Howard 250 Executive Transport, based on the Lockheed L-18 Lodestar2yr ⋅ BrewCityChaser ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Kawasaki C-1 Asuka QSTOL (Quiet STOL) testbed. Flew for a few years and is now on display in the Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum1yr ⋅ insomnimax_99 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
In honor of Virgin Galactic's flight this morning in a truly weird pair of wings.2yr ⋅ SuperMcG ⋅ r/WeirdWings
A 1980 NASA concept of a flatbed cargo airplane based (loosely) on the Lockheed C-5A.1yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Star-Raker - Rockwell International's 1979 proposal for a 310 ft (94.5 m) long single stage to orbit spaceplane3yr ⋅ Marc_Sasaki ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Fairey Gannet, seems oversized in all the wrong areas, but look at the double fold wings!5yr ⋅ Kid_Vid ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Clear re-upload of the SU-22, a swing-wing aircraft developed from the SU-7B3yr ⋅ LeRougeBaron06F ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed flying alongside an NKC-135 Big Crow1yr ⋅ Thinking4Ai ⋅ r/WeirdWings
had an encounter with one of two existing xf-85 goblin, an experimental parasite fighter (SAC museum)2yr ⋅ littleloomex ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning prototype in flight seen from above3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
An-72P: Patrol / gunship version of Ukrainian transport plane with podded GSh-23L cannon [1200x813]2yr ⋅ LPKKiller ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Republic XF-12 Rainbow reconnaissance aircraft prototype in flight1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Can't believe no-one has posted this yet. These are original manufacturer drawings for the Airspeed AS.31, a project for a fighter with 8 .303 machine guns, and the weirdest cockpit I've ever seen. As it was a taildragger, landing view presumably didn't exist.4yr ⋅ yeegus ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The CL 242 was an f-104 with glider wings it eventually evolved into the U-23yr ⋅ Primarch459 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Dornier Do 335A-12 two-seat trainer captured by US forces at Oberpfaffenhofen in May 194511mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Aerocon Dash 1.6 Wingship was an American proposal for a 173m long, 1.4k tonne Ground-Effect Vehicle for use as both civilian and military applications. the program was cancelled in 1994 by DARPA due to it being as too high of a risk at sea2yr ⋅ Plupsnup ⋅ r/WeirdWings
One of the weirdest planes ever built, Ottone Baggio's Aerogallo (literally, Air Rooster)3yr ⋅ Leone_0 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Hawker Siddeley V/STOL airliner HS 141, powered by two RR RB20 thrust engines and supplemented with sixteen RR RB202 'lift' engines2yr ⋅ kraven420 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
SEPECAT Jaguar with over-wing pylons for short range Sidewinder air-to-air missiles2yr ⋅ VodkaProof ⋅ r/WeirdWings
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter fails to hook up with mother on August 23rd 19483yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Australian Transavia PL-12 Airtruk agricultural aircraft at work spraying crops in 19681yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Ryan FR-1 Fireball mixed power fighter flying on jet power alone with its prop feathered3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
There are some visually unpleasant aircraft in WW2, but the Fairey Battle conversions into trainers with 2 cockpits stand out for me.2yr ⋅ samuelschneids ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Swoose (no, not the Swoose Goose): The oldest B-17 still intact and the only one with a Shark Fin rudder.1yr ⋅ dothebubbahotep ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Macchi M.C.99 was a prototype 1930s Italian twin-engined torpedo-bomber flying boat designed and built by Macchi. Just one built but not ordered into production. Photo taken at the II Salone Internazionale Aeronautico di Milano, October 193711mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Found this bad boy randomly north of LA, does anyone have any info on it?3yr ⋅ hyrazac ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The only Boeing 707-700, a proposed CFM56 707-320C retrofit. The program was binned due to fears of it threatening the 757 and 767, but would be eventually repurposed for the KC-135 program.1yr ⋅ Padgriffin ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly, a prototype ground attack aircraft. Main armament: One M6 75mm cannon. First flying in May 1944, changing priorities led to the project's cancellation.11mo ⋅ 124876720 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced in 1929. Only 3 were built.1yr ⋅ Aeromarine_eng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Lloyd 40.051 or why no one remembers the Austro-Hungarian aircraft industry7mo ⋅ 13curseyoukhan ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Two airplanes with 3 radials and 2 jets between them - Yak-110 and Jet Waco1yr ⋅ Viper111 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Lockheed A-12 (SR 71 Blackbird predecessor) wind-tunnel test models at NASA Langley, showing an interesting canard configuration as well as the more familiar configuration that was ultimately used. NASA1yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Blohm & Voss BV144 – to maintain fuselage level during take-off there were electro-mechanical device that rotated the wing by its main spar, up to 9°1yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
XA-26B-DE 41-19588, the first prototype A-26B. Very interesting cannon setup there.1yr ⋅ P-63_43-11722 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
In June of 1982, a BV 107-II participated in tests on Alaska’s North Slope to tow increasingly heavier loads across water, ice, and snow. Each and every test run was a complete success.4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Cornelius XFG-1, A fuel transport glider with a forward swept wing (1944)1yr ⋅ TheTexanKiwi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Seen in Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1985-86. The Helitruck, basically an airplane blimp mess. Was supposed to have tilt roters. Very little information exists1yr ⋅ Kroll_of_Dehetenland ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Convair XFY-1 Pogo prototype transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and makes a high speed pass3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
La-9RD a soviet propeller fighter made faster by the addition of 2 surplus V-1 buzzbomb engines1yr ⋅ usefulrustychain ⋅ r/WeirdWings
IA 36 Condor. A proposed Argentine airliner with five jet engines in the rear. (Ca. 1950s)11mo ⋅ MarionberryGreen6784 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Talbert P-1 Explorer - Allegedly the first aircraft created for the sole purpose of aerial photography.3yr ⋅ mud_tug ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The thrust-vectoring, F/A-18 stabilator canarded, unabashedly patriotic F-15B ACTIVE -- 1997 & 2009 NASA photos (more in comments)3yr ⋅ Marc_Sasaki ⋅ r/WeirdWings
to celebrate the Douglas A-1 skyraider line having dropped its six millionth pound of ordnance Clarence J. Stoddard of VA-25, flying an A-1H, dropped a special, one-time-only object in addition to his other munitions – a toilet1yr ⋅ usefulrustychain ⋅ r/WeirdWings
First flight of the only Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney built in July 19303yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Spy basket of LZ 19, the seventh airship built for the German army in 1913. It was lowered up to a mile under the airship below the clouds. The occupant phoned in when to drop bombs2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Short Singapore III British Interwar biplane four-engined flying boat1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Not sure if this is appropriate the sub, but does anybody have more info on this and if it's real?4yr ⋅ StephenHawkings_Legs ⋅ r/WeirdWings
UH-1B tested with a massive M-139 20mm cannon on a pintle mount4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
1916 Gotha WD.10 floatplane fighter prototype with retractable floats designed by Oskar Ursinus1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Junkers EF050 (1940/1941) probably one of the most mysterious german prototype. All that survived is a photo of model tested in aerodynamic tunnel10mo ⋅ WorriedAmoeba2 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Behold the Fairey Gannet. How much weird can you put in one operational plane?4yr ⋅ mks113 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawks with undercarriage replaced with an external fuel tank drop from the flying aircraft carrier USS Macon3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Troikaschlepp arrangement to get the Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant cargo glider airborne3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Rose Mach Buster, an attempt to make the first supersonic propeller aircraft.11mo ⋅ Massive-General-4749 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Bill Suitor demoing a Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt -- credited as the oldest known type of jet pack1yr ⋅ Giantsgiants ⋅ r/WeirdWings
I present you, the one and only: TU 123, the Soviet reconnaissance drone of the 60's that used the mig 25 engine4yr ⋅ FlxDrv ⋅ r/WeirdWings
2 X-37B under construction or dismantaling as seen at airforce plant 42 on google earth1yr ⋅ usefulrustychain ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Short S.40 Shetland II flying boat prototype DX171 takes to the air in September 19473yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The XF8U-3 Crusader III, competitor to the F-4 Phantom II. It would have been the world's fastest jet aircraft in service. NASA pilots would routinely intercept and embarrass Navy F-4's in mock dogfights leading to the Navy calling NASA ordering them to stop.2yr ⋅ _Wyatt_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
RAF Mustang II (P-51A) fitted with streamlined auxiliary underwing fuel tanks in 19431yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Mock-up of Chinese Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina. Links to the location and more information are in the comments. [3140x1890]6mo ⋅ Geog_Master ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Mock-up of the Mil Mi-28 Havoc, which first flew on 10th November 1982, 40 years ago today1yr ⋅ 124876720 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
NASA / Lockheed Martin X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) test aircraft. Being tested over communities to see how the “thump” is perceived with quiet supersonic flight.1yr ⋅ EngineeringNo7659 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
At Lindbergh's request, the fuel tanks were placed in front of the pilot along with the oil tank, thus acting like an (ironic) firewall to protect the pilot from being crushed in the event of a crash. This meant there could be no front windshield.1yr ⋅ fearyaks ⋅ r/WeirdWings
I think paintjobs are borderline for this sub; more-so unofficial ones, but I'll chance it with the mods. What used to happen in the US Navy when a plane accidentaly landed on the wrong carrier.4yr ⋅ Madeline_Basset ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Convair YB-60 strategic bomber prototype that failed to compete with the Boeing B-521yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
BJJR Bulldog; An autogyro with a retro style. The forward curving rotor mast is also the vertical stabilizer. (Ca. 2015)4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Look, which pretty birdy I saw in Belarus, Minsk 🙂 This is Narushevich Ring Wing, who lives in Aviation museum there 🙂3yr ⋅ only_to_fly ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Savoia-Marchetti S.55 had three engines, two for propulsion and one Garelli motorcycle engine to drive the oil distribution1yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
While we are talking about the 2707 in the other thread, here is the full size mockup that Boeing built of it.1yr ⋅ Evercrimson ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Heinkel He 219 Uhu night fighter that was the first operational aircraft to fly with ejector seats1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Republic XF-12 Rainbow. First flight was 4 February 1946. Although innovative, the jet engine and the end of World War 2 made it obsolete. Two built.2yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Specification ER.134D called on manufacturers to produce an experimental air vehicle that could maintain a speed of Mach 2.75 for long periods of time. If constructed, it would be the fastest airplane in the world after the North American X-15 space plane.1yr ⋅ NelsonStearman ⋅ r/WeirdWings
I was looking through used military aircraft and I found something I didn't know existed.4yr ⋅ listerbmx ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Test launch of the Bachem Ba 349 Natter point-defense rocket interceptor1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
A-37 Dragonfly (aka Super Tweet) twin seat, light attack fighter developed by Cessna3yr ⋅ ajconst2 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Alexeyev SM-1, essentially a real-life Star Wars speeder, and great-great-great-great-grandfather of the Caspian Sea Monster KM. Hit speeds of up to 270 kph over ice plains, snow, and water. Flew about 4 feet above the ground. Weirdest twin-tail you’ll ever see. (1961)4yr ⋅ -pilot37- ⋅ r/WeirdWings
American soldiers take a Bachem Ba 349 Natters and rocket engine parts into custody. Austria, May 1945 [1236X1500]5mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Learning from their mistakes, the next iteration of the lifting body, the M2-F3, was constructed so that a repeat of Peterson’s close-call could never happen again.1yr ⋅ UpvoteBeast ⋅ r/WeirdWings
In the 80s, you couldn't get a Hind for your movie. You could get a SA-330 Puma with wings, though. Here is the star of Red Dawn and Rambo III.4yr ⋅ HughJorgens ⋅ r/WeirdWings
