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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

Photos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982

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Photos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982

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    This looks immensely dangerous.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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      The design was shelved shortly after the tests.

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        What uh… happened during the tests…?

        • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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          IIRC they found that it wasn’t viable for the role it was designed for. There wasn’t any catastrophic failures that I remember.

          The version I remember is that it was meant to be a quiet way to have a moving elevated guard post. It wasn’t quiet.

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            I can only imagine. ✈️🙉

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          “How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”

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            “How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”

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      Not at all, the design was actually meant to make ski jumping safer. Unfortunately the ski federation wouldn’t allow it.

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        Great, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!

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    Wow, that looks insane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_X-Jet

    Reminds me of the flying vehicles from Nausicaa:

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    whispering Snake Eater

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    Now THAT is truly one of the things that ever existed!

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      You’re right, it did sort of exist

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    Kind of look like hover Segway

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    I don’t like that weird cross-shaped letter anymore. :(

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    US Baba Yaga

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    Darth Potty

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