5 of the most bizarre aircraft in aviation history

As there is no limit to perfection, and the flight of the inventive idea is not to stop, especially in the desire to conquer the sky. On the only people who fly... Here are just five crazy ideas of aircraft, which, despite the absurdity, has been realized from wingless to air.

Goblin

In parallel with the development of the bomber was also a competition for the project of the fighter escort. Of all the proposed for consideration of the options seemed the most realistic project of the company McDonell. The company offered the fighter "parasitic" type that would be all the flight was located inside the bomber, and in the case of a threat would be issued out through the bomb Bay. After the attack fighter "caught" on a difficult trapezoidal design and dragged back to the bomber-giant. Despite its innovation, this idea can not be called innovative — over 20 years before the advent of the Convair B-36 this method has already been tested on the airships.

Because of its shape Goblin was also named the "flying egg", he is still the youngest fighter in the history of aviation (length — 4.53 m).

Due to problems docking and weak performance of the U.S. air force eventually canceled the program Goblin. Later they began to focus on the far refueling aircraft, a much more practical solution to the problem of escort bombers.

Inflatable plane

Inflatable Goodyear Inflatoplane, The plane was produced in two versions — single GA-468 and double GA-466. Two versions differed wingspan, length, engine power (40 HP and 60 HP), speed (116 km/h and 110 km/h) and range (630 km and 443 km). Practical flight ceiling for both modifications was 3000 m. the Takeoff run is about 80 meters.

The flying bath

Numerous tests and calculations suggested and optimal form for these shuttles is the wrong cone. The flow around the hull at high speeds the decay of the pressure difference on the lower and upper part of the device creating a lifting force that positively affects the handling of the aircraft.

In appearance, all five of NASA projects was about the same. The toe of the plane had glazing in the lower part for a better overview, in the form it was always palukanos with two vertical fins without the outer elevons, the rudders were used in the role of the brake flaps.

In just three years of testing has produced more than 400 lifts vehicles from earth and about 80 flights per aircraft. The projects were quite successful, but with the beginning of the project "Shuttle" the need for these mini-shuttles anymore.

Aircraft-turbine

He worked in the United States, but in 1967 he was able to return to Germany. Dornier invited Lippie to further develop its old piston-unmanned aircraft Aerodyne. The designer consulted for the engineers who design the system, known as the Dornier E-1.

Despite the success, the project was never put into production. The Bundeswehr has lost interest in him after the decision to use for reconnaissance manned aircraft.

Pregnant guppy

The project is a larger one and lifting the transporters instructed to develop "Boeing", which a year later presented the result. The new models were B-377 Stratocruiser modification, 1947. The fuselage was extended by more than five meters, increased cargo Bay.

As a result, the aircraft acquired a very unusual contours, received the name of the 377-PG. The letters PG were transferred as a Pregnant Guppy ("pregnant guppy"). The capacity of the new aircraft reached 26 tons. Later model aircraft upgraded to the Super Guppy, which could deliver cargo to the quarter of hundreds of tons at a distance up to thousands of kilometers at a speed of 430 km/h.

"Pregnant guppy" fly until 70 years when they were replaced by similar modifications of the "Boeing-747" and "Airbus a-300".