De Havilland Comet
There are a lot of good things to say about the De Havilland Comet. Sadly, the negatives look like they outweigh the positives. It became the poster child for poorly-designed aircraft. The engineers reworked and updated it a lot, but they just could not prevent any of the fatal accidents from happening.
De Havilland Comet
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The Devil’s Hoverbike
Hoverboards are popular now, but you should know that they were inspired by an aircraft the U.S. Army made in the ‘50s. The military came up with the idea to hover the infantry into battle and designed a one-man chopper. The scariest part about it was that the powerful rotor blades were found four inches below your feet. Pilots needed to balance on a tiny platform with this below them!
The Devil’s Hoverbike