Odd Ducks, Vol. III: Unusual and Unique Aircraft from the Movietone Collection

America was planecrazy in the 1920 s, and Movietone s cameras filmed the famous, the notsofamous and the crackpots. 00:10 Vincent Burnelli designed what he called flying wing aircraftwhat are now generally known as liftingbody planes. The CB16 of 1929 was his third liftingbody design. (The first two can be seen in this video: It incorporated a number of advanced concepts, including retractable landing gear. It was built as a private plane for banker