And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's a Bell X-22 V/STOL. Two prototypes were made, the first crashed in 1966, and was stripped for parts to go on the second. The program was canceled because it could not reach the needed airspeed, but the second craft was flown until 1988.
The X-22 used a ducted fan design which was not used again until the F-35B.
That's a Bell X-22 V/STOL. Two prototypes were made, the first crashed in 1966, and was stripped for parts to go on the second. The program was canceled because it could not reach the needed airspeed, but the second craft was flown until 1988.
ReplyDeleteThe X-22 used a ducted fan design which was not used again until the F-35B.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-22
Four jet engines, four props, still only 250 mph. Where's the rocket propulsion package?
ReplyDeletePredecessor of the Osprey?
ReplyDeleteWhat do test pilots do? Unfortunately, a lot of the time they demonstrated that the planes weren't stable or sturdy enough to fly.
ReplyDeleteAnd pray a lot.
DeleteAnd some of them became REAL test pilots.
ReplyDeleteAstronauts.
cockpit area looks like a UH-1 at bit at least.
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