Vintage photos of an Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar at the National Museum of the US Air Force get new attention
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The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early 1950s, the museum says.
“However, its circular shape gave it the appearance of a flying saucer out of science-fiction movies of the period,” the museum notes.
The museum shared 2007 photos of the delivery of the craft to the museum on its Facebook page a couple of days ago, which generated a fair amount of attention.
“With claims of that the US government has been clandestinely retrieving crashed UFOs for…Continue Reading