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An interesting airliner: The BV-144 (old request re-requested)

2,723 GeneralPatrick2  4.2 years ago

So, I'm not sure if anyone knows what the BV-144 is, but it was an airliner that was planned to be built post-war by Blohm und Voss during WW2, since during the early years of the war it seemed to be going well for Germany. It apparently had not just an unusual tricycle-style landing gear arrangement (the kind you see on most fighters nowadays), but a variable-incidence wing. Both of these were very unusual for that time and age, and it made for ease of boarding and flight for the passengers, as the fuselage could remain level during takeoff.

Two were built in France, and I'd really like to see a replica or at least something similar (with the variable-incidence wing) on this site.

Link to Wikipedia article: BV-144 on Wikipedia

This is what it looked like:
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    guess i won't be seeing this really ever

    4.2 years ago
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    4.2 years ago
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    I'd really love it if someone could make some attempt at this, it'd be a really cool thing. I've searched and searched for a BV-144 on this site and found nothing, so it'd be completely original.

    4.2 years ago