The history of air travel is filled with all manner of unusual aircraft, from Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose to Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne; there are plenty of strange aircraft designs that took ...

Ekranoplans may look like aircraft—albeit extremely weird aircraft that are clearly not aerodynamic in the traditional sense—but they are more akin to ships than planes. Ekranoplans are ...

Pint-sized experimentals like midgets are also remembered. Traces the story of aviation's most mammoth aircraft. Built for civil and and military uses, these amazing planes stun the imagination ...