The Lockheed Martin VH-71
Lockheed Martin and Agusta Westland were the two brilliant minds who came together to make this astounding American wonder during 2002. The aircraft wasn’t a complete disaster, after all, it did have some really great potential. The Marine Corps was so impressed with the Lockheed Martin VH-17 that it was even considered being the official Presidential aviation transporter (The President’s Personal Plane). The plane’s potential quickly came back down to earth because of its crazy price tag of $11.2 billion, I suppose that was much too expensive even for the president!
The Lockheed Martin VH 71
The Bristol 188
The Bell X 1 was created by Chuck Yeager in 1947 and was so inspirational to other engineers that they tried to copy the design, one of these copy-cat designs was The Bristol 188. The Bristol was produced by the English and it turned out to be quite a sub-standard imitation. The Bristol had many flaws and has suffered from bad planning and design which were completely out of tune with its contemporary standards. One of the fatal flaws of the Bristol was that its fuel tank would easily sprout leaks while flying and mostly failed to even take off unless it was speeding across the ground at 300miles per hour, it may have done better as a race car than a plane!
The Bristol 188
