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The Kaspian Monsters: Russian Ekranoplans Part 2: the KM-08 and ...
Nicknamed as Kaspian Monsters, the Russian Ekranoplans - or ground effect planes - were developed in the former USSR as top secret projects.
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Bell X-1A / X-1B / X1-2 / X-1E Rocket Planes
Powered flights began in Dec. and on Oct. 14 1947 the first X-1, ... This aircraft was a modified X 1-2 and was flown exclusively by the NACA. ...
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The Besler Steam Plane 1933 - the first (and probably only) plane ...
... developed the first and only successful steam driven airplane, a converted Travel Air biplane. ... A very rare shot of the steam powered Airspeed 2000. ...
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Republic XF-12 / XR-12 "Rainbow" photo-reconnaissance aircraft and ...
The Republic XR / XF-12 was an outstanding aerodynamic masterpiece, a perfect design, unique and graceful which clearly had deserved a better fate...
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Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket - the first aircraft to fly faster than ...
Piloted by A. Scott Crossfield, on November 20, 1953, the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket became the first aircraft to fly faster than Mach 2, twice the speed of ...
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Hughes XF-11
contracted Howard Hughes to build a high altitude spy plane that could go above radar ... Hughes XF-11 3-view drawing by Airborne Grafix, enlarged version ...
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Convair CV 880
Convair CV 880. ... Convair CV 880. Drawing by Josef Hueber / Airborne Grafix 2000. Artwork was published in "FLUG REVUE" the leading German Aviation ...
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber
Convair RB-36. RB-36D Reconnaissance model with a crew of 22 to operate 14 cameras located in two of the four bomb bays; 17 built and 7 converted from B-36B ...
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Convair B-58 "Hustler"
The B-58 project began in 1949 when the US Air Force issued a request for a supersonic bomber. The resulting design featured a ...
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Convair XF2Y-1 "Sea Dart"
Convair XF2Y-1 "Sea Dart" ... adequate engine power) meant that that the XF2Y-1 could not exceed the speed of sound in level flight. ...
