V/STOL Aircraft, Designs and Concepts

February 22, 2015

Vertical and/or Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) is a term used to describe aircraft that are able to take-off or…

Project Silver Bug

February 22, 2015

Background Project Silver Bug was the American "Black" project version of the Avro Aircraft Canada Y-2 undertaken by the United…

MC-130H Combat Talon

February 21, 2015

The Combat Talon was initially developed between December 1964 and January 1967 by Lockheed Air Services (LAS) at Ontario, California,…

Ekranoplan

February 21, 2015

The Lun-class ekranoplan (NATO reporting name Duck) was a ground effect aircraft designed by Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeev and used by…

Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight

February 21, 2015

 Download Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight [401 Pages, 5.5MB] By Lawrence R.…

NASA’s AD-1 Demonstrator

February 21, 2015

Introduction The NASA AD-1 was both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at…

Avrocar

February 21, 2015

The VZ-9-AV Avrocar (official designation but often listed as VZ-9) was a Canadian VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd.…

Project Isinglass

February 21, 2015

Project Isinglass was the code name given to two heavily classified, manned reconnaissance aircraft studied by the Central Intelligence Agency…

Stealth Technology

February 21, 2015

Stealth technology also known as LO technology (low observable technology) is a sub-discipline of military electronic countermeasures which covers a…

Pulsating Anti-Gravity Suit for Acceleration Protection

February 21, 2015

Background This document describes a system designed to study the feasibility of augmenting tolerance to acceleration stress using external pressure…