Military Disc-shaped Aircraft - Nemeth Umbrella Plane

Nemeth Umbrella Plane

In 1934, at Miami University (of Ohio), an aircraft called the Nemeth Umbrella Plane (aka Roundwing) was tested. (Nemeth is sometimes spelled Nuneth.) This aircraft had a circular wing on top of the rectangular fuselage, a propeller in front, wheels underneath the fuselage and a rudder with tail fins. There were no wings extending from the middle of the fuselage. The aircraft looked like the AWAC plane, except for the missing middle wings. The aircraft is named in the 1976 reference book "Airplanes of the World" as the "Flying Saucer" plane, (the book also mentions the Avro Avrocar, the Vought V-173, and the Vought XF5U).

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