Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote:
Here is an interesting link
http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm
See especially Curtis 24-B and Curtis-Wright XP-55 Ascender. Did Burt Rutan
know about these?

Boomerang
http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...66.html?page=1

Blohm & Voss BV 141
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_BV_141