Descriptions of disc-like aircraft: Couzinet "aerodyne", Adrian
Phillips' "Sauc~rcraft"; Chance Vought XFSU-1 "Flying Pancake";
Chance Vought V-173 "Flying Flapjack"; Otis T. Carr "OTC-X";
Hilton Re-entry Vehicle; HilJ.er "Flying Platform"; National Research
Associates' "Flying Saucer :Ude"; Weygers' "Discopter"; Swedenborg
Saucer; Ryan Disc; General Dynamics' Lenticular Re-Entry Vehicle;
V-7.
ni Soir, W. E. The saucer that didn't fly. Fate, v. 12, Aug. 1959:
32-34.
Account of Otis T. Carr's unsuccessful attempt in April 1958 to launch
a prototype model of a saucer-sha9ed aircraft. Propulsion was to have
been by ''utron'' energy.
Fry, Daniel W. Steps to the stars. Lakemont, Ga. , CSA Publishers,
1956. 83 p.
The basic physical concepts underlying the construction and operation of
a vehicle that could undertake interplanetary travel are discussed.
Fuller, Curtis. Canada builds a saucer. Fate, v. 12, Sept. 1959: 70-73.
Avro Canada, Ltd., is preparing to test-fly a saucer-shaped craft which
r~portedly can move sidewise, hover, or skim close to the ground to avoid
radar detedion.
Haggerty, James J. and Cornelius Ryan. The Navy comes up with a real
flying saucer. Collier's, v. 135, Apr. 29, 1955: 30-35.
Description of a circular one-man aircraft that can hover, climb, and
dart sideways using the "duc;ted fan" propulsion principle; a propeller
operating in a Ehallow cylinder sucks air through the vehicle, generating
a downward thrust force which supplies vtrtical lift. Aircraft was built
by Hiller Helicopters, Palo Alto, Calif. , under direction of the Office
of Na.val Reseatch in 1954.
Is this the real flying saucer? Look, v. 19, June 14, 195C: 44-4G.
Design study for a flying-saucer fighter prepared for Looi< by Republic
Aviation Cm·p. engineer Thomas Turner. Sketches indicate appearance
of a craft that would fulfill following requirements: (1) ability to take off
and land vertically; {2) high speed of over Mach 2.; (3) high rate of climb;
(4) ex:.:ellent maneuverability; (5) heavy armament; (6) ability to operate
at 60.000 ft.
John~·. Cr.rnelius. Flyi11g saucers swamp the Vietcong. Argosy, v. 356,
Jan. 1968: 30-31. 66, 68-69.
Role of air-cushion vehicles in the Viet1iam war is discussed.
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