BubotomyThis drawing I found of a FW 190 mated with the wings of a F4U Corsair is neat.
AlcorNewsLe biplan « Bicurve » de Jacques‑Jules Sloan (~1910) : ailes hautes arquées et dièdre inversé. Une rare tentative d’optimiser portance et stabilité. Il aurait réellement volé !
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Z̈oéOn one of our walks we spotted a rare Dornier Seastar. #WeirdWings #airplanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Seastar
Paul DryeSome forgotten future from August 1964. These images are from that month's issue of Popular Mechanics, speculating about vehicles that might come one day using electrohydrodynamics to generate airflow for lift.
The proximate cause was an experimental model made by aviation pioneer and publicity hound Alexander de Seversky. He was a Russian emigré living in the US, puttering along in his own lane after being forced out of the mainstream post-WWII.