Vought V-173 Flying Pancake

The Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake“ designed by Charles H. Zimmerman was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U “Flying Flapjack“ World War II United States Navy fighter aircraft program. Both aircraft featured an unorthodox “all-wing“ design consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body (hence its name) serving as the lifting surface. Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge at the wingtips.