier project drawing. I could post it if y are interesting. I propose to start a "Dassault projects" Topic Now, the Calavier 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

Thanks to Evan, heres a nice PDF of a British Aerospace Harrier II Plus brochure showing it in RN colours.

Desktop models from rival McDonnell 260 Source: Aviation Magazine International. Nº753 May 1979

General Dynamics "Jiminy Cricket"

... several quite different from Grumman !

Model 279 [pictures replaced with higher resolution copy below]