“The Belly Tank”: A Military Drop Tank Is Transformed Into An Αerodynamic Pommel Horse » Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007
“The Belly Tank”: A Military Drop Tank Is Transformed Into An Αerodynamic Pommel Horse – Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007

“The Belly Tank”: A Military Drop Tank Is Transformed Into An Αerodynamic Pommel Horse

Like many creative endeavors, the Belly Tank Project took shape over a bottle of red wine when product designer Axel Kleinschmidt explained to his friend, economist Hartmut H. Hölter, his fascination with belly tanks — an aviation term that describes expendable fuel tanks, also known as drop tanks, externally carried by combat aircraft— which he had found on sale on the internet, and his wish to cleanse such a war object from its military connotations and use it in a positive way. The Belly-Tank Project was thus launched aiming to transform a piece of warfare into a symbol of peace.

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