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This Day in Aviation History - First flight of the Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" First flight of the Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake".November 23rd, 1942 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 the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of flat, somewhat disk-shaped bodies (hence the

This Day in Aviation History - First flight of the Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" First flight of the Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake".November 23rd, 1942 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 the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of flat, somewhat disk-shaped bodies (hence the