No, it’s not a UFO – but it does look like one! This was the test flight of ‘Avrocar’ – a secret US Airforce hovercraft project developed in the 1950s during the early years of the Cold War. With a diameter of 18ft (5.5 meters) and weight of over 3,000 lbs (1,361 kg), it was hoped the flying-saucer-shaped craft could travel at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour at high altitudes, though it managed neither. The underside of the vehicle featured a massive ‘turborotor’, effectively a giant fan po
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No, it’s not a UFO – but it does look like one! This was the test flight of ‘Avrocar’ – a secret US Airforce hovercraft project developed in the 1950s during the early years of the Cold War. With a diameter of 18ft (5.5 meters) and weight of over 3,000 lbs (1,361 kg), it was hoped the flying-saucer-shaped craft could travel at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour at high altitudes, though it managed neither. The underside of the vehicle featured a massive ‘turborotor’, effectively a giant fan po
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As you hover through your Friday, may we present the Avrocar -- a “saucer-shaped vehicle with new transition control.” It may look like science fiction, but this clip is from a 1960 United States Air Force film demonstrating flight tests of the Avrocar over gravel and grass surfaces. You can watch the entire Avrocar testing film in the National Archives Catalog! 📽️: Selected clip from the Avrocar Continuation Test Program and Terrain Test Program, June 1, 1960- June 14, 1961. https://catalog.ar
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As you hover through your Friday, may we present the Avrocar -- a “saucer-shaped vehicle with new transition control.” It may look like science fiction, but this clip is from a 1960 United States Air Force film demonstrating flight tests of the Avrocar over gravel and grass surfaces. You can watch the entire Avrocar testing film in the National Archives Catalog! 📽️: Selected clip from the Avrocar Continuation Test Program and Terrain Test Program, June 1, 1960- June 14, 1961. https://catalog.ar
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