Whatever the reason, many aircraft designs showed real vision and often looked much more ‘modern’ than their actual age would suggest, giving a fascinating insight into the forward-thinking, creativity and in some cases, desperation of aircraft designers.

I have set up xplanes3d.com to cater for this subject, which has fascinated me for a very long time: my main aim being to showcase the visualisations and aviation art of experimental and prototype aircraft projects of some of these X-planes and how they might have looked had they been built - the 'what-ifs' of aviation.

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Over the decades there have been countless aircraft designs which, for one reason or another, never made it into production. Some were already outdated before the slow process of testing and manufacture would have seen them enter service; some were very good designs but financial or political motives meant alternatives were sought; others were little more than speculative designs or, as in the case of the Luftwaffe, some were cancelled due to over-stretched resources and the end of hostilities.