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Hughes XF-11. In 1939, Hughes Aircraft used a special wooden structure which strength comparable to steel for a proposal of bomber design, the model D-2. The project interested USAAF because metal material was becoming a scare by the war. In 1942, the D-2 was ordered under an attack aircraft designation XA-37. Later it was considered as a night fighter XP-73. In 1943, the wooden D-2 prototype was lost by fire accident in Hughe...
North-American YF-93A. In 1946, USAF recognized all the early jet fighters were lacked sufficient range to escort bombers to the target. So the proposal for a penetration fighter were requested. In 1947, North-American responded with the proposal for a revised version of North-American F-86A, which the fuselage size was enlarged for bigger internal fuel tanks to increase its range. The extra fuel increased weight so the more p...
Bell XV-15 Tiltrotor. In 1965, U.S. Army issued a proposal request for an aircraft that would have both helicopter and airplane characteristics to replace the Boeing CH-47 helicopter and C-7 transport. Bell submitted the tilt-rotor design but the request was dropped in 1968. Bell decided to continue the development as the civil VTOL transport. In 1970, a full size rotor and rotating mechanisms were tested at the NASA wind tunn...
Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III. In 1955, with the success of the F8U-1 and -2, Vought started to conceive a more powerful fighter design, the XF8U-3. Although it was similar to the F8Us and carried F8 designation, the aircraft was entirely a new design that installed larger fuselage to accommodate the new powerful J75 engine. The U.S. Navy was interested in the design and signed contract to Vought for five prototypes in competitio...
Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142 Largest tilting-wing VTOL transport prototype. In 1950's, many V/STOL aircraft were built and evaluated by the US Military services. Few of the concepts were deemed to have the operational capabilities. Base on these prototypes experiences, the new V/STOL assault transport program was announced. In 1961, a request for proposal of the large cargo airplane was released by Tri-services. Ling-Temco-Vought ...
Rockwell International XFV-12A U.S. Navy VTOL fighter. In 1972, U.S. Navy issued a request for the proposals of the next generation V/STOL close-support fighter on alternate the McDonnell-Douglas AV-8A. It was requested with supersonic speed capability, and enables to operate from small ships. Rockwell International responded with the 'thrust-augmented wing' design. This concept led to Navy's interest and was fully funded for ...
Arado Ar-E.581-4. In 1943, Arado began work on series of the Ar E.555 flying wing bomber project. This flying wing configuration was thought to be the best design to fulfill a requirement of high speed, heavy loading and long-range aviation. Due to the design acceptance by the Reichsluftfahrt Ministerium (State Ministry for Aviation) in early 1944, the Arado design team scaled down the same configuration to design a smaller si...
McDonnell XHJD-1 twin rotor helicopter. In 1944, U.S. Navy launched a competition that called for a large rescue helicopter which could carry up to 10 occupants. McDonnell was determined to win a new Navy contract as the company only had sub-contract jobs at the war time. With investment in Platt LePage Aircraft Co., McDonnell was allowed to learn helicopter techniques and developed its own design, Model 65. Considering a most...
Republic XF-103. In 1949, U.S. Air Force introduced the new 'weapons system' concept, in which consisting of the air-to-air guided missiles, fire control system and the '1954 interceptor' capable of supersonic flight. The project was designed to intercept the new Soviet intercontinental bombers. In 1951, Air Force announced that the Convair's YF-102Aand the Republic's XF-103 were selected for the airframe part of the project. ...
XF-109 Tilting jets VTOL supersonic fighter. In 1953, Bell Aircraft Corp developed a VTOL research aircraft, the Model 65 ATV that a pair of turbojets were mounted one each side of the fuselage and could rotated at the aircraft center. The ATV program ended in 1955 and gave Bell experience of the VTOL jet flight, that also led to U.S. Air Force and Navy sponsorship of the project D-188A tilting jets fighter, designated USAF's ...
Northrop M2-F2 First powered Lifting body. In 1957, NASA had investigated the problems associated with re-entry from space of missile nose cone. Engineers conceived the lifting body idea that by modifying a cone shape, aerodynamic lift could be produced to fly back from space rather than plunge to the earth. This study led to the design known as the M-2, a 'M'odified half-cone, rounded on bottom and flat on top, with twin tail...
Hiller X-18 Tilt-wing VTOL cargo transport experiment. During early 1955, Hiller Aircraft designed a large, tilt-wing VTOL aircraft as an in-house study. In 1956, U.S. Air Force interested this concept and assigned contract to Hiller for the development of a VTOL cargo transport. The test bed was designated X-18. In order to speed the construction process and to conserve available Air Force funding, the X-18 was built from exi...
General-Dynamics A-12 Avenger II Naval stealth attacker project. In mid-1980's, U.S. Navy awarded the ATA (Advanced Tactical Aircraft) program as a replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder. The key improvement over the existing aircraft was stealth ability. In 1988, General-Dynamics / McDonnell-Douglas were selected to develop a subsonic twin jet carrier- based ATA for attack at night or in bad weather, the A-12 Avenger II. Th...
Doak VZ-4DA Archaeopteryx of tilt-ducts VTOL. The Doak Model 16 was the first aircraft to demonstrate the tilt duct concept. In 1956, U.S. Army ordered a prototype, indicated VZ-4DA. The configuration was the tilting duct blower where located at each wing tip, pointing vertical for take off and landing, and rotated to the horizontal for forward flight. Engine exhaust was deflected at the fuselage rear for pitch control. To lim...
Re-released! Yakovlev UT-2 The Yakovlev UT-2 NATO reporting name "Mink") was a single-engine tandem two-seat low-wing monoplane that was the standard Soviet trainer during the Great Patriotic War. It was used by the Soviet Air Force from 1937 until replaced by the Yakovlev Yak-18 during the 1950s.
Tsybin NM-1 A simplified, full sized aerodynamic prototype for the novel layout, the NM-1 was built in 1957. Intended for low-speed handling tests, the NM-1 had a steel-tube fuselage with duralumin and plywood skinning.[4] This aircraft, powered by two Mikulin AM-5 turbojets first flew on 7 April 1959.[3] Based on the results of these trials, the RSR was redesigned (as the R-020) to make it more manoeuvrable at high altitude (...
Ilyushin Il-40 'Brawny' modified Prototype with extended intakes. Two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses would disturb the airflow into the engines and cause them to flameout or hiccup. Remedying this problem took over a year and involved the radical change of moving the engine air intakes all...
Samolyot '5-1' and '5-2' Soviet experimental jets. Bisnovat was assigned the project to develop an all-Soviet equivalent to the 346 supersonic rocketplane being developed by the German Roessing team in OKB-2. Like the 346, the 5 was a swept-wing aircraft, but about 2/3 the size. First glide flight by A K Pakhomov, dropped from a Pe-8, came on 14 July 1948. The first 5-1 aircraft was destroyed on its third flight 5 September 19...
HAI-1. In 1933 Kharkov aircraft manufacturers also worked on the bomber K-13 and the passenger aircraft K-14. The flying characteristics of these aircraft turned out to be far from excellent, the interest to them had declined, and these projects were cancelled. Here we should probably also mention another aircraft, HAI-1, even though it was designed by Kharkov Aviation Institute students separately from Kalinin's design bureau...
Ilyushin Il-40 'Brawny' original Prototype with short intakes. Two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses would disturb the airflow into the engines and cause them to flameout or hiccup. Remedying this problem took over a year and involved the radical change of moving the engine air intakes all th...
2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8. AMT's Showroom Replicas Series offer modelers a simplified, "promo-style" glue kit format with a reduced parts count for fast and easy assembly. Engine detail is engraved into the one-piece chassis pan, allowing novice and veteran builders to complete an attractive scale replica in record time. Back for another cruise to the drive-in is Dodge's immensely popular and powerful 2008 Challenger SRT8.
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