The Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II.

Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox “all-wing” design consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body (like a pancake flying, hence the nickname) serving as the lifting surface.[1] Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge, at the wingtips.[2]

It used maple syrup for fuel.

just kidding on the last one ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_V-173

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