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There’s something captivating about the experimental Vought XF5U. A developed version of the original V-173 prototype, t...
28/03/2024

There’s something captivating about the experimental Vought XF5U. A developed version of the original V-173 prototype, the XF5U-1 was a larger aircraft. Of all-metal construction, it was almost five times heavier, with two 1,400 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2000 radial engines.

At the dawn of the jet era answers to even such seemingly simple questions as whether a jet fighter pilot should sit or ...
28/03/2024

At the dawn of the jet era answers to even such seemingly simple questions as whether a jet fighter pilot should sit or lie inside the aircraft were far from obvious and had to be found through test and trial. In the mid-1950s, Armstrong-Whitworth engineers modified a Gloster Meteor—the first British fighter jet—to investigate the feasibility of placing the pilot in a front-down prone position.

The Doak Model 16, also known as VZ-4, arguably had the most elegant appearance among a string of experimental non-helic...
28/03/2024

The Doak Model 16, also known as VZ-4, arguably had the most elegant appearance among a string of experimental non-helicopter VTOL vehicles tested by the US Army throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. At any rate, it looked the most-plane like of them all. It showed some pretty decent performance, too.

In the mid-1950s, after initial experiments into jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) technology with the use...
28/03/2024

In the mid-1950s, after initial experiments into jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) technology with the use of Model 65 ATV, Bell designed a more sophisticated VTOL aircraft. Unlike its humble predecessor, Bell X-14 (aka Bell Type 68) successfully performed the transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back.

The Skyrocket had a novel appearance when it first debuted in April 1940. A snub-nosed fuselage that suddenly ended on t...
28/03/2024

The Skyrocket had a novel appearance when it first debuted in April 1940. A snub-nosed fuselage that suddenly ended on the leading edge of the wing and twin tails to match the two engines. It was a low-wing monoplane with a short fuselage that began aft of the wing’s leading edge with a twin tail assembly.

Wheeled landing gear are so ubiquitous that some may be totally unaware of other types, such as skis, floats, or air-cus...
28/03/2024

Wheeled landing gear are so ubiquitous that some may be totally unaware of other types, such as skis, floats, or air-cushions. But there is one type of landing gear that even some aviation geeks may not have heard of. It is tracked landing gear. Yes, aircraft with caterpillar tracks similar to those used by tanks or bulldozers. The very idea may sound preposterous, but at a certain period in the history of aviation it looked attractive. Aircraft producers tested it on various airplanes from small biplanes to huge intercontinental bombers.

Flying cars in cyberpunk movies, like the Blade Runner or the Fifth Element, come to us as a glimpse of some distant fut...
27/03/2024

Flying cars in cyberpunk movies, like the Blade Runner or the Fifth Element, come to us as a glimpse of some distant future. And yet, designs very similar to those were actually tested by US aircraft manufacturers and the military as early as 1950s. At the time aviation was undergoing rapid revolution, marked by the arrival of jet propulsion and the advent of helicopters.

In the 1950s the US Army command thought they needed a flying machine that would sort of fill the gap between an automob...
27/03/2024

In the 1950s the US Army command thought they needed a flying machine that would sort of fill the gap between an automobile and the helicopter. This gave way to several design projects collectively known as ‘flying jeeps.’ The first of them to rise in the air was Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 VTOL aircraft created by the company’s Santa Barbara Division (formerly the Aerophysics Development Corporation).

The 1950s were an interesting period in the helicopters history, when designers, encouraged by the military yearning for...
27/03/2024

The 1950s were an interesting period in the helicopters history, when designers, encouraged by the military yearning for new combat capabilities, were trying to identify the most viable configurations and experimented a lot. This brought into existence a number of very peculiar rotorcraft. Among them was the HZ-1 Aerocycle, a compact aerial vehicle intended for carrying just one serviceman at a time.

The General Electric GE4. Largest turbojet engine ever made producing up to 32,000 kg (65,000 lbs). Only 3 were ever mad...
25/03/2024

The General Electric GE4. Largest turbojet engine ever made producing up to 32,000 kg (65,000 lbs). Only 3 were ever made before the Boeing 2707 supersonic passenger plane project, the engine's application, was cancelled.

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