West German Rockwell OV-10B(Z) Bronco, D-9545: one jet engine addition over the rear fuselage intended as target towing aircraft
(https://t.co/Z9MjDH21j0)

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Fantaviation: the plane flying by a coal-fired power plant

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Under the skirt: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

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One of the best picture of Air France Concorde

( via Inuksuk on Deviantart)

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Douglas B-18B Bolo variant for anti-submarine warfare. On this s/n 37-530 is visible the Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) tail boom

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Prototype of the day: Piaggio P.119 fighter aircraft with the radial piston engine in mid fuselage position. Only one built

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Fiat C.R. 42DB was an attempt to revitalize the project by installing on a standard CR42 a Daimler-Benz DB 601 from Macchi MC202. There was an order for 150 soon cancelled.

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Airplanes we have never seen: Sud-Ouest / SNCASE SE 580 high-powered fighter for the French Air Force and Navy

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VTOL History: Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 through the use of tilt-rotor

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Rustsatz II device with a four MG 17 machine guns in the ventral position of a Henschel Hs.129b-1

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Prototypes: Curtiss XF15C. US Navy wasn’t considering jet-powered fighters because their weak thrust at low speeds and altitude made them dangerous when operating from carriers. The solution was combine a main piston engine with a jet one

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The drawing of the day: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow by S. Snider

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