From a report about Safety Aircraft,at Cornell University;
here is a weird concept for British VTO Jet Transport Airplane
of 1955,I can't ID it,can anyone help ?.
- If it was just a hypothetical design,we can transfer it to anther section.
Hi everyone,
IRL the US and UK jointly embarked on a complete Harrier redesign as the AV-8B as the US had no V/STOL alternative at the moment. But had the US chosen to finish development of the Convair Model 200 instead of the XVF-12A, and had this worked well enough to enter service, there...
alternate history
british aerospace plc
cold war
convair
fleet air arm
general dynamics
great britain
harrier
mcdonnell douglas
naval aviation
north atlantic treaty organisation
royal navy
sea harrier
subsonic
supersonic
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
v/stolaircraftvtol
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 -...
Hi,
here is a Grumman/Gulfstream G.II Projects,the first had lift fan as V/STOL aircraft and the second
had a supercritical wing.
https://gulfbiz.jimdo.com/h-istory/lift-fan/
aerospace industry
air force cross (great britain)
british aerospace plc
central flying school
etps
great britain
hawker aircraft limited
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
jet age
most excellent order of the british empire
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
sea harrier
space age
test pilots
v/stolaircraftvtol
Hi All -
Mixed in with the Eaglet and Mini-Eaglet drawings was this single seat 4 fan design. Have no idea what this was meant for - nonetheless it is interesting!
Enjoy the Day! Mark
In the late 60s the Germans were looking
for a replacement for its ground attack
Fiat G 91s.
As an offset against costs for BAOR and
RAF Germany the UK succeeds in selling
Harriers to the Bundeswehr and getting
Dornier involved in its production and
a joint trainer which becomes the Hawk.
HS and...
alternate history
baor
bundeswehr
civil aviation
close air support
cold war
dornier
dornier flugzeugwerke
federal republic of germany
great britain
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
luftwaffe
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf germany
v/stolaircraftvtol
west germany
1983, rather than 1982 is a key date for decisions for the RN and UK defence as a whole, in the light of the Falklands and it's effect not just on defence thinking but on the UK populace's attitude to their country. As surely as it was to the political establishment.
But in terms of changes a...
1980s
1990s
aew
alternate history
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
cold war
cruiser
fleet air arm
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
ssk
supersonic
v/stolaircraftvstol carriers
vtol
Hi all! After a long hiatus, I have a new book on the market on the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation GA-28A/B, one of the submissions to the US Navy convoy fighter competition of 1950, which ultimately produced the Convair XFY-1 and Lockheed XFV-1 VTOL aircraft. The GA-28A was a three-quarter scale...
Today is the 50th anniverary of the cancellation of the P1154 and HS681, and of the go-ahead for what became the Harrier and the Nimrod:
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1965/feb/02/actions-of-her-majestys-government
Happily, my P1154 history article has been restored after the ISP...
Hi,
here is some V/STOL and VATOL aircraft concepts, designed at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center.
NSRDC-79/O74 P
PREDICTION OF DRAG COEFFICIENTS OF A SUPERSONIC V/STOL CONFIGURATION WITH VARIOUS STORE ARRANGEMENTS*
Tsze C. Tai , Thomas H. Boyd , and Richard E...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
david taylor research center
fighters
remotely piloted vehicle
seaplane
united states navy
us navy
v/stolv/stolaircraftvatol
vtol
This is posted in the alternative history and future speculation section. So it is not history, but it is close to history.
What if.....what if the P1154 is proceeded with?
How does that happen? And what are its effects?
.............
It could happen partly by not merging RN and RAF...
alternate history
cold war
fleet air arm
fleet air defense fighter
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf fighter command
royal air force
royal navy
v/stolaircraftvtol
what-if
I know that this is a well trodden subject but I thought that it would be interesting to compare the plans with what happened in reality.
Ground Attack/Recce Squadrons
It was planned to replace the Hunter with the 1154 Harrier in 8 squadrons: 2 in the UK, 2 in Germany, 2 in the Gulf and 2 in...
air defence
cold war
great britain
late 1960s
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
raf fighter command
raf germany
raf strike command
royal air force
strategic bomber
v/stolaircraftvtol
west germany
Hi,
also here is some Beriev projects;
An-24FK a VTOL Antonov An-24.
Be-32P a four-engined version of Be.32,transport aircraft.
http://lib.rus.ec/b/373000/read
anti-submarine warfare
beriev
beriev design bureau
civil aviation
cold war
commonwealth of independent states
general aviation
naval aviation
photographic reconnaissance
post-cold war
red fleet
russian federation
soviet air forces
soviet navy
soviet union
stol
transport aircraft
ussr
v/stolaircraftvtol
Model of Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) consortium Blue Whale Tilt Rotor project on display at the Tianjin International Helicopter Exposition on August 29 - September 1, 2013. The Blue Whale is one of many future rotor projects by the AVIC Helicopter Design Institute expected to appear by...
2010s
aviation industry corporation of china
helicopter
people's liberation army
people's liberation army naval air force
people's republic of china
post-cold war
tilt rotor
v/stolaircraftvtol
Two General Dynamics designs are now known for this competition. I don't have any details about the requirement. Clearly STOL/ VSTOL, air-to-ground mission.
Larger copies at Codeone website as usual.
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=114...
1960s
advanced tactical fighter
air superiority
cold war
convair
f-x
general dynamics
short-field
stol
tactical air command
united states
united states air force
v/stolaircraftvariable geometry
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...
cold war
fleet air arm
france
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
royal navy
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
v/stolaircraftvstol
vtol
The F4 Phantom might have failed to materialise as the wonderful plane which the RAF and RN used to fill various gaps from the 60s onwards. In a Phantomless world would P1154 have been developed as planned in 1963 for both RAF and RN or would the Lightning have been developed in its swing wing...
alternate history
british aircraft corporation
cold war
early 1960s
english electric company limited
fleet air arm
great britain
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
mcdonnell aircraft corporation
nuclear battlefield
raf fighter command
royal air force
royal navy
stol
strategic air command
united states
united states air force
united states navy
v/stolaircraftvtol
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