PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoPhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down11
arrow-up1153arrow-down1imagePhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·10 days agoThis looks immensely dangerous.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·10 days agoThe design was shelved shortly after the tests.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days agoWhat uh… happened during the tests…?
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-210 days agoIIRC 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.
minus-squareCTDummy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days ago“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
minus-squarehihi24522@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days ago“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoNot at all, the design was actually meant to make ski jumping safer. Unfortunately the ski federation wouldn’t allow it.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoGreat, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!
This looks immensely dangerous.
The design was shelved shortly after the tests.
What uh… happened during the tests…?
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.
I can only imagine. ✈️🙉
“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
Not at all, the design was actually meant to make ski jumping safer. Unfortunately the ski federation wouldn’t allow it.
Great, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!