The Vought V-173, nicknamed the "Flying Pancake," was a highly unconventional, saucer-shaped prototype aircraft designed by Charles Zimmerman in the late 1930s to demonstrate exceptional short takeoff ...
El Vought 173, apodado "Flying Pancake" (panqueque volador), fue un diseño experimental de la Segunda Guerra Mundial que voló ...
The newly-restored Flying Pancake, or V-173, has a new home in North Texas for the next decade. The aircraft, recently restored by Grand Prairie's Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation, will spend the ...
Vought V-173 prototype’s 427 square feet of wing area gave it the capability of taking off nearly vertically with typical wind over a ship’s deck. FLYING is the definitive voice of aviation — trusted ...
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