the ‘Flying Pancake’. So, what went into making the Vought V-173 or ‘Flying Pancake’? The Vought V-173 was an aircraft built during World War II. As already mentioned, central to the proof ...

Working in the 1930's with the Chance Vought Division of the United ... took on the names "Zimmer Skimmer", "Flying Pancake" and "Flying Flapjack". The V-173 was constructed mostly of wood and ...