Those are all great! But extremely expensive!
Extremely expensive ye but necessary in terms of development and future technology applications.
I am curious to know of what others think a Gen 6 Fighter Jet is going to look like? What will its capabilities be? IMO the current F-35 is already outdated, however the real gem is the current F-22 which is not available to the outside world. I believe Gruman won the contract with Airforce to develop such a fighter but won’t be available until something like 2030 and beyond.
During WW2, my mother worked at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. PBY rescue sea planes. She was only 4 foot 10; and she could squeeze into tight areas for riveting. I think 300 were built. She asked the foreman what the cost was. He said, if only one of these plane rescues a downed 
airman, it’s worth every cent. The days when all Americans pulled together.
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I am always amazed what the NAZI´s manufactured under extreme hardship,including the worlds largest sea plane which flew until the the spruce goose superseded its size.
I already posted this same video earlier in this thread. I agree though that the Nazi’s were pretty innovative under times of desperation. Remember that we took their scientists at the conclusion of the war which lent their expertise to the development of our space program.
Leave it to the Germans. Junkers Jumo 205 - Wikipedia
https:// en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ Junkers_Jumo_205
The Junkers Jumo 205 aircraft engine was the most famous of a series of aircraft Diesel engines that were the first, and for more than half a century the only successful aviation Diesel powerplants. The Jumo 204 first entered service in 1932.
The GRUMMAN GOOSE
The Goose represented a number of firsts for the company, including it being Grumman’s first monoplane to fly, their first twin-engined aircraft and their first aircraft to enter commercial airline service.
Modernized Upgrades are available today…
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This is def one of my favourite planes. This was the same plane that was used in the movie “Commando” with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This is one of the strangest planes I have ever seen!
I love “goonies”
