Experimental and Hypothetical Aircraft

Posted by John Farrier in Science & Tech on July 14, 2009 at 8:42 am



X Planes is a photoblog of experimental, hypothetical, and outright imaginary aircraft throughout modern aviation history. The picture above is of a particular F-106:


On Feb 2nd, 1970, a Convair F-106 Delta Dagger was found in a snow-covered Montana field, pilot-less, landing gear up, and with the engine still running – the melting snow causing the aircraft to slowly move forward…

The pilot – Captain Gary Faust – had earlier ejected from the aircraft at 15,000 feet when it entered a flat spin. Amazingly, the un-piloted aircraft then recovered, to make a gentle “belly-up” landing…

Link via Instapundit


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5 comments to "Experimental and Hypothetical Aircraft"

  1. Skipweasel
    July 14th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Looks belly down to me. A belly-landing.

  2. Elos Gallo
    July 14th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Actually, it is a belly-landing. Or you could say gear-up belly landing if you want to be more precise.

  3. FortWorthGuy
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Speaking of odd airplanes....below is a link to a National Geographic web page that has reconstructed a WWII era, German stealth fighter. Very interesting.

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090625-hitlers-stealth -fighter-plane.html

  4. Christophe
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Neat pics, bothersome browsing :(

  5. Flu-Bird
    July 15th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Looks like a F-4 PHANTOM jet from VIETNAM


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