Top 5 Most Unconventional US Military Aircraft Designs

Arguably, the era of the strangest aircraft designs took place at the beginning of aviationthis was when people were experimenting to find out what aircraft shapes worked. Arguably, none of these designs were unconventional, as convention had not yet been established. Another period of strange aircraft design happened during and after WWII with designs like the Convair XFY-1 Pogo. Some unconventional designs never got past the experimental stage, while others, like the B-2 Spirit ‘flying wing’, have become the standard for stealth design.