Daniel L. Berek's Photo Gallery

Truly a plane worth its weight in gold!

This is what you get when an auto body company tries to copy a P-51 Mustang and insert a powerful turboprop engine driving a high-performance contra-rotating propeller. As with a giant Lego set, the aircraft had components from various WWII aircraft.

The X-4 was developed for the study of flight characteristics of swept wing semi-tailless aircraft at transonic speeds (about Mach .85).

This aircraft was the first U.S. rocket-powered fighter to exceed the speed of sound.

Yet another unusual experimental flying machine from the Eisenhower era.

This aircraft was the result of a 1951 U.S. Army request for one-man pulse jet-driven helicopter for aerial observation. The main problem was that the pulse jets were extremely noisy, forcing the cancellation of the program.

Not a UFO, this aircraft is actually was actually designed as a supersonic VTOL bomber.

Another new one for me!

On display at the American Helicopter Museum

Not exactly something you get to see everyday!

This retro experimental helicopter has earned her retirement at the American Helicopter Museum.

An X-1, X-15, and the XB-70 frame the Martin X-24.