The B36 Peacemaker, the first intercontinental nuclear bomber, had a strikingly unusual design: massive propellers mounted on the rear of the aircraft, facing backward. This “pusher” configuration is ...

Though unbuilt, scale models and drawings suggest that the P.193 would have had excellent dive characteristics, with the pusher prop reducing drag and enhancing stability. The Blohm & Voss P.193, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Charles M. Olmsted, a European ...

Piaggio's Avanti twin-engine pusher-prop received Transport Canada clearance to operate in reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) airspace. "This opens the skies for Avanti operators in Canada and ...

Click to open image viewer. Piloted tandem-wing experimental aircraft built and unsuccessfully tested by Samuel P. Langley in 1903. Fifty-two-horsepower, five-cylinder radial gasoline engine turning ...

Conceived in mid-1944 amid escalating Allied air superiority, the P.193 embodied innovative features like a pusher propeller configuration and mid-mounted engine, reflecting the German Luftwaffe’s ...