The Blaster was a South African self-defense flamethrower to deter would be carjackers. (1998)

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Guinness recognizes this as the world’s biggest iron. (28mm Remington 1859)

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Tetsuo Harano Tunnels, Kane’ohe, Hawai’i. Planned in the 1960s, completed in 1997.

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Smalltoe. The world’s smallest rideable motorcycle.

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NIVA XM1970. An assault rifle combined with a recoilless rifle.

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Falcon 20 afterburner engine testbed. The first and only time a business jet was equipped with an afterburner. (Ca. 1988)

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The fuselage of a Polish An-2 joined to the chassis of a KrAZ-255. There is no reason for this and it doesn’t need one. The wooden propeller was a nice touch, too.

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1981 Volvo Itera Plastic Bicycle. A terribly heavy and fragile bike made mostly of injection molded polyurethane.

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A homebuilt airplane with the propeller mounted on a ball joint mechanism that was synchronized to the movements of the tail assembly (~1942)

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Calico shotgun seen at the 2012 SHOT Show.

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The SPAS-70. A spherical airship with an internal cockpit. (Ca. 2002)

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M-25 (T115E1) lever action rocket launcher based on the Super Bazooka.

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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.

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Sin City Hustler. The world’s longest monster truck.

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Camel Buses were two bus frames welded together hauled by a semi. With a capacity of 300 passengers, they were hotbeds for crime and adultery.

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Impulsoria was a locomotive with four horsepower built in 1850.

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1992 GM Ultralite low emission carbon composite concept car.

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BJJR Bulldog; An autogyro with a retro style. The forward curving rotor mast is also the vertical stabilizer. (Ca. 2015)

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Before creating the KSG, George Kellgren designed the GSG-41 to be a high capacity pump-action bullpup shotgun.

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1992 Citroen Citela. An electric city car with a modular cabin if you feel like driving a ute instead of a coupe.

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Lancejet: A spear-shooting Gyrojet designed for use underwater.

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AGI 3x40. A triple-barreled rocket launcher from Romania.

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1955 Dornier Delta. Two-door (more like two-hatch) microcar with back-to-back seating for four.

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IA 36 Condor. A proposed Argentine airliner with five jet engines in the rear. (Ca. 1950s)

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VS-07. Lockheed’s cancelled next generation bomber concept. (Ca. 2006)

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B-25 with two rocket launchers replacing the 75mm gun and a third rocket launcher underneath.

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Philip 1873 three cylinder revolver.

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Rohr 2-175 Fan Jet. A ducted fan delta wing aircraft built by an obscure little company to challenge all of Wichita in the light aircraft market. (Ca. 1974)

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Anequim. A Brazilian university’s engineering project that broke five world records to become the world’s fastest four-cylinder airplane. (Ca. 2015)

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A normal 747, except its engines are joined together, it has fake drop tanks, and it doesn’t fly anymore.

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Enfield Arms TC-10. A delayed blowback semi-automatic Australian pistol.

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Iranian Tu-154M with an F-5 cockpit on the tail assembly to test ejection seats.

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1957 Inter 175A Berline

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V-Jet II. An aircraft designed and built by Scaled Composites as an engine testbed for a single specific engine. (Ca. 1997)

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XF-91 Thunderceptor. The only aircraft ever built with inverse tapered wings. The second prototype was given a V-tail for extra weirdness. (Ca. 1951)

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B-54A Ultrafortress. A variant of the Superfortress that developed into its own aircraft and equipped with even more remote controlled turrets than it’s predecessor. (Ca. 1947)

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Waco Aristocraft. A light aircraft with an unusual front-engined pusher prop layout. (Ca. 1947)

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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.

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Aerosport Rail. It doesn’t look very safe, but at least it has a back rest. (1970)

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AH-64E Block 2 Compound. A recent Apache development that bears a slight resemblance to the AH-56 Cheyenne. (Ca. 2018)

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Liberator12k ZZ6-12. A partially 3D printed pump-action revolver shotgun.

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Black Knight Transformer. A proof-of-concept prototype for a modern day flying jeep. (Ca. 2017)

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Yak-38U. A two-seat trainer variant of the Russian VTOL fighter with a permanent droop snoot. (Ca. 1978)

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Kamov Ka-22. An experimental heavy lift aircraft that had the capacity of the Antonov An-12. (Ca. 1959)

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PJ-II Dreamer. A pusher prop kit plane powered by a Corvette Z06 V8. (Ca. 2015)

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MX-1964: The Pre-Hustler. (Ca. 1953)

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XNBL-1. An experimental strategic bomber that was one of the first bombers to have a bomb bay. It was the largest American aircraft at the time. (Ca. 1923)

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1951 Hoffmann. It has rear wheel drive, but also rear wheel steering. And that’s just two things that makes this vehicle terrible. More details in comments.

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Boeing 767-611. The initial thin-waisted Mach 0.98 capable design that evolved into the 767 we know today. (Ca. 1972)

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Tu-2Sh “Fire Hedgehog”. An experimental ground attack Tu-2 with 88 PPSh-41 affixed to the bomb bay. (Ca. 1944)

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Rutan SkiGull. This is what happens when Burt Rutan designs a seaplane. (Ca. 2015)

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CX-2. An agricultural plane built from the fuselage of an Mi-2, wings from an L-410, the engines from two Yak-18T, and the tail of an An-2. Designed by a retired Russian fighter pilot. (Ca. 1991)

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Miles M.52; A British experimental aircraft that could have been the first piloted aircraft to break the sound barrier had it not been cancelled before the prototype could be completed. (1943-1946)

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Hiller Ten99. The helicopter that was turned down in favor of the UH-1 Huey. (Ca. 1961)

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June 18, 1914: Lawrence Sperry successfully demonstrates the world’s first autopilot system. He took his hands off the controls of his Curtiss C-2 while his passenger walked out onto the right wing before he got out himself and walking onto the left wing.

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Predator 480. A forgotten experimental crop duster prototype designed by Burt Rutan. (Ca. 1984)

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Plane Driven PD-1; A street legal Glasair Sportsman. It’s powered landing gear shift rearwards for more stability while driving and the turn signals are in the wingtips.

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SPAD S.XII. A French biplane fighter from 1917. Pretty normal, but there’s a hole in the middle of its rotor hub that is actually the muzzle of a 37mm cannon.

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FlyNano Nano. A Finnish electric single seat seaplane featuring closed wings that don’t have flaps. (Ca. 2012)

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Dolmette. A motorcycle powered by 24 Dolmar chainsaw motors. 1,896cc capacity, 130Nm of torque, 170hp in total, and each motor has to be pull started individually.

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Phillips Multiplane II. This thing with 200 wings became the first powered aircraft in Great Britain to achieve flight. (Ca. 1907)

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NATF-22. A planned swing-wing variant of the F-22 for the US Navy. (Ca. 1988-92)

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Arado Ar 231. A foldable submarine-launched floatplane with one wing built higher than the other. (Ca. 1941)

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WSH-500. A twin-hulled ground effect vehicle intended to be the world’s fastest commercial water vessel. (Ca. 2013)

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F.120 Jabiru. A French sesquiplane airliner that just might be the ugliest aircraft ever made. (Ca. 1925)

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Ric-Jet 4. Some kind of homebuilt ducted fan aircraft powered by the engine of a Mazda RX-2. (Ca. 1975)

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Beecraft Wee Bee. It was designed to be as small and light as possible, so they didn’t give it a cockpit. (Ca. 1948)

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The largest parafoil parachute ever flown had a span of 43.6 m. (143 ft.) and a surface area of 700 sq. m. (7,500 sq. ft.), nearly one and a half times the size of the wings of a Boeing 747. It was deployed from the NASA X-38 on its 7th free flight. (Ca. 2001)

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Spicy Ramen

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The wings of an airplane, the rotor of a helicopter, the air cushion of a hovercraft, and the helium lift of an airship. This was the Bella-1. (Ca. 1989)

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This model is not of a normal MiG-25. There was a plan during the Cold War for the Foxbat interceptor to become the world’s first supersonic bizjet. (Ca. 1963)

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Spratt Controlwing 107. A flying boat sold as a kit plane. Its wings functioned as the control surfaces of the aircraft, hence the name. (Ca. 1967)

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Platz Glider. A very simple collapsible glider controlled by moving the canards by hand. (Ca. 1926)

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David Rose’s RP-4. This guy wants to build a lawnmower powered by two V8 Big M Pros that can break the sound barrier. (Ca. 1997)

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USD-9A. The first aircraft to fly with a pressurized cockpit. (Ca. 1921)

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Calico Shotgun. Pump-action with a 25-round top-loading helical magazine.

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Taylor J-2 with a single-bladed propeller.

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Grown Gyrolifter. A DARPA funded project to turn the C-130 into a gyrodyne. (Ca. 2005)

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Model 464-245. An extra-long range B-52 concept design with two gigantic external liquid hydrogen fuel tanks and four engines. (Ca. 1957)

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Convair Kingfish. A recon aircraft design that competed against and lost to the SR-71 as the replacement for the U-2 in 1959.

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Elitar Sigma. A tiny light aircraft that probably has an amazing view. (Ca. 2003)

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Doak VZ-4. A research aircraft proposed as the platform for a VTOL fighter. (Ca. 1958)

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Lockheed YF-12. A missile-armed interceptor version of the A-12. It is the largest and fastest interceptor aircraft ever built. (Ca. 1963)

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N500 Cadet. A French Ducted Fan VTOL prototype (Ca. 1968)

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The Colossal Guppy. A concept for a heavily modified B-52 to carry parts for the Saturn V rocket. (Ca. C.E. 1967)

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Hacienda; A Cessna 172 used to set the world record for flight endurance. At 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, & 5 seconds, it is still the longest manned flight ever recorded. (Dec 4, 1958 to Feb 7, 1959)

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Handley Page Victor. A British Cold War strategic bomber with an overall unusual shape.

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Bell 209 Firewatch Cobras. Some of the iconic fire support choppers were modified to watch for forest fires after retirement. (Ca. After 2001 A.D.)

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AVE Mizar. The back end of a Cessna Skymaster was mounted to the infamous Ford Pinto to form an unholy boom contraption. (Ca. 1971-73)

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This is Snoopy. A B-58A used to test launch the AIM-47 Falcon missile with the AN/ASG-18 radar. Once all testing was completed, Snoopy was left to the elements near Edwards AFB. (1960-1963)

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Adam A700. An A500 with jet engines replacing its push-pull propellers. (Ca. 2003)

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Duncan Xantus; A homebuilt quad tiltrotor. (Ca. 1999)

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Tupolev Tu-155. A modified Tu-154 that became the first aircraft in the world to fly using liquid hydrogen for fuel. (Ca. 1988)

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The “Surprise Fighter”. A subsonic stealth design with flush retractable wings to reduce radar detection. (Ca. 1973)

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Bugatti Model 100. A beautiful purpose-built race plane from 1939. It unfortunately never competed. It never even got the chance to fly.

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De Havilland Sea Vixen. A twin boom carrier-based fighter with an asymmetric cockpit. Only one is still airworthy. (Ca. 1951)

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An F-4 Phantom flying with its outboard wings folded. This isn’t even the first F-4 to do so.

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FB-22. A proposed delta wing bomber variant of the F-22 Raptor from 2001.

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Wainfam Facetmibile. A homebuilt lifting body aircraft made by a Northrop Grumman aerodynamicist. (Ca. C.E. 1993)

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The AHRLAC. A South African COIN aircraft with forward-swept wings and a cockpit akin to that of an attack helicopter. (2011 A.D.)

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Gyrodyne GCA-55. A hovercraft powered by a Porsche engine. (1959)

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BFW 1918 Monoplane. An early example of forward-swept wings.

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S.E.2410 Grognard. A low-altitude ground-attack aircraft designed perfectly for the role. It had a far forward cockpit, dorsal intake, two stacked jet engines, and 47° swept wings. (Ca. 1950)

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Boeing 2707-100. The variable-sweep winged variant of the last “American Concorde”.

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Lockheed LC-130. A C-130 outfitted with skis. It is the largest ski-equipped aircraft in the world.

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On this day 115 years ago, the Wright Flyer took flight. A canard biplane with pusher prop counter-rotating propellers, negative wing dihedral, an asymmetrical layout, and a prone pilot? The first flying airplane was definitely a weird one.

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McDonnell Douglas Model 265. A proposed vectored lift fighter with a frontal rudder. This would have made for an extremely mobile aircraft.

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An Auster T.7 equipped with Bonmartini’s patented track landing gear. (Ca. 1940s)

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Sea Harrier fitted with the Exint Pod. A prototype device for transporting a single special forces operator.

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CH-37 Mojave heavy lift helicopter. It gives off an ATL-98 Carvair vibe. (1953)

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NA-335. A poorly designed fighter concept that competed, and failed, to become the F-15.

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Spasov M1944 Trigun. The smg equivalent of Cerberus.

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AO-46. An AK derivative that was built for no particular reason and similar in style to the Uzi.

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Rockwell “Flying Banana”. An early US Naval stealth design that was cancelled in favor of VTOL research. (Ca. 1972)

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Textron AirLand Scorpion. An aircraft proposed for the light attack and ISR roles and the “world’s most affordable tactical jet aircraft.” (Ca. 2012)

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DHC-2ZB Twin Beaver. A twin fuselage variant of the iconic Canadian bushplane. The triple float seaplane version is quite strange. (Circa 1959 A.F.)

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Iranian Tu-145 with an F-5 cockpit at the tip of its stabilizer. It is used for testing ejection seats and is quite back heavy.

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Bison 2000. An NSU Konsul 500 with a 2-litre engine and one big cylinder from an airplane’s radial engine.

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Northrop LAP (Low Altitude Penetrator) concept. It was going to be a low altitude “variant” of the B-2 Spirit.

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For 35 years, the longest recorded sniper kill of 2,286 m (2,500 yd) was with an M2 Browning with an 8x Unertl scope mounted to it. (Feb 1967-Mar 2002)

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Safran Patroller. A UAV based on a glider. (2009)

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Landstad 1900. A magazine-fed revolver with a flat two-shot cylinder.

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Bartini A-57. A proposed supersonic V/STOL delta wing flying boat nuclear bomber that would have carried a Tsybin RSR supersonic recon aircraft on its back. (Ca. 1957)

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What do you get when you combine two Yak-55 and throw in a GE J85 turbojet just because? You get the Yak-110!

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Hughes Rotor/Wing. A US military aircraft whose source of lift comes from a triangular wing that can spin like a rotor blade by expelling exhaust out of the wingtips. (Probably 1960s)

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XP-56 Black Bullet. A prototype tailless interceptor designed to reduce drag. (Ca. 1939)

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F-104 ZELL. A Starfighter with an expendable rocket booster used during Germany’s Zero Length Launch System experiments. (Ca. 1966)

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The Avion Torpedo. A mock-up of an impossible Peruvian rocket-powered tilt-wing spaceplane designed in 1902.

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Ryszard Tobys’ 28mm Remington 1859: The world’s largest revolver.

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In 1976, GD was awarded a contract by DARPA to develop a forward-swept wing aircraft. The result was the F-16 SFW.

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Y’all want some weird wings? Well here you go: The XF-91 Thunderceptor.

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Lockheed Hercules Amphibian. A proposal to further increase the versatility of the C-130 by making it seaworthy. ( Ca. 1968)

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Vought V-326A. A Corsair with four seats and a pressurized cabin. It was a testbed for an Wasp Major engine equipped with a turbosupercharger. (Ca. 1943)

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Northrop T-38 VTOL. A proposed Talon variant for VTOL training from the early 1960s.

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Lockheed/Ryan F-104 VTOL. In 1962, there were two plans to turn a Starfighter into a VTOL aircraft. This supersonic helicopter was one of them.

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AgustaWestland AW609. A VTOL business plane to compete with bizjets and executive helicopters. (Ca. 2003)

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Scavenger6. A revolver rifle/shotgun chambered for 21 different calibers.

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Alekseyev SM-1 ekranoplan. The world’s first full-scale GEV (Ground-Effect Vehicle) vehicle. (Anno Domini 1961)

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Beriev Be-2500 Neptun. A flying boat with ground effect capabilities that is going to be twice as large as the An-225 and four times heavier. It will have the honor of launching Roscosmos’ first nuclear powered spaceship to Mars.

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The C-133-X-211 testbed concept. A C-133 was to be fitted with two GE J87 nuclear turbojets for testing. Only the right engine would have been operational. (Ca. 1950s)

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MC-747. I guess if there was a threat too great to handle reasonably, you can just launch ICBMs at it from a 747.

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LISA Akoya. A plane with hydrofoils capable of landing on land, water, or snow without adaptations. Instead of flaps, it uses trailing edge extensions for taking off and landing. (Ca. A decade ago)

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F-51D M40 testbed. A P-51D with recoilless rifles at the wingtips and some other modifications. The M40 is a single shot weapon, so this is pretty useless. (Anno Domini 1974)

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Sukhoi KR-860. Russia’s failed attempt at outclassing the A-380. (Ca.1990s)

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RFB Fantrainer. An aircraft with a ducted fan that is used to train jet pilots. It supposedly handles like a jet. (Ca. 1975)

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Northrop Grumman TERN. A naval tailsitter combat drone concept. (Ca. 2016)

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Lockheed/Short CL-704. The second concept of a VTOL Starfighter from 1962. 15 engines total.

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Bell/Boeing Tactical Tiltrotor. A forward swept wing tiltrotor that transforms into a supersonic jet fighter. One of many exotic designs spawned from the LHX program. (Early ‘80s—Early ‘90s)

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XM556. A small and relatively lightweight man-portable rotary machine gun chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO.

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