Other big ideas Have you heard of these aircraft? Rutan Boomerang Burt Rutan's asymmetric aircraft, introduced in 1996. Wainfan Facetmobile A general aviation aircraft that looks like a stealth fighter. Lun-class Ekranoplan Soviet battle missile carrier ground-effect vehicle developed in 1987 (NATO named Duck). Reid Flying Submarine Combination seaplane and submarine developed in 1962. M-15 Belphegor A Polish design, this jet aircraft was developed in the 1970s for Soviet agriculture use; it is named after the noisy demon Belphegor. Stipa-Caproni Known as the "Flying Barrel," this airplane, whose fuselage was a ducted fan, was developed in Italy in 1932. Sikorsky X-Wing A hybrid helicopter/fixed-wing aircraft that flew in 1976. UTIAS Ornithopter An aircraft that flies by flapping its wings was developed in the late 1990s. Snecma Coléoptère French-designed singleperson aircraft developed in 1958 to take off and land vertically; coléoptère means "beetle." www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 31http://www.aopa.org/pilot