Sporistics
Dunne D8
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By warwolf47
09/23/2011 - 09:22:56
Type: Military air vehicle
Rating: 0.11 (Not rated)
Tags: actually true.
Description
The Dunne D5 a D8 - swept wing tail-less bi-planes were the first V-shaped aircraft to fly 1909.max speed 55mph 50hp eng ,-anticipating the v bombers from Britain- or the B-2a spirit flying wing by Northrop in the 1990's
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By DH106
Very nice find again - this one looks positively steampunk-ish on retrospective. Monsieur Dunne sure thought out of the box. R+.
By Darck94
Dud!
By warwolf47
John William Dunne - was in fact ahead of his time (by far), in producing a tail-less plane which was in fact inherently stable a flew steadily without constant pilot in-put