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History's unique aircraft

History's Unique AircraftThe U.S. Navy’s Unconventional ‘Flying Pancake’ Fighter

Vought V-173 prototype’s 427 square feet of wing area gave it the capability of taking off nearly vertically with typical wind over a ship’s deck.

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AircraftThat Time When WACO Designers Went a Little CrazyJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Hughes XF-11, a Behemoth That Never Made It Out of TestingJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Bold, Bulbous Douglas Cloudster IIJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftCessna 407: Full Steam Ahead, Right Up Until the EndJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftCessna’s O-2TT Was Designed for Forward Air Control MissionsJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Fizzled-Out Promise of the Lockheed ‘Flatbed’Jason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftSmaller, Lighter Cessna 327 ‘Mini Skymaster’Jason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Unconventional, 440-Pound Aerosport RailJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe High Speed, Low Drag Northrop X-21Jason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftDayton Wright’s Race To Build a Time MachineJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftHow NASA’s Unconventional Bell X-14 Almost Landed in the ScrapyardJason McDowell

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