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Tuesday, 3 June 2008

What's this?

9 comments:

xlingy said...

DuPont DP1

Brian said...

Here's some background:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/dp-2.htm
And as proof there's seldom anything really new in aviation have a look at the Bell X-14:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-14

Anonymous said...

Looks like a cesna that lost its prop while morphing into a pig. She ain't pretty.

rhhardin said...

Styled after Beech Musketeer.

Anonymous said...

Easy Answer - A very butt ugly aeroplane!

richard mcenroe said...

Sweet jeebus, that's ugly.

But suddenly I'm wanting a glass of milk...

Brian said...

Here's why this aircraft looks a bit like a pig: it would appear to rely on pork barrel funding.
http://www.ktka.com/news/2007/jun/12/congress_pours_millions_questionable_aircraft_tech/

Fairey Rotodyne or Armstrong Whitworth AW681 anyone?

Anonymous said...

It's a piece of shit that hasn't and never will fly that was funded to the tune of $60,000,000US by the pork-barrel politics of a U.S. presidential wanna-be by the name of Duncan Hunter.

Unsworth said...

It is a Mistake Mk IV