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Old 27th Mar 2009, 15:12
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Ian Corrigible
 
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After watching Alexander Korda's 1936 big screen interpretation of H.G. Wells' "Things to Come" on TCM last night, I discover that Sikorsky has been working on the X2 concept for over 70 years now...



Wells/Korda apparently had little faith in the coaxial rotor, preferring a more conventional layout instead. Still, the good news is that the program seems to be ahead of schedule - Wells predicted that the concept wouldn't appear until 2036...



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