As a five-seat, single-engine pusher-propeller aircraft, the VK-30 stood out in an era when most general aviation planes followed traditional layouts. Its smooth, aerodynamic lines, ...

Push-pull engine configurations have been a feature on some military aircraft since the First World War. One of the earliest examples was the Kennedy Giant, an experimental British heavy bomber ...

To stand out from the rest, WACO designed a four-place aircraft with a front-mounted single engine that drove a pusher propeller in the tail and named it the Aristocraft. Even when retracted, the ...

The Bold, Bulbous Douglas Cloudster II This unconventional 1940s twin-powerplant, pusher-propeller GA aircraft design featured a large forward fuselage, room for five, and white wall tires.

French developer VoltAero has unveiled a significant redesign of its Cassio 330 hybrid-electric aircraft, dropping the ...

This way, the aircraft can accelerate from a hover like a conventional helicopter, engage the pusher prop at 100 knots, and continue forward flight efficiently.

A pilot survived a small plane crash in a Utah canyon over the weekend and hiked about six miles to call for help, officials said. The twin-tailed pusher-propeller aircraft crash-landed near Durst ...

McDonnell Aircraft Corp. Summary Rotor Diameter: 9.5m (31 ft) Wingspan: 7.9 m (26 ft) Length: 9.1 m (30 ft) Height: 3.3 m (10 ft 9 in) ... The McDonnell XV-1 avoided the XV-3's complexities by using a ...

The Shinden – a tailless aircraft with a backward-facing “pusher” propeller, rear-mounted wings with vertical stabilizers, and nose-mounted canards – subverts expectations.