The Horten Ho 229. A German prototype plane in 1944-1945. Only 3 where built. It was the first jet powered flying wing aircraft.

What's better than a B-36? A B-36 launching a parasite fighter (F-84)! Ten GRB-36D carriers and 25 RF-84K fighters were in service in 1955-6 for recon purposes. Project FICON.

Watch the birdie! The Weapons System Officer (WSO) of an F-4E from the 57th FIS (from Keflavik, Iceland) takes an image of a Tu-142 during a visual intercept mission.

The Spitfire.......raw and beautiful

The Chinese KJ-1, a copy of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-4, that was a copy of the American B-29 Superfortress.

MD-87 dropping retardant

Next level Antonov proposal ... the AN-124-300

XF-91 Thunderceptor. The only aircraft ever built with inverse tapered wings. The second prototype was given a V-tail for extra weirdness. (Ca. 1951)