Unsafe Inflatable Airplane Not the Only Use For Inflatable Technology in Aviation

In 1956, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Corporation developed an inflatable airplane to drop to downed pilots to use to escape from behind enemy lines. The Goodyear AO-2 Inflatoplane weighed about 195 pounds and compressed into a package about three feet long, two feet wide, and two feet high. Additional inflatable components, such as landing-gear […]

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