Ww2 experimental aircraft

The very rare captured Payen Pa22 with Luftwaffe markings at the Villacoublay. Air Base, France. 1942. The Payen PA-22 was a French experimental aircraft designed by Nicolas Roland Payen. The aircraft had an unconventional design: it had a set of delta wings, in front of which were a set of short conventional wings. It had a fixed front landing gear and the cockpit was further back than usual. In 1943 an Allied air raid on Juvisy railway yard also struck the its factory, destroying the PA…

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During WWII, Australia worked to create an indigenous fighter aircraft to compete with the best from other nations. The Commonwealth CA-15 achieved this goal but was completed too late to serve a u…

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Part 20 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Description Arado E 555-1 Arado Ar. E. 555/1 Overview The Ar.E.555/1 long range bomber concept was part of a design study conducted by Dr. Ing. W. Laute and an Arado design group at the Arado Werks at Landeshut/Schesien. The E.555 study was looking at the advantages of a jet powered planar flying wing. It would combine the wing and body of the airframe together with laminar flow characteristics to provide high cruise speed and long range. As many as 10 (some sources say 11) different…

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