The Strangest Aircraft Ever Built: The Soviet Union’s VVA-14

Get an entire year of both CuriosityStream and Nebula for just $ here: Support Mustard on Patreon: Mustard on Nebula: Mustard Store: Website: Twitter: Instagram: Thanks to Hangar B Productions for producing the incredible VVA-14 models used in this video, visit: As an aircraft designer, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, painter and musician, Robert Bartini is often described as a genius ahead of his time. Throughout his life, he designed over 60 aircraft and made significant contributions to Soviet aviation. Although most of Bartini’s aircraft designs never left the drawing board, many of his aeronautical innovations were incorporated into production aircraft. In 1965, Bartini was given a rare opportunity to realize the fu