Posted by jeffcat on January 12, 2019 at 16:14:48 from (50.207.7.234):
In Reply to: An odd airplane posted by PJH on January 12, 2019 at 11:02:17:
Back in the early 80s the development work was being done by Boeing Vertal outside of Ridley park just south of Philadelphia. I serviced one of their big copy machines. I couldn't walk through the drafting room to the machine until they coverd up everything with sheets. They had a full size cabin mock up in the room. It was all made out of wood. From what I have read those had a couple of computer glitches and also some kind of air compression or unstable vortex stuff that would compound stability problems. They also were doing referb update work on the C-47 Shinook choppers. More like total rebuilds. Couple of smart @ss test pilots were out with a newly rebuilt chopper and TRIED to do and inside loop with one. They didn't have enough altitude and unded up doing ONE HALF of a loop right into the marshes on the Jersey side of the river. Complete 180 wheels up in the air. Kinda flat.
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