Ryan XV-8 flexible wing aerial utility vehicle - photo

Ryan XV-8 experimental flexible wing aerial utility vehicle from the 1960s.

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...0_fullsize.jpg


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...024#post187449
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...864#post232565
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...364#post200351
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...233#post150058
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...394#post188965

I would bet that that pilot is wearing a parachute...

When I was about 6 or 7 I got what looked like that above for Christmas, I had a bad cold so my brothers said they would try it out, to see how it flew. That is the last time I saw it! It was called The wing Thing.