A prototype battery-powered plane, called Greased Lightning or GL-10 is pictured flying at NASA's Langley Research Center in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters May 1, 2015. The plane, which has 10 engines and can take off like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft.4yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Focke-Wulf F 19 Ente second and last example in flight in the early 1930s3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Ball Bartoe JW-1 Jetwing, a taildragger jet with a maximum speed of 350 knots and a stall speed of 35 knots thanks to a bleed air system and a secondary airfoil.4yr ⋅ tocococa ⋅ r/WeirdWings
From Soviet Russia with love [Tu-144 and Il-76 at Sheremetyevo international airport, Moscow, 1974 ]4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
not completely weird but during WW2 the royal navy used Cargo Fighter catapult ships that launched disposable fighters that launched when enemy aircraft where spotted, engaged the enemy then expected to ditch the aircraft in usually Arctic conditions then be rescued from the sea1yr ⋅ usefulrustychain ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Prototype Concordes 001 and 002 were fitted with a very different nose layout to the production airframes, notably with a full metal visor which had only two small windows4yr ⋅ Rentokill_boy ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Fairey Battle engine test bed. Being used to test the Fairey Monarch H24 engine that had 2 crankshafts each one running a propellor. Half the engine could be shut down in flight.2yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WeirdWings
In case you thought B&V were the only ones making hilariously asymmetrical concept designs to troll us from beyond the realms of time... The Northrop Nuclear-Powered Flying Wing4yr ⋅ huffsturbo ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Vietnamese Thang Long 1000 ekranoplan. Not much is known about this aircraft except that it never passed trial phase due to its high instability4yr ⋅ dat_commie ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Vickers Wellesley long range bomber at Hal Far in Malta prior to a record-breaking non-stop flight from Egypt to Australia in November 19382yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
I see these so often this time of year that I forget just how weird (and awesome!) they are.2yr ⋅ pdp_8 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Two small Range Safety System antennas are located just behind the engine inlets of NASA's NF-15B research aircraft as it banks away from the chase plane. Taken on 26 February 2007 by Lori Losey/NASA.1yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
RAF WC-130K Snoopy utilized by the UK Meteorological Office from 1972 to 20013yr ⋅ RojoFern ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Hawaii Mars I – JRM-1 BuNo 76819 first flown on 21 July 1945 and delivered to the United States Navy. It sank on 5 August 1945 in the Chesapeake Bay and was disposed as scrap. 1 of 7 Martin JRM Mars planes built.3yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Waco Aristocraft. A light aircraft with an unusual front-engined pusher prop layout. (Ca. 1947)4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Sukhoi su-5, used a piston engine to drive both a forward facing propella as well as a compressor for a jet engine.4yr ⋅ Sgt_Almond ⋅ r/WeirdWings
J2F-6 Duck: A biplane amphibian used by the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard for missions that included scouting, armed photo-reconnaissance, and search-and-rescue. Full article in the comments!3yr ⋅ PaxMuseum ⋅ r/WeirdWings
QT-2PC Prize Crew, an oddly named and oddly shaped near-silent aircraft equipped with combat sensors for “evaluation” in the Vietnam theatre.4yr ⋅ -pilot37- ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Saunders-Roe P.192 Queen, because the Princess wasn't enough. 24 Rolls-Royce engines, 5 decks, 1000 passengers. Basically a cruise ship with wings.4yr ⋅ atomic_sasquatch ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Fairey Delta 2 - A Droopy-Nosed Supersonic Aircraft, and the Last Built Independently by Fairey.4yr ⋅ beneaththeradar ⋅ r/WeirdWings
de Havilland DH.88 Comet a 1930's racer. Of 5 built only G-ACSS Grosvenor House is airworthy with CS-AAJ Salazarg undergoing restoration. photo taken June 2, 2019 by Bernie C4yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Stratolaunch, the largest airplane in history (by wingspan), flew for the first time this morning. Two fuselages with six 747 engines, designed to carry rockets suspended underneath the center wing spar.5yr ⋅ stratohornet ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Jugoslovenski Aerotransport Yugoslav Airlines Aerion Supersonic AS2 supersonic business jet Livery concept2yr ⋅ NebojsaDeLuka ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Bell XFL-1 Airabonita: prototype for a carrier-based fighter based on the Bell P-39 Aircobra1yr ⋅ leaningtoweravenger ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The forgotten Douglas DC-5. Only 12 examples were built with none surviving.4yr ⋅ supper_is_ready ⋅ r/WeirdWings
1946 Fokker F.26 jet airliner concept powered by two RR Nene engines. It would make a good runway hoover.3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Tupolev ANT-6A modified for Arctic operations with Aviaarktika in the 1930s3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Early model Cessna 150 with a 150 hp Rotec R3600 radial engine conversion. Project not completed, last seen on South Island, New Zealand.1yr ⋅ -pilot37- ⋅ r/WeirdWings
YF-12: An A-12 armed with missiles. It is the largest and fastest interceptor ever built. It was also one of many aircrafts proposed as a replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart.4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Dassault Falcon 50 Suzanne, modified for the Iraki army and equiped with a Mirage F1 radar and 2 EXOCET missiles.1yr ⋅ lndianJoe ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Bellanca 28-92 trimotor racing aircraft at Floyd Bennet Field, NY, 1937.2yr ⋅ curvaton ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Nazi German FW 189, designed by Kurt Tank it first flew in 1938 and was used as a recon plane from 1941 through 1945. Night fighter and light bomber versions were also made. 864 built in total.3yr ⋅ False-God ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Heinkel He 280 prototype that could have become the first operational jet fighter but lost out to the Me 2622yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Japanese B-29 bamboo decoy, covered with netting and vegetation as if disguising a real B-294yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Spotted on Vault of the Atomic Space Age group on Facebook. ID not provided.2yr ⋅ Mountainpilot ⋅ r/WeirdWings
An early Space Shuttle proposal from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center3yr ⋅ Marc_Sasaki ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Aerosport Rail. It doesn’t look very safe, but at least it has a back rest. (1970)3yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
An air-to-air right underside view of the F-16XL Fighting Falcon prototype aircraft dropping several bombs while on a demonstration flight during the Farnborough Air Show. The aircraft is also armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the undercarriage.2yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Williams X-Jet. This final attempt at Jetsons-style travel actually worked but top brass decided that a boring helicopter was more efficient. It did however end up in Metal Gear Solid 34yr ⋅ skyersjet ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Canadair CL-84 Dynavert tilt wing tested with a General Electric SUU 11A/A 7.62mm Minigun pod3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Not necessarily a weird wing, but an F-104 cooking at Mach 1.28 at 30 feet altitude to set the low-altitude speed record3yr ⋅ pnvv ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Artist's concept of the Interstate XBDR-1 jet-powered assault drone in flight.A design for an assault drone - an early television-guided missile - powered by two jet engines, that was designed by the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation during the latter stages of the Second World War.3yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Blackburn Beverley. A slightly odd name for a slightly odd plane.2yr ⋅ HunterEggThompson ⋅ r/WeirdWings
AH-64E Block 2 Compound. A recent Apache development that bears a slight resemblance to the AH-56 Cheyenne. (Ca. 2018)3yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Bleriot XI, plane used to cross the English Channel for the first time in 1909 by Louis Bleriot3yr ⋅ waterisaliquid93 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Boeing JB-52E Testing a General Electric TF-39 Turbofan engine (Engine later used by the C-5 Galaxy)2yr ⋅ Evanflow39 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, 1944 – experimental high-speed bomber with two engines in the fuselage and pusher configuration3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Ilyushin Il-62 I saw on r/northkoreapics, thought y’all might like it2yr ⋅ mercurythermometer ⋅ r/WeirdWings
46 Squadron Gloster Javelin FAW.1 all-weather interceptors in flight in July 19561yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Heinkel He-119, a pair of coupled DB601 V12 engines behind the cockpit, crew sat either side of the drive shaft. 3rd prototype on floats.3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Indian Navy Chetak (licenced Aerospatiale Alouette III) decorated as a fish for a parade in 19703yr ⋅ thebedla ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Black Knight Transformer. A proof-of-concept prototype for a modern day flying jeep. (Ca. 2017)4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Beriev Be-2500 Neptun concept model, a modern ekranoplan design by the Russian PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company1yr ⋅ Plupsnup ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Short S.35 I Shetland. December 1944. Two built, S.35 I burnt up in a tally fire, S.35 II was sold for scrap after no orders for the aircraft materialized.2yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Hawker Tornado third prototype HG641 powered by a Bristol Centaurus radial1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
LWF Model H Owl biplane. Designed to fly mail from NYC to Chicago, after the Post Office lost interest it was purchased by the US Army and converted into a bomber.3yr ⋅ Watchung ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Yak-38U. A two-seat trainer variant of the Russian VTOL fighter with a permanent droop snoot. (Ca. 1978)4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Seeing as you all liked the Leduc 0.21, here's the 0.22 in flight.4yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WeirdWings
A YS-3A probably flying over southern California or Nevada during an early test flight probably in 1972. The airframe is (BuNo 157992), which first flew on 21 January 1972. Source: USN/Haqpyfeet.3yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 front view. Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 was an Italian heavy fighter/bomber of World War II based on the Savoia-Marchetti SM.88. The SM.92 did away with the mid-wing crew nacelle. The crew of two sat in the left fuselage only. Two DB 605 engines were fitted.2yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The SAn-8SKh Feodor Chaliapin, a Russian agricultural aircraft built by Serguey Andreyev. Numerous parts taken from a Yak-52. Powered by an 84 hp Suzuki engine. Yes, it flew2yr ⋅ -pilot37- ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Stratovision, a 1949 airborne television system using B-29s flying at high altitudes. Fourteen aircraft would’ve provided coverage for 78% of the United States population. The program was never fully implemented, although it saw limited domestic use.5yr ⋅ stratohornet ⋅ r/WeirdWings
SAAB Sk 60C (C/N 60004), reconnaissance version of the SAAB Sk 60 with extended camera nose. 1 prototype built new and 29 conversions from Sk 60A made.3yr ⋅ N11Ordo ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Blohm & Voss Ha 139 was a German all-metal inverted gull wing floatplane. With its four engines it was at the time one of the largest float-equipped seaplanes that had been built.Further development of the Ha 139 led to the land-based version Blohm & Voss BV 142 .3yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Hawker Tempest V Prototype, HM595, made its maiden flight today, 80 years ago. 2nd of September 1942 from Langley, Berkshire1yr ⋅ MxTroy03 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The MIG-25 Business Jet conversion project, the Ye-155. Prototyped in 1963, Cancelled in 1965.3yr ⋅ jgffw ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Hughes XH-17 was built in 1952 and still holds the world record for a helicopter with the largest rotor system. It was deemed too bulky and inefficient and only one was built, it was scrapped in 1955 [1100x794]3yr ⋅ Borrowed7time ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Usually don't think of a Swiss Air force but here we are. The EKW C-36 was used to fight off trespassing aircraft to defend Swiss neutrality. First flown in 1935 and retired in 1987. 175 built by theEidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette company.1yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The choinkin Airbus Beluga XL, with their other production aircraft for scale5yr ⋅ yiweitech ⋅ r/WeirdWings
North American F-107A. Competing in a competition for a nuclear infiltration bomber for the USAF, the F-105 won instead. I really think this would have been a good fighter bomber to replace the F-100 however.2yr ⋅ Intelligent_League_1 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Test flight of an ornithopter (aircraft that flies by flapping its wings)3yr ⋅ mrcanard ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Friedrichshafen FF.60 four-engined triplane floatplane in 19181yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Dornier Do X2 built for Italy powered by 12 x Fiat A-22R V12 water-cooled engines2yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Junkers Ju-187/287 dive bomber designed to replace the outdated Stukas already in service, also had a tailfin that folded downward so the rear gunner could shoot his heart away without worrying about shooting his own tail off4yr ⋅ ssenmodnar_0 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Kamov Ka-22. An experimental heavy lift aircraft that had the capacity of the Antonov An-12. (Ca. 1959)4yr ⋅ NinetiethPercentile ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Airtractor Firebomber - AT-802F Fire Boss, first time I've seen it with floats. Saab operates to of these birds.3yr ⋅ haze4330 ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Pipistrel Taurus, winner of the $1+ million Green Flight Challenge2yr ⋅ dothebubbahotep ⋅ r/WeirdWings
