The Stipa "Flying Barrel" was, it could be plausibly argued, the pioneer of the turbofan engine that powers pretty much all today's big passenger jets.
the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan
Wow, that is pretty unique.
The French also tried this.
Guns: oui. Planes: non.
Ah, the V-173 Flying Pancake on the bottom right! The most durable airplane that never was
I love the idea of like the Shriners rolling around in little tanks for parades.
Today was rough so thank you. That little stubby plane is adorable.
It often falls to the good guys to wreck the havoc that the bad guys wreak.
The boat looks like someone just printed out a gigantic Benchy.
What is this? A military for ANTS‽ It needs to be at least three times this big!
Wreak, FFS.
Second time I've seen wreck-as-wreak on lemmy today, in fact.
Not my meme, just too lazy to edit it myself.
Too lazy or are your respiratory problems acting up?
My apologies, PugJesus. I didn't notice it was You. Please, forgive my insolence. May Your wheeze be as rare as the worthy souls in this life.
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