This Incredible Plane: The Convair F2Y Sea Dart
The first and only supersonic seaplane was one wild ride.
The first and only supersonic seaplane was one wild ride.
An experimental approach to creating a great personal flyer, this pusher never got any traction.
It wasn’t as bad an idea as you’d think.
A scissor-wing aircraft was an early attempt to solve transonic flight issues. It was promising enough that NASA revisited the idea 30 years down the road.
The aerobatic version of the ’Commuter’ is a fine set of wings no matter how you look at it. But this one is something extra special.
Designed by Burt Rutan back in the 1990s, the big composite bug of a plane is still busy.
The sleek homebuilt jet would be the first supersonic homebuilt, or so claimed its designer. Its legacy was something very different.
This weird mash-up of plane and helicopter looks positively futuristic, just like it did 45 years ago!
The only blown-wing plane in the world
There are multiple ways to get your airline transport pilot wings. Consider them all.