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Photos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982 (lemmy.world)
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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I can only imagine. ✈️🙉