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Sun, Sep 6, 2026, 09:23:51 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

THE US ARMY FLEW THE EVTOL MISSION PROFILE IN 1958, THEN QUIETLY WALKED AWAY...

In 1958, a US Army development competition produced a machine that had no wings, no exposed blades, and a top speed slower than a family car.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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