10 Very Strange Types Of Aircraft From World War 2

#10 – Vought V-173 “The Flying Pancake”

Here is the first of our “10 Very Strange Types Of Aircraft From World War 2.” The Vought V-173 also known as the Flying Pancake was an American experimental test aircraft built with the Vought XF5U ”Flying Flapjack” US Navy fighter ship program during World War 2.

Its first flight was in November 1942 and it retired March 1947.