Inflatable aeroplane

In the 1950's the Goodyear Company wanted to design an inflatable rubber airplane that could be used for military purposes and they came up with inflatoplane.
The plane can be wheeled out like a wheelbarrow on its own wheels. It can be inflated in about 5 minutes. It used a two-cycle 40 horsepower Nelson engine. With a wing span of 22 feet and lenght of 19 feet 7 inches, it can cruise at 60 mph and has a range of 390 miles. It need 250 feet for takeoff and 575 feet to clear a 50 foot obstacle.

Ot was meant to be dropped by container behind enemy lines for downed pilots to use to be rescued.

A total of 12 inflatoplane were built untill the project was finally laid to rest in 1973.