PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Photos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
arrow-up111arrow-down1imagePhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前The design was shelved shortly after the tests.
minus-squarehihi24522@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前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.
The design was shelved shortly after the tests.
What uh… happened during the tests…?
“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
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.