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Fokker V-8 German 5-wing experimental fighter. In February 1917, the British Sopwith triplane began to appear over the Western Front. The Sopwith proved itself superior to the German Albatros biplane fighters. Anthony Fokker responded by his first triplane fighting machine, the Fokker Dr.I Triplane which developed from the V-6 prototypes. Compared to the Albatros and Pfalz fighters, the Dr.1 offered exceptional maneuverability...
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McDonnell-Douglas KC-10A Extender. . During the Vietnam War and Arab-Israeli War, the U.S.A.F. C-141 and C-5 were forced to carry a fraction of their maximum payload on direct flights from the continental United States to Asia and Israel. The strategic airlift operations demonstrated the necessity of adequate air-refueling capability. The U.S. Department of Defense concluded that a more advanced tanker was needed. The 'Advance...
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Dassault_Mirage G8.01 French nuclear-armed swing wing fighter. In 1964, the French defense ministry requested a development program on variable-sweep wing aircraft for dual land and aircraft carrier use. An order for an experimental prototype was placed to Dassault in 1965. Dassault emerged the variable-sweep aircraft as the two-seat Mirage G4 fighter in 1967, essentially a swept wing version of the Mirage F.2. While the aircr...
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Vickers VC-10K2 British in-flight refueling tanker
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Lockheed XST Have Blue. Stepping stone of the F-117A Nighthawk. In 1975, the USAF and DARPA initiated a XST program to study the concept of a very low observable military aircraft. DARPA penned the requirements for the ATA designs that was a small aircraft about the size of F-15. Northrop and Lockheed were asked to design a prototype. In early 1977, Lockheed won the contract for the construction of two 60-percent scale flyable...
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Boeing C-98 Clipper Allied leaders designate flight. In 1936, Pan Am requested for a flying boat with capability that could fly across the ocean. Boeing's bid of Model 314 Clipper was successful. Pan Am signed a contract for six Clippers. Boeing engineers used the wings of the cancelled XB-15 bomber on the flying boat body. The installation of new Wright Cyclone engines eliminated the lack of power that handicapped the XB-15. ...
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Boeing YC-14 Advanced medium STOL transport. In 1972, the U.S. Air Force issued the Advanced transport STOL transport program for a new medium airlifter that capable of operations into battle zones with short, temporary airfields. Two proposals were accepted for construction as the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 prototypes. The Boeing design for STOL performance was based on the use of a supercritical wing, developed...
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Douglas C-133 Cargomaster Ballistic missiles carrier.
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Yokosuka H5Y-1 Cherry IJN Type-99 flying boat. In 1934, the Imperial Japanese Navy issued requirement for a twin-engine maritime reconnaissance flying boat, which was intended to match the performance of contemporary four-engine flying boats, while being cheaper to build and easier to maintain. The 11th Naval Air Arsenal at Yokosuka was given the responsibility of design and building two prototypes, these being completed durin...
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Grumman XP-50 Fore-runner of the F7F Tigercat. In 1939, the USAAC issued a contest for a twin-engine heavy interceptor aircraft. Two proposals were accepted for prototypes construction as the Lockheed XP-49 and the Grumman XP-50. The XP-50 was based on the Navy XF5F-1 Skyrocket carrier plane modified for a tricycle landing gear. This twin-motored land plane was of particular interest to the Army because of its air-cooled engin...
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Ilyushin Il-102 LAST ONES!! SAVE 1/3RD!!! Ground attacker competed with Su-25. In 1967, the Soviet Air Forces drew up a specification for a armoured ground attack aircraft. While Sukhoi designed an all-new single seat Su-25, Ilyushin proposed a modified version of their Il-40 of 1953 under the designation Il-42, which unlike the Sukhoi was a two seat aircraft with a remotely controlled rear gun turret. The design was rejected ...
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Lockheed XP-49 Successor to the P-38 Lightning. In 1939, the USAAC issued a contest for a twin-engine heavy interceptor aircraft that intended to use the new Pratt & Whitney X-1800 engine. Two proposals were accepted for prototypes construction as the Lockheed XP-49 and the Grumman XP-50. The XP-49 was very similar in visual appearance to the P-38. In fact the XP-49 was an entirely new design and engineering that featured a pr...
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EWR VJ-101C German tilt-jet VTOL. In the late 1950's, the West Germany issued an requirement for the VTOL fighter, attack and transport aircrafts programme. The idea being that in case of Soviet attack, the VTOL would support dispersal of combat aircraft assets to small and easy concealed operation base. Heinkel submitted the configuration of the tiltjet fighter He.231, attracting interest of the German government. In 1959, He...
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Martin M-130 China Clipper. U.S. Navy transport for the Manhattan Project. In early 1930s, Pan Am requested for a flying boat with capability that could fly across the ocean. Martin's bid of Model-130 was successful. In 1934, three M-130 were built as Martin Ocean Transports, but to the public thay were all referred as the China Clipper. On November 1935, the China Clipper flew the first trans-Pacific airmail route. Their rang...
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Sikorsky S-42 flying boat. First of the Flying Clippers. In 1931, Igor Sikorsky laid out plans for a new, larger flying boat based on the earlier Sikorsky S-40. At the time Pan Am requested for a flying boat with which to span the Pacific Ocean and open up routes to the Far East. Both the Glenn Martin Company and Sikorsky responsed, the latter's design being the S-42. For the first time the airline's publicists could rightfull...
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Arado Ar E.500 Twin-boom attacker project. In 1934, the RLM issued a requirment for a destroyer airplane to several aircraft firms, who were requested to submit proposals of a heavily-armed multi-seat twin-engined aircraft the size of a medium bomber. It would possess a heavy concentration of cannon armament. Arado submitted E.500 project, incorporated an advanced armament concept. This consisted of a pair of turret-mounted 20...
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Raytheon Sentinel R.1. In early 1990s, the U.K. Ministry of Defence launched an Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) program that was a ground surveillance system designed to provide information about the deployment and movement of enemy forces. The requirement stands for an existing modern, class-leading, large commercial business jet aircraft was to be modified to carry the radar and air-to-ground data links. In 1999, the Raythe...
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VFW-Fokker VAK-191B German vector thrust VTOL. In 1962, the West German government launched an requirement for the new ground attack fighter to replace the Fiat G.91. In the meantime NATO had launched a program for VTOL combat aircrafts. The Germans decided to work on the second VTOL fighter. After consideration of various options, the effort focused on the Focke-Wulf Fw.1262 design. This was further developed in a partnership...
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Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja JGSDF OH-X programme. In late 1980s, the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) launched the OH-X programme to acquire a new indigenous observation helicopter to replace its Kawasaki license-built OH-6Ds. Design proposals for the OH-X programme were presented by Kawasaki, Fuji and Mitsubishi. Kawasaki's design was selected. The first prototype XOH-1 completed its maiden flight in 1996. Kawasaki handed over...
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Lockheed R6V-1 Constitution U.S. Navy mammoth air transport. In 1942, the U.S. Navy called for a large transport aircraft to improve upon the navy's fleet of flying boats. In the meantime, Lockheed and PanAm began a Model 189 airliner study as a greater / double-decker version of the 049 Constellation. A year later in 1943, the Navy involved the development and ordered two prototypes. It was given designation XR6O-1 Constituti...
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Miles M.30 X Minor. In 1939, F.G. Miles began the design of a large transport aeroplane, the X.2, intended to have the maximum degree of aerodynamic cleanness obtainable. To this end the fuselage was made wide and shallow so that it merged almost imperceptibly into the wing which was fitted with large root fillets. Miles submitted it to the Air Ministry. However the Air Ministry were not interested in civil aircraft or in rese...
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Nakajima B4N-1 Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Attack Aircraft. In April 1932, the Imperial Japanese Navy issued requirement for the new carrier attack aircraft, which was intended to replace the Mitsubishi B2M1 type-89. Both the Mitsubishi and Nakajima were received order for the new aircraft development. Nakajima submitted the specification with tha B4N, that used a biplane configuaretion that had upper gull wings and lower inver...
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Northrop YC-125B Raider 3-engined STOL utility transport. As World War II wound down, Northrop looked for a low-cost transport aircraft to serve under-developed airfields for emerging commercial routes. To meet that need, Northrop designed and built the N-23 Pioneer transport at its own expense. In 1948, the U.S. Air Force expressed interest in an aircraft of the same configuration and placed an order with Northrop for 23 airc...
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Budd C-93/RB-1 Conestoga. In 1941, the U.S. War Department required for a twin-engine transport comparable in performance to the Douglas C-47, to be constructed of "non-strategic materials". At the time, U.S. government feared that the thousands of new aircraft needed for the war effort might create shortages of aluminum alloys. Sprang from this requirement, the Curtiss C-76 and Fairchild C-82 were to be constructed of wood. A...
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McDonnell Model 119 UCX prototype compete with C-140 Jetstar. In 1956, the USAF issued requirement for a utility transport that used to accomplish the combat flight inspection and navigation mission. Due to the budget cuts, the Air Force asked the industry-financed "off-the-shelf" prototypes. McDonnell submitted company's Model 119 for a small, 4-jets, multi-purpose, ulitity airplane. It will be capable of going anywhere in th...
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