Illustrated description of Lonsdale-Hands project for direct lift stratosphere aircraft envisioned by designer for 1968; plane is wingless craft, of shape which departs from streamlined principles as it is intended for supersonic speed; airplane propellers eliminated in favor of jet propulsion system; horizontal or vertical movement selectively achieved by simple process of changing propulsive jets from horizontal to vertical; speeds of over 1000 mph anticipated.
Vision of 25 years ahead
Flight
Flight ; 44 , n 1816
1943
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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