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That's...unusual

Postby SeanTK » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:21 pm

Stumbled across this thing today. No, it's not a photoshop image.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Kaman-K-16B/0882527/L/

More info:
http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/kaman_k-16.php


In my opinion, this would be incredibly fun in FS!  ;D
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Re: That's...unusual

Postby TacitBlue » Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:42 pm

Wow, that is cool. I love weird aircraft. ;)
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Re: That's...unusual

Postby expat » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:00 am

"As promising as this aircraft appeared, it would never take to the air. It was, however, tested In the NASA Ames wind tunnel during 1962. The reason it didn't move into a powered flight test stage is not known."


I bet I do......inter-service rivalry. Was the death nail for many a promising project. Shame, it was, well at the end of the day, 45 years ahead of it's time.
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Re: That's...unusual

Postby B-Valvs » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:15 pm

As if being a plane and boat wasn't enough, it just had to be a helicopter too....

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Re: That's...unusual

Postby Tyler012 » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:10 am

Ah, The Osprey. What a wonderful craft.
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