FLIGHT-TESTING

DATABASE US VTOL ‘TAIL-SITTERS’ The challenges of flying these three outlandish machines were overcome with a surprising lack of incident, but it was all for nothing ‘Skeets’ Coleman performs tethered hovering of the XFY-1 in one of Moffett Field’s historic blimp hangars. “I would get to twisting and turning and I couldn’t control anything so Bob would hit the lever snapping all the cables taut” McGeary, catch me, catch me!” It’s possible that ‘Skeets’ Coleman and Bob McGeary heard those