History's Most Dangerous Aircraft Models

The Christmas Bullet

Dr. William Whitney Christmas designed this aircraft with the intention of killing the pilot. It was well-known that if this plane got up into the atmosphere, it would become lethal. Test flight pilot Cuthbert Mills perished as the wings of the aircraft caved in on itself. Super weird all around. 

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