On 07/07/2010 18:01, Peter Twydell wrote:
In message , Mitchell
Holman writes
[ A UUEncoded file (Rolls-Royce thrust measuring rig.JPG) was included
here. ]
More popularly known as the Flying Bedstead.
Two R-R Nenes for lift and puffer jets for directional control.
This picture shows the second rig, XK426, which flew on 12 November 1956
but crashed on 27 November 1957 on a tethered flight after hitting the
gantry and killing the pilot, Wg Cdr H G F Larson.
The surviving rig, XJ314, flew on 9 July 1953 tethered and on 3 August
1954 free. It completed 224 tethered and 16 free flights by December
1954. It is now in the Science Museum in London.
(information from Vic Flintham's website, http://www.vicflintham.co.uk/)
Seen here, in all its glory.
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