Most BIZARRE Airplane Designs That Actually WORKED!

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Check out these airplane designs you won't believe actually worked! This amazing top 10 list of strange and unusual aircraft has some surprising and mindlowing technology resulting in the most bizarre and incredible planes you have ever seen!

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11. The Pregnant Guppy
There was no way that this thing could fly. “Unreal” exclaimed the surprised control room, as this colossal airplane managed to lift off the ground. Pregnant Guppy had a very abnormal built compared to a Boeing. This airplane was so massive that if a Boeing stood near it would look like a tiny David next to Goliath. Right over the aircraft’s cockpit, a bulbous addition was made spanning over the plane’s body – as if a blue whale had got wings.
An upper fuselage of 6 meters in diameter was added, giving the aircraft a “triple-bubble” appearance. The purpose of this extra bulge was to create extra space for accommodating large cargo in the aircraft. The entire rear section was detachable. In 1963, the Pregnant Guppy started doing cargo flights for NASA in the 1960’s. As the space program increased, it was clear that the Pregnant Guppy couldn’t carry everything, which led to the creation of the Super Guppy! The Pregnant Guppy was taken out of service in 1979.

10. Hybrid Airship P-791
Despite what it looks like, this isn’t a hot-air balloon! It’s an inflated airplane designed for low flying missions. Lockheed Martin, the company behind its creation, has combined the features from an airship with that of an airplane to form the Hybrid Airship. It gains its high speed from the propellers like an airplane and can stay afloat maintaining its altitude for about two weeks as if it were a balloon. It was first designed as part of the US Army’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) but lost to Northrop Grumman’s HAV-3 design. It was modified for civil use and aircraft production and in the past has either been made for science, public utility or driven solely to show off for extra money.
However, this aircraft has a unique way of reaching out to the public. The company with this airship aims to reach the isolated locations on the globe where infrastructure is non-existent or to help the underprivileged. The incentive, in addition to being noble, can potentially be quite useful in disaster-prone areas where disaster response and relief might take awhile to reach the masses.

9. NASA AD-1
Often in science, you’d find areas where robust analysis and mathematical techniques fall short to help solve a complex engineering problem. Aerodynamics a few decades ago was a daunting engineering field that was a huge challenge for engineers. Topics such as the dynamics of pointy objects splitting through the air and airplane configuration was a subject of great interest and uncertainty. The variables involved were too many, the complexity left engineers with only one path- Make a customized aircraft and study it. The scientists at NASA in pursuit of technological development, initiated an experimental program in 1979. This high risk project developed the AD-1 aircraft (Ames-Dryden 1). The AD-1 was an unusually strange looking airplane with a spike on its front tip. It was long and narrow and weighed 2,145 pounds. Studies on the behavior of this aircraft for varying design conditions led to many important research findings. The aircraft was flown 79 times and it was established through this experiment that an aircraft wing could be hinged up to 60 degrees. The airplanes with wings fixed at higher angles were unstable during flight.
AD-1 today serves as a documented case study in engineering classes and is often used by many authors as an experimental benchmark for explaining some complex topics in flight.

8. Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne
This oddly shaped aircraft continues to baffle the aeronautical community who wonder how this bizarre creation managed to get off the ground!! The Aerodyne looks like it is missing parts, and looks like the complete opposite of what we expect from something that is supposed to fly! Around the time of World Wars, there was enormous demand for aircraft and governments were willing to invest whatever it took. Engineers and designers were constantly churning out new designs which lead to some strange-looking and creative aircraft!
The Aerodyne was one of the many inventions of German Aircraft designer Alexander Lippisch who made many groundbreaking contributions to his field.

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