PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoPhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1149
arrow-up1149imagePhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·21 hours agoThis looks immensely dangerous.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours 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-up1·9 hours agoGreat, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·20 hours agoThe design was shelved shortly after the tests.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 hours agoWhat uh… happened during the tests…?
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-220 hours 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-up9·20 hours ago“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
minus-squarehihi24522@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours ago“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
This looks immensely dangerous.
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!
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?”