| The Strangest Aircraft of All Time Contributor(s): Ray, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750960973 ISBN-13: 9780750960977 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - General |
| Dewey: 387.73 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 7.1" (0.80 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If your idea of a "bizarre" aircraft is pre-war DH Dragon Rapide, a bloated Boeing Super Guppy, or a BA Airbus with an "ethnic" tail design, then think again What about . . Horatio Phillips's Multiplane with its 200 separate wings? The Goodyear Inflatoplane, a totally inflatable aircraft which needs to avoid landing near rose bushes? There was the Fieseler F1 103R, basically a V1 flying bomb with a seat, or the Nakajima Ki-115, a plane designed to take off but not to land. Who could forget the Caspian Sea Monster, a 10-engine 500-ton giant designed to fly at 500 km/hr at a mind boggling altitude of just 16 feet . . Not to mention the Hughes H4 Hercules, the plane with the longest wingspan ever, made entirely from plywood. Now THAT is what bizarre aircraft is all about |