“Professor Paul Moller of the University of California sits in the cockpit of the flying saucer he invented after the craft landed successfully from a flight three feet above the ground. Moller could not take the saucer any higher because he is not a licensed pilot. He predicts, however, that saucers will soon move from city to city at 150 m.p.h”
(1967)
November 09, 2009, 10:03pm
the Kamov Ka-22 experimental transport aircraft, first flew in1959. In 1961, it broke several world records - payload-to-altitude still standing to this day.
The Ka-22 project was abandoned in 1964, after two fatal crashes.
August 18, 2009, 9:34pm
The Williams X-JET (WASP II) flying platform in action.
(thanks again to Timothy Ellis)
July 28, 2009, 9:21pm
The Williams X-JET, or “Williams Aerial Systems Platform II”, 1982
The previous WASP was evaluated by The US Marine Corps eight years earlier. This version was extensively tested by the US Army, who turned it down due to - it is believed - the fact that it could not compete with the faster and more versatile helicopter.
(thanks to Timothy Ellis for the suggestion)
July 28, 2009, 7:01pm
