The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
Hidden in a Moscow air museum, the Soviet VVA-14 is one of the weirdest aircraft ever built! Designed to hover, take off vertically, and harness ground effect, it was supposed to be the ultimate multi ...
As the aviation industry in the 1950s and 1960s embraced supersonic speeds, defined avionics theory, and toyed with eccentric airframe designs, the A-7 Corsair II stood out as a peculiarly fascinating ...
It never happened, but here's what it would've looked like. YouTube channel "Hazegrayart" has created more than 100 beautifully-rendered videos imagining the launch or operation of some of the ...
Then things get really weird. The one-to-two-seat cabin, which is mostly isolated from the "bodywork" of the car, rotates 90 degrees sideways, and then stays level on a gimbal type system as the ...