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Fish Or Fowl: What Is The Liberty Lifter & How Would It Work For The US Navy?

The Liberty Lifter has the potential to greatly ease the Navy’s logistical burden during rapid deployment.

The Navy is looking for a quick kinetic counter to cheap drones used by the Houthis in the Red Sea.

NASA flew the Tupolev Tu-144’s final flights as a testbed to develop the next generation of supersonic passenger aircraft.

If built, the Liberty Lifter could supply the military with an ekranoplan that combines the benefits of ship and aircraft transportation.

Besides the pogo stick and the Pogo comic strip, there was also the Pogo V/STOL fighter plane. It predated the Harrier by over a decade.

The Luftwaffe’s Moskito didn’t have the success that the RAF’s Mosquito did during WWII. This was largely due to the lack of a very basic ingredient.

Some of these planes hold world records for speeds and altitudes.

Not to be confused with the F84 Thunderjet and F-84F Thunderstreak from the same manufacturer. The XF-84 caused more problems than she solved.

NASA is at the cutting edge of aviation with its X-series experimental aircraft and operates many other remarkable aircraft.

If the challenges facing ekranoplans could ever be overcome, ground-effect aircraft like the Be-2500 could be transformative.