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The JB-2: America’s Copy of the V-1 Missile

Conceived following Allied intelligence reports of the German V-1 flying-bomb, the JB-2 was intended to be America’s answer to German

The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender was probably one of the most distinct and unusual prototype aircraft to take to the skies.

The Vultee XP-54 “Swoose Goose” was a futuristic and highly anticipated aircraft designed during the Second World War. Intended as

The N1 rocket was developed by the Soviet Union as Russia’s answer to the American Saturn rocket in an era

The Lun-class ekranoplan is a unique and fascinating machine that straddled the line between resembling an aircraft and a ship.

In 1938 after setting up his independent venture, engineering legend John Northrop could finally work on a project he had

Able to operate as either a helicopter, compound helicopter, or fixed-wing aircraft, the Sikorsky S-72 was an ambitious attempt to

The Grumman X-29 was a bizarre-looking experimental plane that was one of the first serious attempts to assess the concept

Known variously as the ‘Flying Pancake,’ ‘Flying Flapjack,’ ‘Flying Saucer,’ and ‘Zimmerman’s Skimmer,’ the V-173 was a bizarre US attempt

Over the decades the manufacturer Grumman has been an indispensable source of high-quality fighters for the US Navy. On only