Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar
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avro-canada-vz-9-avrocar-204-5621688
title:
Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar
text:
The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar was a VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Canada as part of a secret U.S. military project carried out in the early years of the Cold War. The Avrocar intended to exploit the Coandă effect to provide lift and thrust from a single "turborotor" blowing exhaust out of the rim of the disk-shaped aircraft. In the air, it would have resembled a flying saucer. Originally designed as a fighter-like aircraft capable of very high speeds and altitudes, the project was repeatedly sc
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encyclopedia
description:
1959 experimental VTOL aircraft model
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar
date created:
2005-09-10T20:58:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T22:14:10Z
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