Kalinin K-7 – early 1930s, this thing actually flew 7 times before a fatal crash and its cancellation.1yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Bernard 82. It had a range of 2800 kilometres (in 1933)! The retractable landing gear regularly failed; resulting in wheels-up landings. Only 2 built.1yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Bessemer Saloon Steamer - 1874, the self-trimming design of inventor and engineer Sir Henry Bessemer, which keeps the ship level even in rough seas.4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn
SR-71 Blackbird with its gear in neutral while two Jaguars doing their best to keep up. [1100x788]3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Brand new amphibious Be-200ES of Russian Navy flies over Gulf of Finland3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Diagram from of Section Boulevard Saint-Germain, from The City and its Networks, 18864yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn
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
Beriev Be-12 Chayka (Seagull) – first flew in 1960, production ended in 1973 and some are still serving2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Short Sperrin – a fall-back option in the case the more advanced designs (Victor, Valiant & Victor) didn't work out. 2 built.1yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Sukhoi Su-80 – designed in the late 80s, first flown in 2001 with American engines, only 8 built2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
RA-5 Vigilante refuels from an A3B Skywarrior high above its mobile airbase, USS Ranger, 1965 [1000x795]4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Chunky Grumman XF10F Jaguar. Test pilot described it as entertaining to fly because there was so much wrong with it. 1 built.3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Beardmore Inflexible – a Scottish built bomber with a wingspan of 157 ft (48 m)1yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
A Bristol XLRQ-1, the 'amphibious glider' — designed in 1942. Two built.3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
F-105, F-104s, Mirage III and Javelin of US, Dutch, German, Belgian, Canadian, French and British Air Forces [5514x3864]2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Lysander Delanne aka Westland Wendover. Mad attempt to turn Lysander into a turret fighter, which was a mad concept in its own right. 1 built.3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
From Soviet Russia with love [Tu-144 and Il-76 at Sheremetyevo international airport, Moscow, 1974 ]4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ 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
Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, 1944 – experimental high-speed bomber with two engines in the fuselage and pusher configuration3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Everybody loves Vulcan, but the beautifully weird Handley Page Victor deserves some loving too!2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Miles M.39B Libellula — designed to give the pilot the best view possible for landing on aircraft carriers3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Kamov Ka-90 high-speed jet helicopter. Unveiled in 2018. Designed as hybrid – flying like a helicopter for takeoff/landing and an aeroplane in cruise flight.2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Miles M.100 Student politely asked for consideration in 1953, but RAF went for Jet Provost instead3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Grumman AF Guardian — the largest single-engine piston-powered carrier aircraft ever to see service4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Avro 706 Ashton - development of Avro Tudor which was development of Avro Lancaster. Only 6 build.4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
This weird little guy is Doman LZ-5. First flight in 1953, only 3 built. Designed by Glidden Doman, a great innovator – look him up!1yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Rare cat! Grumman XF10F Jaguar — US NAVY swing wing jet which flew 32 test flights, but was later cancelled. 19523yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Saunders Roe Princess — the largest all-metal flying boat ever built. 10 (!) Proteus turboprops powered 4 double contra-rotating propellers and 2 single ones4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The 1970s — London's Brutalist cityscape. Illustration by Lukas Novotny (me)3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/brutalism
Skyway Delivery Spiral – Hilarious concept for cargo deliveries dropped from passing planes (enlarge to see the description)2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Delete the prop and add two mini turbo-jet engines and you get Miles Sparrowjet (one-off conversion of the 1930s Miles Sparrowhawk)3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Mig-21 made into a STOL jet! The combat radius had to be ridiculously small. 19664yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
It's all kicking off at Tower Hamlets! Inspired, I asked my landlord about temporarily lowering my rent or at least deferring part of it - you can guess his answer. Was anyone more successful?4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/london
YA-9A in 1972 - the unsuccessful candidate for A-10's job; some say it was also inspiration behind Su-25 (I doubt it)4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Winged Bristol 173 Srs.2 helicopter tested by British European Airways for possible use as a passenger carrier3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
French Giant SNCAC NC.3021 from 1946. Powered by the troublesome pair of DB 605 V-12 inverted, water-cooled engines geared together onto a single propeller shaft - same as He-177 Greif. Had the same issues of overheating etc.4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
B-45 Tornado, the first American operational jet bomber to enter service, only 143 built2yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20 — the first four-engine, all-metal stressed skin airliner built (1920)3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Canadian Starfighter with his ugly step-brother CL-41R — (F-104 radar and avionics welded onto a CT-114 Tutor trainer)3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Convair Model 48 who lost to OV-10 Bronco. The outer trailing-edge flaps doubled as ailerons, which were supplemented by spoilers at low speed. 1964.3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Sukhoi S-21 bizjet designed in cooperation with Gulfstream, canceled in 1990s4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The jewels of the Soviet aviation industry – Tu-144, Tu-134A and Mi-12 (1971)3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Avro Canada Project Y (1953) – the scalloped nozzles on the edge direct the jet thrust rearward3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Experimental Antonov on an air cushion AH-14SH. Cruising speed? 165 km/h.4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Illustration of the mad vertically stacked cinema in Brooklyn Heights from 2000. Both cinema and B&N shut down. Now there's a talk about turning it into a mall..?6mo ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/Brooklyn
Cycling around the City at night, my hands were freezing, but look at this .. Blade Runner? Or Watch Dogs Legion?3yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/london
4 Weird Wings aka Curtiss-Bleecker SX-5-1 heli from the late 20s — a central mounted engine powered propellers mounted on each rotor blade4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Crescent House (1962) of the Golden Lane Estate with the Barbican in the background4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/brutalism
Blackburn B.88 prototype (only 1 built) - from British Secret Projects Jet Bombers by T. Buttler4yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The Old London Bridge (in 1967 it was sold and reassembled in Arizona desert)5yr ⋅ bilaskoda ⋅ r/london
