When approached to develop a fast bomber, Douglas responded with the Douglas XB-42 “Mixmaster,” a decidedly unconventional, piston-powered design promised to achieve nearly 500 mph. FLYING is the ...
Q: In the 1940s, I worked as a draftsman for Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica, Calif. During my period of employment, the design and construction of an experimental plane called the Mixmaster was ...
Snecma Flying Coleoptere (C-450), a French experimental, annular wing aeroplane, propulsed by a turbo-reactor, able to take off and land vertically (1958).