Couzinets Flying Saucer
by Keystone
Title
Couzinets Flying Saucer
Artist
Keystone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A 3/5 scale model of a proposed VTOL 'flying saucer' aircraft, the Couzinet Aerodyne RC-360, on display at a workshop on the Ile de la Jatte in Levallois-Perret, Paris, 1955. Designed by French aeronautical engineer Rene Couzinet (1904 - 1956), the Aerodyne was to feature two contra-rotating crowns of 96 small wings rotating around a motionless cockpit. These were to be powered by six 180 HP Lycoming engines in three pairs. Horizontal propulsion was to be provided by the jet engine, which can be seen mounted under the cockpit. The aircraft was refused government backing, however, and never reached the prototype stage. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Image provided by Getty Images.
Uploaded
January 18th, 2019
Statistics
Viewed 1,522 Times - Last Visitor from Cambridge, MA on 04/24/2024 at 8:41 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Tags
Image ID
3318538
Comments
There are no comments for Couzinets Flying Saucer. Click here to post the first comment.