TIL that Goodyear developed a small inflatable airplane called the "Inflatoplane" with funding from the United States Army in 1956. The project was scrapped because it could not find a "valid military use for an aircraft that could be brought down by a well-aimed bow and arrow."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_Inflatoplane



Submitted February 26, 2015 at 04:10PM by Rsenel http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2x7z3u/til_that_goodyear_developed_a_small_inflatable/