Amazing planes that failed

[Super Falcon]

Yes B 2 Spirit was the Father of All Long range Heavy Bombers it cannot be failled it is just damn expansive USAF planed to buy 125 but end up with only 21 F 22 can be the one reason

 

[nightcrawler]

Dont know who copied who because SR-71 & Tsybin RSR look amazingly similar & because the timelines for both plane overlap!! though the latter was a failed plane

Tsybin RSR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[marcos98]

F-16XL
This is the plane that many wish the USAF had chosen over the F-15E

 

[nightcrawler]

F-16XL
This is the plane that many wish the USAF had chosen over the F-15E

Never a failed plane!!

 

[nightcrawler]

Martin XB-48

The Martin XB-48 was a medium jet bomber developed in the mid-1940s. It never saw production or active duty, and only two prototypes, serial numbers 45-59585 and 45-59586[2], were built.

Convair XA-46

Three prototypes were ordered in early 1945, but the Army decided to purchase the North American B-45 before the XB-46 was completed. This effectively killed the XB-46 program; however, a single aircraft was finished and tested. Funding for the other two (canceled) XB-46s was diverted to the Convair XA-44 jet attack aircraft project.

The Convair XA-46 Bomber

 

[Solomon2]

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

I visited the Wright-Patterson Museum just to see this plane. It is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. In 1976 the U.S. discovered from defecting Russian pilot Victor Belenko that the Soviets had wasted hundreds of millions of rubles on developing air defenses just to defeat this aircraft - even after it was canceled. So I wouldn't count the Valkyrie as a total failure.

 

[Sunny FOXGLOVE]

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

AKA the 'stealth bomber' and famously the most expensive aircraft ever built at up to $2.1 billion apiece ($2.8 billion at today's values). Capable of dropping 16 nuclear bombs in a single pass, plans to build 132 were scaled back to just 21, one of which crashed on takeoff in 2008.

The 20 survivors have seen action on numerous occasions, being used in the skies above the former Yugoslavia to drop bombs on Serbian forces as well as over Iraq and Afghanistan. Whilst secrets about its systems are naturally well-guarded, B-2s have appeared at air shows and to great acclaim.

I dont think that Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is failed. Although we witnessed less action from it, but this bomber is not a failed one....

 

[Sunny FOXGLOVE]

Sukhoi Su-47

The Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut , also designated S-32 and S-37during initial development, is an experimental supersonic jet fighter developed by Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. A distinguishing feature of the aircraft is its forward-swept wing, similar to that of the Tsybin's LL-3. The sole aircraft produced is an advanced technology demonstrator prototype and manufacture of a planned second flying prototype is under question due to recent MiG developments of 5th generation Jet fighters. This aircraft is sometimes confused with the single-engined delta canard designoffered by Sukhoi in the early 1990s under the S-37 designation.

 

[Dazzler]

My favorite "failed planes"

1. Northrop F-20 tiger shark

2. Northrop YF-23 black widow

 

[nightcrawler]

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

I visited the Wright-Patterson Museum just to see this plane. It is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. In 1976 the U.S. discovered from defecting Russian pilot Victor Belenko that the Soviets had wasted hundreds of millions of rubles on developing air defenses just to defeat this aircraft - even after it was canceled. So I wouldn't count the Valkyrie as a total failure.

This also can be said as 'BLESSING IN DISGUISE' the very same thing happened when USA eyed MiG25 as something godly & produced a much better plane F15

 

[Solomon2]

This also can be said as 'BLESSING IN DISGUISE' the very same thing happened when USA eyed MiG25 as something godly & produced a much better plane F15

The MiG25 was indeed the plane developed to counter the high-speed high-altitude attack of the Valkyrie. The U.S. military, in part due to the MiG25's secrecy, came up with an exaggerated idea of its performance and this helped persuade Congress to develop the F-15.

 

[Tshering22]

The MiG25 was indeed the plane developed to counter the high-speed high-altitude attack of the Valkyrie. The U.S. military, in part due to the MiG25's secrecy, came up with an exaggerated idea of its performance and this helped persuade Congress to develop the F-15.

True but F-15 is an air superiority fighter while MiG-25 is a long range high speed interceptor. I think it was mis-information that led to F-15's development. Good fighter though.

But I gotta say that F-15 owes its lethal reputation to Israeli Air Force that left no stones unturned in using it in ite numerous wars.

 

[Chogy]

True but F-15 is an air superiority fighter while MiG-25 is a long range high speed interceptor. I think it was mis-information that led to F-15's development. Good fighter though.

But I gotta say that F-15 owes its lethal reputation to Israeli Air Force that left no stones unturned in using it in ite numerous wars.

I am a bit biased, but until the F-22 or perhaps the later Sukhoi fighters, I don't think there was anything more effective at gaining air superiority. The only other aircraft in our (U.S.) inventory that could turn with it was the F-16, but they suffered terribly pre-merge. The F-14 was easy meat. The F-18 was a good all-around fighter, and owned the slow-flight regime, but could be beaten down in an energy fight.

I don't think the MiG-25 was intentionally exaggerated. I think there was a genuine fear that it was a world-beater when it was first spotted probably at Ramenskoye - it sent shock-waves through the Pentagon. First flight in 1964... years before the F-15. At the time, we were tooling around Vietnam with F-4, F-100, F-105, and this thing looked like a space-ship.

I find it very interesting that the great MiG design bureau has been totally overtaken by Sukhoi. 25 years ago, Sukhoi was producing jets that were perceived as a bit junky, while the MiG's were cutting edge. Now it's the other way around.

 

[Solomon2]

I find it very interesting that the great MiG design bureau has been totally overtaken by Sukhoi. 25 years ago, Sukhoi was producing jets that were perceived as a bit junky, while the MiG's were cutting edge. Now it's the other way around.

If I recall correctly, during the cold war Sukhoi was charged with producing low-altitude interceptors and ground attack aircraft while Mikoyan-G produced fighters and high-altitude interceptors. Thus it is incorrect to call Sukhoi's products "junky" - they just weren't "sexy".

Nowadays I won't go to an airshow if MiGs are performing. Sukhoi is O.K., but I don't like the MiGs accident record.

 

[Tshering22]

If I recall correctly, during the cold war Sukhoi was charged with producing low-altitude interceptors and ground attack aircraft while Mikoyan-G produced fighters and high-altitude interceptors. Thus it is incorrect to call Sukhoi's products "junky" - they just weren't "sexy".

Nowadays I won't go to an airshow if MiGs are performing. Sukhoi is O.K., but I don't like the MiGs accident record.

Most MiG accidents are on the table because countries have been using them for far too long. Take our example. Indian Air Force is still using MiG-21s in different versions. 250 of them that were once around 600-700. The same goes for DPRK, Vietnam and other former Soviet friendly states. MiG-29 on the other hand has been an excellent fighter. The problems IAF faced was due to USSR collapse which had it not happened, would have made the Fulcrum a record-beater.

Overall, Russian fighters to have lethality if they're in good hands. Most of the records are good for American fighters because they were in capable hands and used either by Israeli pilots or USAF directly.

That changed with Su-27/30/37/35BM which is yet to see a noticeable combat. The last time we used MiG-29s for example was only in 1999 war as escorts to Mirage 2000 strike fighters. Only once in its entire service life.