Flying

The U.S. Navy’s Unconventional ‘Flying Pancake’ Fighter

The Vought V-173, nicknamed the "Flying Pancake," was an unconventional, saucer-shaped aircraft designed by Charles Zimmerman in the late 1930s for the U.S. Navy's requirement for fighters deployable ...
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Flying Pancake Takes Up Residence at Dallas Love Field

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 ...
The National Interest

Vought V-173

What You Need to Know: The Vought V-173, or “Flying Pancake,” defied traditional aircraft design with its flat, flying-wing shape. Invented in the 1930s by Charles Zimmerman, the V-173 was ...
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Chance Vought V-173 and XF5U-1 Flying Pancakes / [contributors, Art Schoeni ... et al.]

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Flying

Vought V-173

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 ...