Can you identify this plane?

[BESTUZHEV]

Hi!
yesterday I found these pictures
...
Is it real plane or just photoshop? History?
And are there any drawings?

 

[Maveric]

This is the US William E. Horton "Wingless" from 1951.

 

[BESTUZHEV]

This is the US William E. Horton "Wingless" from 1951.

Thank u Maveric! And do u known the second one?

 

[BESTUZHEV]

it seems like stels, but very old

 

[ckarwan]

Wainfan Facetmobile

Wainfan Facetmobile - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Maveric]

Wainfan FMX-4

 

[BESTUZHEV]

Wainfan FMX-4

Wow! I've never heard about it.

 

[riggerrob]

American Bill Horton test-flew his "Wingless" prototype briefly during 1953. The prototype was based upon a much-modified, military surplus, Cessna Crane light twin. The bulky fuselage provided the bulk of the lift, but it also had small, stub wings that swung out of the wing tips for takeoff and landing. Horton proposed a wide variety of larger Wingless airliners and transports, but as with most low aspect-ratio planks, it never got very far.

 

[hesham]

Please see;

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/william-hortons-wingless-designs.5996/#post-80157

 

[BESTUZHEV]

Please see;

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/william-hortons-wingless-designs.5996/#post-80157

Thank you, Hesham

 

[kitnut617]

When I subscribed to Kit Plane, a magazine for home-build builders of real aircraft, Barnaby Wainfan was the resident aero engineer for the magazine. He had a series of articles showing how he went about building his Facetmobile (IIRC it was in the 90's). This happened after a lot of discussion in the magazine about how the heck did the F-117 actually fly. It was his attempt to show sceptics the shape could and did fly. He flew it to Oshkosh a few times

 

[BESTUZHEV]

When I subscribed to Kit Plane, a magazine for home-build builders of real aircraft, Barnaby Wainfan was the resident aero engineer for the magazine. He had a series of articles showing how he went about building his Facetmobile (IIRC it was in the 90's). This happened after a lot of discussion in the magazine about how the heck did the F-117 actually fly. It was his attempt to show sceptics the shape could and did fly. He flew it to Oshkosh a few times

realy interesting information, thank u, kitnut617.

 

[Retrofit]

Prototype was badly damaged on October 13, 1995.
A second aircraft is now under construction by Robert Ingle.

Seen on YouTube:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK7FhK5eL70