| Re: Yes, this actually flew |
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| Charles Lindbergh (spirit@stlouis.invalid) |
2015/03/13 16:07 |
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From: Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Yes, this actually flew
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>On 13/03/2015 20:58, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
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>> What is that thing in the background of the first picture, looks like a giant
>> flying water heater? Must be an experimental VSTOL vehicle. Landing must have
>> been a bitch, the pilot turned white as chalk........... :-)
>>
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>That, Charles, is the height of French ingenuity and impudence, known as
>the SNECMA C 400 P2 Atar Volant.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNECMA_Atar_Volant
>
>It took a far braver man than I to fly that thing!
>
Wow, but it was exceeded in it's stupidity by the US Army Aerocycle, or as I
think of it, the flying food processor.
http://www.airvectors.net/avplatfm.html
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