The newly-restored Flying Pancake, or V-173, has a new home in North Texas for the next decade. The aircraft, recently restored by Grand Prairie's Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation, will spend the ...
What You Need to Know: The Vought V-173, or “Flying Pancake,” defied traditional aircraft design with its flat, flying-wing shape. Invented in the 1930s by Charles Zimmerman, the V-173 was ...