The Ilyushin Il-62
There was a pilot named “For Sweden” who commented on his experiences with this old fighter plane. He said, “It still uses manual flight controls, no power assist to move those flight control surfaces,” he explained. “If some ice gets in a hinge, it’s just your muscles that will break it loose. It also has a history of failed thrust reversers and exploding engines that damage neighboring engines.”
The Ilyushin Il-62
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The Brewster Buffalo
The first monoplane to ever fly for the U.S. Navy was called the Brewster Buffalo. It was very common at the start of World War II, but it was very challenging to use so many countries abandoned it and today it is referred to as the “flying coffin.”
The Brewster Buffalo
