Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the mid-1950s, Hiller constructed a series of innovative Flying Platforms for an Army-Navy program as a one-man ...
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The tiny Cold War helicopter the Marines almost took into combat
The 1950s were a time of rapid innovation in aviation. The world emerged from World War II with an intense curiosity about ...
In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough.
Soldiers suspended in the air in moon boots and sniping unsuspecting targets on the ground might sound like a battle tactic from a future war, but such a concept for an Army hovercraft actually traces ...
What do the classic tale "The Arabian Knights," "Marvel's Silver Surfer," and the movie "Back to the Future II" all have in common? They each have someone who is flying around on some kind of platform ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the mid-1950s, Hiller constructed a series of innovative Flying Platforms for an Army-Navy program as a one-man ...
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