Aviation, Imagination of the Future from the Past

[hesham]

Hi,

https://flic.kr/p/6gJBat

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickythepixel/3459844273/in/photostream/

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Ein_Mann_wie_Rhodan

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Hi,

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/b9/58/4cb9581421ffc2abd9d635fe8bda4fde.jpg

I remember that as a kid - was a control line model. Have a friend who may actually have one, will check on that!

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-wen-mac-fan-jet-xl600-control-170957672
Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[southwestforests]

Hi,

https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Ein_Mann_wie_Rhodan

Can see inspirations of F-104, X-15, F-100.
It is kind of like looking at sci-fi movie models and going, "Oh that's a part from the kit of ...!" which actually is fun.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://pulpcovers.com/orbital-rocket-launching-from-flying-wing/

 

[Mark Nankivil]

I remember that as a kid - was a control line model. Have a friend who may actually have one, will check on that!

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-wen-mac-fan-jet-xl600-control-170957672
Enjoy the Day! Mark

Nope, Dan has never been able to find one available. He tells me that it later was released by Testors - it was called the Galaxy IX N9 - and was dolled with a more space themed look. Here's a video it being flown -

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3MXtexrJg


Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[hesham]

Some pieces need to collect,

https://flic.kr/p/94UhzG

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clampants/5295005234/in/photostream/

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Electrical_Experimenter.htm

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://flic.kr/p/8Abfcu

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlberek/4981257122/in/album-72157624811056857/

 

[hesham]

From Popular Mechanics 1935.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/big-things-ahead-but-keep-your-shirt-on-106261755/

 

[Charlesferdinand]

Haven't a clue what it is beyond being an aircraft but it makes interesting art.

Judging by the number of propellors, it must be an E-VTOL.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://retro-futurism.livejournal.com/771145.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2015/02/10/szovjet_retrofuture_1936

 

[southwestforests]

Hi,

https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2015/02/10/szovjet_retrofuture_1936

Lots of cool illustrations on the page. Now to click the browser's 'translate' function and see what it does with Hungarian.

Hmm ...

1955. Such a hand-held dive engine is often used nowadays

Sure looks like that gizmo has a built-in camera function.


Although not with the 2 crew of this one, we have now flown a drone helo there,

1963. Helicopter on Mars. Two years after Gagarin, they were thinking about Mars.

Think nowadays that would be termed a W-wing planform, maybe?

1975. Front-winged aircraft

Well, have confirmed that its opposite orientation is termed an M wing,
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/armstrong-whitworth-awp-22-m-wing-sst.13319/

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'avion_français_gros-porteur_de_l'An_2000_(1937).jpg

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2016/a-history-of-the-future/

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.fineartstorehouse.com/b...war-plane-dirigible-type-bomber-39180385.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://karryon.com.au/lifestyle/th...in-flight-entertainment-like-back-in-the-day/

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.plan59.com/cars/cars227.htm

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F185106017092

View: https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/185106017092

 

[hesham]

From ModermMechanix 1934/6.

 

[southwestforests]

From ModermMechanix 1934/6.

I feel no shame whatsoever about laughing at that inflatable pulsating wing idea.

 

[hesham]

From Modern Mechanix 1934/5.

 

[martinbayer]

From Modern Mechanix 1934/5.

Roton, is that you?

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://flic.kr/p/8AbeaQ

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlberek/4981253662/in/photostream/

 

[hesham]

From Техника - молодежи 1938/10

 

[southwestforests]

From Техника - молодежи 1938/10

Foreground plane has look of some kind of retro sci-fi comic relief but that pancake-ish thing in background sure is interesting.

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1940/6.

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1940/11

 

[Shaman Harris]

What is exactly a generic project?

 

[hesham]

What is exactly a generic project?

It's nothing,just a hypothetical design.

From, Техника - молодежи 1938/12

 

[hesham]

From Техника - молодежи 1943/5-4

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1953-07.

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1954-02.

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1954-09.

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1954-03

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1955-07,

with some strange concepts in pictures 3 & 4.

 

[hesham]

From, Техника - молодежи 1956-01.

 

[hesham]

From JAWA 1945.