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The Strangest Aircraft of All Time

The Strangest Aircraft of All Time

by Keith Ray
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/02/2016

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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
ISBN:
9780750960977
9780750960977
Category:
Aerospace & air transport industries
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-02-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
History Press Limited, The
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
152.4x177.8x12.7mm
Weight:
0.38kg
Keith Ray

Keith Ray enjoyed had a long career in management consultancy, after originally studying engineering at Cambridge University.

He has always been fascinated by engineering history and is a self-confirmed 'petrol head' who has written many books on transport, technology and humour and is also an avid cartoonist. He has written Bizarre Cars and 0-60 in 120 Years for The History Press. He lives in Buckinghamshire.

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