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Avrocar: Canada's Flying Saucer: The Story of Avro Canada's Secret Projects

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A slim book with a wealth of both visual and historical information about the now virtually forgotten Canadian project that came close to making flying saucers a viable reality. Infusion of US funding kept the project alive and resulted to two prototype test vehicles.

From concept to construction, the Avrocar was a vehicle ahead of its time. It was a daunting engineering challenge but the prototype actually did get off the ground, although it proved to be unstable in flight tests. Perhaps with today's alloys, carbon fiber composites, advanced engine technologies and computer avionics, this project could get off the ground. It's near decade of development ended when project funds ran out in December 1961. As it is, one of the Avrocar prototypes -- Avro VZ-9-AV -- is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.

This book is the single best resource that I know of about the Avrocar -- an excellent book, a real find.