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| Topic Started: Dec 20 2010, 04:51 PM (579 Views) | |
| Simon Darkshade | Dec 20 2010, 04:51 PM Post #1 |
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Nefarious Swashbuckler
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A list to begin with. Feel free to add some, and to discuss them. Canada The Avro Arrow, of course. Such a waste. Others: Avro Jetliner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DATAR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-103 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Glove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar Britain TSR-2 Fairey Rotodyne CVA-01 Blue Streak IRBM Black Arrow space rocket Black Knight space rocket Blue Water SRBM Blue Envoy SAM Red Queen AA Gun Green Mace AA Gun EM-2 Assault Rifle and Taden Gun Bristol Brabazon Hawker P.1121 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_P.1121 Hawker Siddeley P.1154 Fairey Delta II/III Vickers C Victory Bomber Avro 684 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_684 Supersonic versions of Valiant, Vulcan and Victor Thin wing supersonic Gloster Javelin Miles M.52 Vickers V.1000 Avro 730 Supersonic Buccaneer VG Lightning Saunders Roe SR.177 Malta class aircraft carriers Lion class battleships G3 battlecruisers and N3 battleships - The Cherry Trees 50s Guided Missile Cruisers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV4401_Contentious Flying jeeps Habbakuk T14 heavy tanks Centurion/Conqueror based AFVs and SPGs Vickers Supermarine Type 589 Hawker P.1083 Supersonic Hunter Supermarine Type 545 Supersonic Swift Hawker Siddeley HS.681 English Electric P.42 Shorts Belfast with C-141 wings and jet engines Martin Baker MB.5 Rolls Royce Eagle powered Tempests and Spitfires Saunders Roe Princess/Duchess Bristol 188 Blue Riband radar Advanced versions of Blue Steel Green Cheese nuclear anti ship missile Highball bouncing bomb Helmover - very, very, very big torpedo Violet Friend ABM Green Water LR SAM Red Dean AAM Red Rapier missile Bloodhound III SAM PT.428 SAM Bristol X-12 ASM Golden Eagle anti ship missile Grand Slam guided bomb for TSR-2 Super VC-10 USA B-70 Valkyrie F-108 Rapier F-12 B-58C Nike Zeus and the ABM system in general Typhon SAM system Crusader SPG F8U-3 Crusader III C-99 P-6M Seamaster seaplane R3Y Tradewind flying boat Sea Dart seaplane fighter WS-125 nuclear powered aircraft Regulus II cruise missile Republic XF-12 Rainbow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_Kingfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Isinglass Dynasoar A-6F Intruder Supersonic Corsair YF-93 Edited by Simon Darkshade, Dec 20 2010, 05:20 PM.
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 21 2010, 02:03 PM Post #2 |
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Post Tenebras Lux
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The Stevens Battery. |
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| Delta Force | Sep 4 2013, 04:51 AM Post #3 |
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This is a good site for aircraft projects.
Edited by Delta Force, Sep 4 2013, 04:53 AM.
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| Simon Darkshade | Sep 4 2013, 06:53 AM Post #4 |
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Nefarious Swashbuckler
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I've been a member there for many a year. Good place. |
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| Delta Force | Oct 31 2015, 11:38 PM Post #5 |
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Anything for France? Also, Wikipedia has a page with many Rainbow Code programs for the United Kingdom. |
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| Simon Darkshade | Nov 1 2015, 12:52 AM Post #6 |
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Nefarious Swashbuckler
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France had a few, such as the Verdun CVAs, the Mirage VG and a few 50s rocket fighters. |
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| Delta Force | Nov 1 2015, 01:01 AM Post #7 |
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What about French ground force and nuclear programs? Also, was there a British Army Nuclear Power Program? I've found something about a 2.5 megawatt nuclear powered electrical generator codenamed Blue Bishop. It sounds somewhat similar to things the United States Army Nuclear Power Program was working on. |
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| Simon Darkshade | Nov 1 2015, 01:49 AM Post #8 |
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Nefarious Swashbuckler
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Yes, Blue Bishop was one of their nuclear projects. The old Skomer Rainbow Code website should be archived on Wayback with a whole list of some of the most obscure projects. As for French Army projects, there was the AMX-50 heavy tank. The story of French/European tank development in 1955-65 is a convoluted one. |
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| John | Nov 1 2015, 03:48 AM Post #9 |
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The F-23 Stealth Fighter. Many believe it to have been superior to the F-22. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23 |
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| Delta Force | Nov 1 2015, 07:01 AM Post #10 |
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I found the information on Blue Bishop/Green Janet. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Nov 20 2015, 11:03 PM Post #11 |
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Would it have been possible to convert the YB-35/YB-49 into a dedicated reconnaissance aircraft to take advantage of its low radar signature? |
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| Simon Darkshade | Nov 21 2015, 12:29 AM Post #12 |
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Nefarious Swashbuckler
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That wasn't a factor in that period, where the solution was high and fast. It was also difficult to handle flying wings before fly by wire. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Nov 21 2015, 11:11 AM Post #13 |
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Apparently the thing yawed like virtually every plane in the messed up WT physics. |
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