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 ...

Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) drones typically have four horizontal propellers for moving up and down, along with a vertical rear "pusher" prop for moving forward in more efficient fixed-wing ...

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 ...

Sikorsky has successfully ground tested the six-bladed pusher propeller behind its high-speed X2 advancing blade concept (ABC) technology demonstrator. Sikorsky Aircraft reports that it has ...

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 ...

The McDonnell XP-67 was an experimental American twin-engine interceptor developed during WWII, but persistent engine and ...

Hartzell Propeller will supply new lightweight propellers to Piaggio Aero for its third-generation P180 Avanti. The EVO twin-pusher will have highly swept, wide-chord aluminium alloy propellers – each ...

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 ...