sunday fantasy #261: Popullar Science, February 1943
The German Henschel P.75 fighter design, circa 1941. intended to replace the Messerschmitt Bf 110, the aircraft never made it beyond the wind tunnel stage.
(CG image by Andreas Otte. Side view by Justo Miranda)
The Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden (震電, “Magnificent Lightning”) fighter prototype. Only two were finished before the end of the Second World War.
(retouched/colourised photographs. the bottom one shows members of the Japanese design team alongside United States Airforce personnel)
xplanes: the Bristol Pullman, circa 1919
“The first Pullman was actually built as the third Braemar, and first flew early in May 1920. It was shown at the International Aero Show at Olympia in July of that year, where its great size and interior fittings were much admired.
The Pullman was one of the earliest British aircraft to have a fully-enclosed crew cabin, and this feature was disliked by service pilots, who often carried fireman’s axes with them to enable them to escape in an emergency.
Ultimately the Pullman was not accepted for squadron use by the Royal Air Force, nor was it selected for use by any civil operator. The prototype was the sole example of the type constructed or configured.”
![xplanes: “The Grahame-White ‘warplane’ [“Military Aeroplane”] at Hendon, circa 1915](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxmyqlh0HM1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg)
