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Another period of strange aircraft design happened during and <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/convair-xfy-pogo-us-navy-funny-looking-vtol-experimental-aircraft-program-failed\/\" >after<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/convair-xfy-pogo-us-navy-funny-looking-vtol-experimental-aircraft-program-failed\/\"> WWII with designs like the Convair XFY-1 Pogo<\/a>. 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