Britse Vliegtuigen Jet Provost T.Mk.5A

BAC Jet Provost

LandUk
RoleMilitaire trainervliegtuigen
Eerste vlucht26 juni 1954
Gebouwd734

De BAC Jet Provost is een Brits straaltrainervliegtuig dat van 1955 tot 1993 in gebruik was bij de Royal Air Force (RAF). Het werd oorspronkelijk ontwikkeld door Hunting Percival van de eerdere zuigermotor aangedreven Percival Provost basistrainer, en later geproduceerd door de British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Naast de vele RAF-orders werd de Jet Provost, soms met lichte bewapening, geëxporteerd naar vele luchtmachten wereldwijd. Het ontwerp werd ook verder ontwikkeld tot een zwaarder bewapende grondaanvalsvariant onder de naam BAC Strikemaster.

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Sd.Kfz. 250 war

SD.Kfz. 250

LandDuitsland
TypeHalfsporige gepantserde personeelsdrager
In gebruik1941–1945
Gebouwd6600+

De SD.Kfz. 250 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 250; ‘special motor vehicle’) was a light armoured half-track, very similar in appearance to the larger Hanomag-designed Sd.Kfz. 251, and built by the DEMAG firm, for use by Nazi Germany in World War II. Most variants were open-topped and had a single access door in the rear. The Sd. Kfz 250 was adopted in 1939 to supplement the standard half-track. Production delays meant that the first vehicle did not appear until mid-1941.

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Schneider CA1

Schneider CA1

LandFrankrijk
TypeZware tank
In gebruik1916-1918 (Frankrijk) / 1921-1936 (Spanje)
Gebouwd400

De Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French tank, developed during the First World War. The Schneider was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare which on the Western Front prevailed during most of the Great War. It was designed specifically to open passages for the infantry through barbed wire and then to suppress German machine gun nests. After a first concept by Jacques Quellennec devised in November 1914, the type was developed from May 1915 onwards by engineer Eugène Brillié, paralleling British development of tanks the same year. Colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne in December 1915 began to urge for the formation of French armoured units, leading to an order in February 1916 for four hundred Schneider CA tanks, which were manufactured by SOMUA, a subsidiary of Schneider located in a suburb of Paris, between September 1916 and August 1918.

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Opel Olympia

Opel Olympia

LandDuitsland
TypeAuto
Productie1935–1970
GebouwdOnbewust

De Opel Olympia is a compact car produced by the German automaker Opel from 1935 to 1940, from 1947 to 1953 and again from 1967 to 1970. The 1935 Olympia was Germany’s first mass-produced car with an all-steel unitized body (monocoque). This revolutionary technology reduced the weight of the car by 180 kilograms (400 lb.) compared to its predecessor. Production of the unibody design required new production methods and materials. Spot welding, advanced types of steel, and a new production line layout were among the many advances introduced by the Olympia.

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Bartini Beriev VVA-14

Bartini Beriev VVA-14

LandSovjet-Unie
TypeAmfibische ASW-vliegtuigen
Eerste vlucht4 september 1972
Gebouwd2

De Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikaľno-Vzletayushchaya Amfibiya (verticaal opstijgend amfibisch vliegtuig) was een vleugel-in-grond-effect vliegtuig ontwikkeld in de Sovjet-Unie tijdens de vroege jaren 1970. Ontworpen om uit het water te kunnen opstijgen en met hoge snelheid over lange afstanden te kunnen vliegen, was het om echte vluchten op grote hoogte te maken, maar ook om efficiënt net boven het zeeoppervlak te vliegen, met behulp van aerodynamisch grondeffect. De VVA-14 werd ontworpen door de in Italië geboren ontwerper Robert Bartini als antwoord op een vermeende eis om Polaris-raketonderzeeërs van de Amerikaanse marine te vernietigen. Het laatste toestel werd in 1987 buiten gebruik gesteld.

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Lun-klasse ekranoplan

Lun-klasse ekranoplan

LandSovjet-Unie
RoleAanval/Transport grondeffect voertuig
In gebruik 1987-eind jaren 1990
Gebouwd2

De Lun-klasse ekranoplan (also called Project 903) is a ground effect vehicle (GEV) designed by Rostislav Alexeyev in 1975 and used by the Soviet and Russian navies from 1987 until sometime in the late 1990s. It flew using lift generated by the ground effect acting on its large wings when within about four metres (13 ft) above the surface of the water. Although they might look similar to traditional aircraft, ekranoplans like the Lun are not classified as aircraft, seaplanes, hovercraft, or hydrofoils. Rather, crafts like the Lun-class ekranoplan are classified as maritime ships by the International Maritime Organization due to their use of the ground effect, in which the craft glides just above the surface of the water.

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Korte Sunderland ML814

Short Sunderland

LandUk
RoleMilitaire vliegboot bommenwerper
Eerste vlucht16 oktober 1937
Gebouwd749

De Korte S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England. Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the Sunderland was developed specifically to conform to the requirements of British Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF). As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including machine gun turrets, bombs, aerial mines, and depth charges. The Sunderland was powered by four Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the Leigh searchlight, the ASV Mark II and ASV Mark III radar units, and an astrodome.

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Boeing X-32 (Prototype)

Boeing X-32

LandUsa
RoleDe demonstratievliegtuigen van het concept
Eerste vluchtdinsdag 18 september 2000
Gebouwd2

De Boeing X-32 is een concept demonstrator vliegtuig dat is ontworpen voor de Joint Strike Fighter competitie. Het verloor van de Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, die verder werd ontwikkeld tot de Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

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