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VTOL History: Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 through the use of tilt-rotor

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2020-06-30

Rustsatz II device with a four MG 17 machine guns in the ventral position of a Henschel Hs.129b-1

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2020-06-24

Prototypes: Curtiss XF15C. US Navy wasn’t considering jet-powered fighters because their weak thrust at low speeds and altitude made them dangerous when operating from carriers. The solution was combine a main piston engine with a jet one

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2020-06-23

The drawing of the day: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow by S. Snider

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2020-06-20

Quirky Planes: Hillson Bi-mono. After the take-off the upper wing came off falling to the ground and the plane flew like a monoplane

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2020-06-20

Australian CAC CA-15 Kangaroo: only one prototype was built and although it had excellent characteristics ( was one of the fastest piston fighters ever built) the project was cancelled

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2020-06-08

Quirky planes: Galvin HC French seaplane fighter with fuselage divided in two parts with the propeller in the middle.

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2020-06-05

The Boeing P-26 (281) was a single-engine, single-seat and low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft. It was the first US interceptor with monoplane and metal structure

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2020-06-02

Junkers Ju 87-G2 'Stuka' with a 37 mm BK 37 cannon under each wing for anti-tank operations

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2020-05-26

Royal Navy Westland Wyvern: this is the sole Wyvern T.3
dual-seat training version of the Wyvern (VZ 739)

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2020-05-23

Dutch Fokker D.XXIII. The pull-push piston engine configuration has always been plenty of problems with pilot emergency bail-out and with rear engine cooling. German nazi invasion ended it

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2020-05-21

Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi. Easy to built, maintain and fly this Shimbu (suicide) aircraft. The production models were to be fitted with two solid-fuel rockets to boost its speed during the terminal attack dive

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2020-05-21