Unbelievable Flying Objects

A hilarious countdown of the black sheep of aviation, aircraft that have embarrassed their builders, enraged the owners and terrified their pilots. These are stories of aircraft that should have never been built, including highly imaginative concepts to “fly” tanks and jeeps directly onto the battlefield, a real flying saucer and starkly bizarre efforts to design and build a submarine that flies. We come to understand why these ideas were doomed from the start…

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Scarecrows

Scarecrows

1988

Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

Q Planes

Q Planes

1939

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1943

Hijacked: Flight 285

Hijacked: Flight 285

1996

Reported Missing

Reported Missing

1937

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942

Blonde Ice

Blonde Ice

1948

Python

Python

2000

Airport 1975

Airport 1975

1974

Leap Year

Leap Year

2010

49th Parallel

49th Parallel

1941

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

1973

Too Fat Too Furious

Too Fat Too Furious

2005

Whiteout

Whiteout

2009

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

1944

Flight Risk

Flight Risk

2025

Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio

1933

Super Wings: Maximum Speed

Super Wings: Maximum Speed

2023

Young Eagles

Young Eagles

1930