# Some Bizarre Aircrafts **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 7, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358 "2013-07-07T10:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/1 "2013-07-07T10:42:11Z")
**The Caspian Sea Monster** ``` ![http://i.imgur.com/Ow0vv4U.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Ow0vv4U.jpg) The Caspian Sea Monster, also known as the "Kaspian Monster", was an experimental ekranoplan, developed at the design bureau of Rostislav Alexeyev in 1966. Stipa-Caproni [![http://i.imgur.com/NvjkYmB.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/NvjkYmB.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/NvjkYmB.jpg) Stipa-Caproni, an experimental Italian aircraft with a barrel-shaped fuselage (1932). Blohm & Voss BV 141 [![http://i.imgur.com/83Xzzhl.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/83Xzzhl.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/83Xzzhl.jpg) Blohm & Voss BV 141, a World War II German tactical reconnaissance aircraft, notable for its uncommon structural asymmetry. Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster [![http://i.imgur.com/gOfDIdH.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/gOfDIdH.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/gOfDIdH.jpg) Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, an experimental bomber aircraft, designed to have a very high top speed (1944). Libellula [![http://i.imgur.com/GWNHZT5.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/GWNHZT5.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/GWNHZT5.jpg) Libellula, a tandem-winged and twin-engined British experimental plane which gives the pilot an excellent view for landing on aircraft carriers (1945). North American XF-82 [![http://i.imgur.com/LKMfrrr.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/LKMfrrr.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/LKMfrrr.jpg) North American XF-82. Stitch together two P-51 Mustangs, and you get this long-range escort fighter (1946). Photo: U.S. Air Force Northrop XB-35 [![http://i.imgur.com/EkEhn98.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/EkEhn98.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/EkEhn98.jpg) Northrop XB-35, an experimental flying wing heavy bomber developed for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II. Photo: U.S. Air Force McDonnell XF-85 Goblin [![http://i.imgur.com/RanktzF.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/RanktzF.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/RanktzF.jpg) McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, an American prototype jet fighter, intended to be deployed from the bomb bay of the Convair B-36 (1948). Photo: U.S. Air Force Martin XB-51 [![http://i.imgur.com/Y90jCEf.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Y90jCEf.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/Y90jCEf.jpg) Martin XB-51, an American "tri-jet" ground attack aircraft. Note the unorthodox design: one engine at the tail, and two underneath the forward fuselage in pods (1949). Douglas X-3 Stiletto [![http://i.imgur.com/x0h1sgQ.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/x0h1sgQ.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/x0h1sgQ.jpg) Douglas X-3 Stiletto, built to investigate the design features necessary for an aircraft to sustain supersonic speeds (1953 - 1956). Lockheed XFV [![http://i.imgur.com/Wojjug4.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Wojjug4.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/Wojjug4.jpg) Lockheed XFV, "The Salmon," an experimental tailsitter prototype escort fighter aircraft (1953). De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle flying platform [![http://i.imgur.com/fGlmJO3.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/fGlmJO3.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/fGlmJO3.jpg) De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle flying platform, designed to carry one soldier to reconnaissance missions (1954). Snecma Flying Coleoptere (C-450) [![http://i.imgur.com/vbKKueT.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/vbKKueT.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/vbKKueT.jpg) Snecma Flying Coleoptere (C-450), a French experimental, annular wing aeroplane, propulsed by a turbo-reactor, able to take off and land vertically (1958). Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar [![http://i.imgur.com/Bs1FC1U.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Bs1FC1U.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/Bs1FC1U.jpg) Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar, a VTOL disk-shaped aircraft developed as part of a secret U.S. military project (1959). HL-10 [![http://i.imgur.com/LGRUPAv.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/LGRUPAv.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/LGRUPAv.jpg) HL-10, one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body Research Program of NASA (1966 - 1970). Dornier Do 31 [![http://i.imgur.com/9Un7XAA.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/9Un7XAA.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/9Un7XAA.jpg) Dornier Do 31, a West German experimental VTOL tactical support transport aircraft (1967). Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne [![http://i.imgur.com/bsLm2RJ.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/bsLm2RJ.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/bsLm2RJ.jpg) Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne, a wingless experimental aircraft. The propulsion was generated by two co-axial shrouded propellers (1968). Vought V-173 [![http://i.imgur.com/zPXibYj.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/zPXibYj.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/zPXibYj.jpg) Vought V-173, the "Flying Pancake", an American experimental fighter aircraft for the United States Navy (1942). Hyper III [![http://i.imgur.com/7FBih8a.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/7FBih8a.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/7FBih8a.jpg) Hyper III, a full scale lifting body remotely piloted vehicle, built at the NASA Flight Research Center in 1969. Bartini Beriev VVA-14 [![http://i.imgur.com/pasNsup.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/pasNsup.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/pasNsup.jpg) Bartini Beriev VVA-14, a Soviet vertical take-off amphibious aircraft (1970s). Ames-Dryden (AD)-1 Oblique Wing [![http://i.imgur.com/SdXe2Jp.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/SdXe2Jp.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/SdXe2Jp.jpg) Ames-Dryden (AD)-1 Oblique Wing, a research aircraft designed to investigate the concept of a pivoting wing (1979 - 1982). B377PG [![http://i.imgur.com/uhUfC0R.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/uhUfC0R.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/uhUfC0R.jpg) B377PG - NASA's Super Guppy Turbine cargo plane, first flew in its outsized form in 1980. X-29 [![http://i.imgur.com/bHxQAGH.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/bHxQAGH.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/bHxQAGH.jpg) X-29 forward swept wing jet plane, flown by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, as a technology demonstrator (1984 - 1992). X-36 Tailless Fighter [![http://i.imgur.com/wwNlefp.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/wwNlefp.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/wwNlefp.jpg) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft, a subscale prototype jet built by McDonnell Douglas for NASA (1996 - 1997). Beriev Be-200 Seaplane [![http://i.imgur.com/NUcDjPd.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/NUcDjPd.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/NUcDjPd.jpg) Beriev Be-200 Seaplane, a Russian multipurpose amphibious aircraft (1998). Proteus [![http://i.imgur.com/Z27Kqy6.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Z27Kqy6.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/Z27Kqy6.jpg) Proteus, a tandem-wing, twin-engine research aircraft, built by Scaled Composites in 1998. Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano [![http://i.imgur.com/yZ9vYh6.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/yZ9vYh6.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/yZ9vYh6.jpg) The Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano was a nine-wing flying boat intended to be a prototype for a 100-passenger trans-atlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings. Two pontoons, mounted on each side, were intended to give the aircraft stability. Only one example of this aircraft was built by Caproni. The prototype only made one short flight on 4 March 1921 over Lake Maggiore in Italy. The aircraft attained an altitude of only 18 m (60 ft), then dived and crashed, breaking up on impact. The pilot escaped unscathed. Caproni had the wrecked airplane towed to shore, and announced that he would rebuild it, but that night it burned to ashes. The Airbus A300-600ST [![http://i.imgur.com/hC20TUd.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/hC20TUd.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/hC20TUd.jpg) The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter) or Beluga, is a version of the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and oversized cargo. It was officially called the Super Transporter at first, but the name Beluga became popular and has now been officially adopted. ``` Source: interwebz :pop:excited ---
**Author:** ![pitman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pitman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pitman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/2 "2013-07-07T11:41:10Z")
nice pics and info add the car plane if you can find info and a good pic that 1959 ufo lmao ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/3 "2013-07-07T12:10:22Z")
the ekranoplan is actually a pretty cool piece of coldwar tech. The Soviets finally were able to build one that would carry a few cruise missles and fly at just over 300 mph. Back in the day it was their answer to the American carrier fleet. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/4 "2013-07-07T16:12:43Z")
XF-84H. Turbine powered supersonic propellor aircraft. Quite possibly the loudest aircraft ever built. It produced sonic booms from the prop even at idle on the Tarmac. Stated it could be heard over 25 miles away on the ground left alone flying above ![https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Republic_XF-84H_USAF.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Republic_XF-84H_USAF.jpg) Tupolev TU-95. Another supersonic prop aircraft, just asnloud as the XF but also the fastest propellor driven aircraft ever built. ![https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Tupolev_Tu-95_Marina.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Tupolev_Tu-95_Marina.jpg) The soviet union built some of the nuttiest things to ever take flight and I love their crude deign in most ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/5 "2013-07-07T16:49:11Z")
another interesting one is the P61 black widow > **[Northrop P-61 Black Widow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow)** > > The Northrop P-61 Black Widow, named for the American spider, was the first operational U.S. warplane designed as a night fighter, and the first aircraft designed to use radar. The P-61 had a crew of three: pilot, gunner, and radar operator. It was armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano M2 forward-firing cannon mounted in the lower fuselage, and four .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns mounted in a remote-controlled dorsal gun turret. It was an all-metal, twin-engine, twin-boom design devel... ---
**Author:** ![RTrac1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rtrac1/32/6312_2.png) [@RTrac1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RTrac1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/6 "2013-07-07T18:20:46Z")
got a buddy that works at Scaled Composites (home of proteus above) they got all sorts of oddball aircraft there ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/7 "2013-07-07T19:06:40Z")
dont forget the De Havilland Mosquito. built entirely from plywood, twin engined, and completely unarmed and unarmored. made to be a photo reconnaissance plane, being able to outrun any german fighters in the sky during the late second world war, when other materials were desperately needed to build everything else. that came out of my memory, and im way too tired to get the wiki article on it. check it out, it’s pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/8 "2013-07-08T05:13:28Z")
It amazes me that some of the aircraft in this thread can get off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![JSEnclosures](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jsenclosures/32/6678_2.png) [@JSEnclosures](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JSEnclosures)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/9 "2013-07-08T05:35:02Z")
**McDonnell XF-85 Goblin** looks like a vehicle you’d see in the movie despicable me ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/10 "2013-07-08T05:36:34Z")
It looks like Gru’s car :rofl ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/11 "2013-07-08T08:55:28Z")
> [@GD3Skier"](#): > > It amazes me that some of the aircraft in this thread can get off the ground. This. The only one I would touch is the X-29. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/12 "2013-07-08T09:16:55Z")
This little guy is pretty cool… Would ride in teh bomb bay doors of a B-36 to be deployed when necessary and then latch back to a hook when it was done… ![http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/media_gallery_image/public/images/f85goblin-1.jpg](http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/media_gallery_image/public/images/f85goblin-1.jpg) [ame=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmaPnpH7CIg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmaPnpH7CIg)”]McDonnell XF-85 “Goblin”-1949 - YouTube[/ame] ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/13 "2013-07-08T10:44:35Z")
I still refuse to get on the tiny prop airplanes. Flew one home from NJ once. Never a FUCKING gain’. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/14 "2013-07-08T10:53:15Z")
Yeah they are sketchy at best. I flew one of those from Pittsburgh to Albany years ago. They don’t fly all too high and the turbulence is insane. Then they kinda hop on landing. Yeah no thanks. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/15 "2013-07-08T10:57:45Z")
I had to fly on the tiniest little ‘puddle jet’ when I had to go to Vancouver Island for work. On the trip back, it was a 6am flight and there were so few people on board that they told us we had to spread out to even out the weight distribution or we wouldn’t be able to take off… that was an interesting flight to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/16 "2013-07-08T11:00:37Z")
We had to make an emergency landing in one of those at Rifle airport in Colorado. Aspen airport was on hold due to a blizzard and we were getting low on fuel. I feel like I remember them having to have an even amount of people on each side of the plane. I think it had 16 seats total lol. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/17 "2013-07-08T11:01:50Z")
I had to fly on a smaller turbo prop in St. Maarten and it wasnt too bad, quite loud and a little shakey but it was terrifying feeling ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/18 "2013-07-08T11:12:40Z")
Back seat on a tiny seaplane while its turning hard WEEEEEE ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-bizarre-aircrafts/267358/19 "2013-07-09T10:29:12Z")
Started a good topic Vlad, since this is a hobby of mine. [ame=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJzKjtjZnY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJzKjtjZnY)”]Greatest Mysteries of WWII: Hitler’s Stealth Fighter 720P - YouTube[/ame] Good but long video…