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On Sep 30, 1:16 am, Rob Arndt wrote:
Most people consider the failed Avrocar (which was a propaganda tool to deceive the public and Soviets) an "aircraft" even w/o the "flying Then most people are ignorant. saucer" or "disc aircraft" stigma... and yet it was never meant to fly very far off the ground as it was supposed to be a flying jeep armed with a bazooka or recoilless gun on the rear deck. It was a GETOL Best I recall it was originally expected to be fully a flying craft. (Ground Effect Take Off and Landing) craft. Hint: joint US Army/Avro project. But everyone considers it an aircraft and in every aviation book it is in, it is referenced as an aircraft ![]() In aircraft books simply because it was a FAILED aircraft. That it succeded in being a hovercraft (even if a bad one) is a seperate issue. |
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