The Flying Dorito
This aircraft may remind you of your favorite maize snack and may look like something out of an anime or video game. But the pentagon believed that it was a great concept and was willing to throw copious amounts of money into its development during the 80s. The radar system on the Dorito was faulty and besides its designers believing that its composite materials were something to brag about, the implementation wasn’t anything novel. Thankfully the department stopped its development in its tracks in 1991 when they came to know that the estimated production cost would be around $165 million, and Dick Cheney gave it the go-ahead to scrap it.
The Flying Dorito
XB 15
Prior to the Spruce Goose birth, the U.S Air force titan was the biggest aircraft in the country. The XB 15 was so enormous that passengers could easily get lost in the aircraft, the XB 15s size was so overambitious that they couldn’t find engines capable enough to allow it to fly faster than 200 mph. The XB 15 was never developed further and its sole purpose was being employed as a cargo plane during the Second World War.
XB 15
