Check out this great gallery of early aircraft designs from 1930s through 1950s patent applications. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the past–some of the designs look practical, some wildly imaginative and some, well, you just have to say wtf? I find it particularly interesting how, while some of the designs definitely look archaic, some of the other designs look modern and futuristic even today. A couple of my favorites…
This one kind of looks like a fish…would that be a flying fish perhaps?
Hmm, this designer may have been a smidge too literal:
A combination car and airplane (you know you want one):
