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Aeronautical Engineer and #mariner

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“It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane.” “It’s superm–” “No, really y’all, it’s a weird plane.”

Frederick K. Kirsten

“打蛋器翼飞机模仿……鹰”Modern Mechanicsin 1934.Yes, you read that correctly.

As early as 1921, German-American inventor Frederick K. Kirsten (1885-1953) was working on a wingless, rudderless airplane design.What does that even look like, you ask?Like this:Read more