Aug 172008
On the drive to Maryland I briefly stopped at the USAF Museum in Dayton (actually, I spent more time leaving the highway and getting to the museum than I spent at the museum itself). I was last therein October or so of last year, so I wasn’t expectign much to have changed. But there were a few surprises, including the newly-displayed Avro Canada VZ-9 “Avrocar.” This was a late 1950’s attempt to produce a high-speed VTOL aircraft… the result being an uncomfortable hovercraft capable of minimal speed and a maximum altitude measurable in inches. Ooops.
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Ever notice that the canopies on that thing are backwards from the way you would think they would go for smooth airflow?
The canopy design on the Silverbug had the same teardrop pointy-end first shape.