The name Radioplane will forever be associated with Reginald Denny (1891-1967). Born Reginald Leigh Dugmore in Richmond, Surrey, England, Denny served with the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and after the war emigrated to the United States to seek his fortunes in Hollywood as an actor. Denny had made a name for himself and became a well-known actor in silent films. With the advent of talkies in the 1930s, he became a character actor, and between acting jobs, he... Read more ..read more

The name Radioplane will forever be associated with Reginald Denny (1891-1967). Born Reginald Leigh Dugmore in Richmond, Surrey, England, Denny served with the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and after the war emigrated to the United States to seek his fortunes in Hollywood as an actor. Denny had made a name for himself and became a well-known actor in silent films. With the... Read more ..read more

Hi, this is a question for the real 8) F-108/WS-202A experts. My research in the less-known corners of U.S. aircraft nomenclature space turned up two pages (attached) about the request for allocation, and subsequent rejection, of the "XQ-11" designation to something called "F-108 Airborne Target". Unfortunately, while I have a few sources which say a bit about the development of the F-108 Weapons System (WS-202A) and its components, none of them mentions any associated "Airborne... Read more ..read more

Apparently there was an intermeshing-rotor helicopter designed by Otto Reder in 1943. Does anyone know more about it? http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/t48686235/otto-reder-helicopter ..read more

Anyone have any estimates on what moving to Poseidon would have cost compared to developing Chevaline and continuing to support Polaris by ourselves ..read more

Just a thought that occurred. The German Armed Forces have been massively downsized since the end of the Cold War. Assuming a decision were taken to re-arm to meet current threats what projects would be back on the table? Or what stuff would you like to see ..read more

I am looking for images of the Oriflamme and Radiance French space launcher projects. There are short descriptions at http://www.astronautix.com/lvfam/winged.htm , but no pics. Obviously also any other further info would be appreciated ..read more

This book was published last year by my friend Gérard Bousquet. It contains detailed history of all Loire planes, including prototypes and various unbuilt projects ..read more

Veteran PC Game 'Sopwith' Celebrates 40th Anniversary - Slashdot Longtime Slashdot reader sfraggle writes: Biplane shoot-'em up, Sopwith, is celebrating 40 years today since its first release back in 1984. The game is one of the oldest PC games still in active development today, originating as an MS-DOS game for the original IBM PC. The 40th anniversary site... games.slashdot.org ..read more

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