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Old 1st Mar 2007, 03:24
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NickLappos
 
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Dave,
It was flown extensively back in about 1970, as a modification to the experimental S-61F test bed aircraft, which was flown to explore all kinds of high speed concepts, such as jet compounding, lifting wings. The "swing-tail" was a moderate success, but its speed gain was modenst, and its weight and cost never justified itself, I think.
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