Wingless Plane Passes First Test - William Horton, an aircraft engineer, sits in cockpit of his virtually wingless plane which rose 10 feet off the runway on a trial taxi run here yesterday, Horton, who spent 18 months and $50,000 building the craft, said it's designed to prevent air surrounding it in flight from mixing with the air flowing over its lifting contour. September 30, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).;Wingless Plane Passes First Test - William Horton, an aircraft engineer, sits in cockp