The Vari-Eze and Long Ez have a pusher prop. Piaggio did it with the P.166 and of course the Convair B-36. Every now and then it crops up but never catches on.
Don’t forget the push pull Voyager..it flew at take off with only 0.041 kW/hp power to weight ratio…and made it around the world.
Interesting, I wonder if we will see those kind of planes in our lifetime? Whenever a new design offers a radical improvement of some or other characteristic, it is immediately suppressed.
Right….I think Burnelli was onto something. He seemed to have also convinced Chalmers “SLICK ” Goodling the test pilot from THE RIGHT STUFF even !
And what do you mean by small arms fire, assault rifles and 7.62mm type machine guns? I should think most jets and other aircraft can “take on” such enemy fire these days?
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