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	Flying Bedstead
		A second rig, the XA426, was built and first flown on Oct. 17, 1955.
		It conducted extensive tethered flying for 12 months before its first free flight on Nov. 12, 1956.
		The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV), of the early 1960s, was also referred to as the "Flying Bedstead."
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/F/flying_bedstead.html (751 words)

	TEST BED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Two years later however, another chapter in militray aviation was to be written at Hucknall with the development of the Thrust Measuring Rig, a rather mundane and unglamorous technical name for what was to become better known as the 'Flying Bedstead', the first step on the road to the VTOL Harrier.
		We did not have the large Aircraft Carriers from which to fly conventional jet fighter, and in any case it is unlikely that such aircraft could have been flown off and landed in the terrible weather conditions of the South Atlantic.
		Now all that the town of Hucknall has to remind it of the strange contraption which revolutionised air warfare is a pub called the Flying Bedstead, and a model of the flying Bedstead in the foyer of the Rolls Royce factory at Hucknall Nottinghamshire...
	homepage.ntlworld.com /g6nhy.uk/testbed.htm (613 words)

	Flying Sites - R/C Aero Portal - FEATURES - MODELLING THE HAWKER HARRIER
		Surfing the net for "flying bedstead" only produced a poor quality b/w picture and no text so I went on thinking what could be involved.
		One stage static and a further two involved flying the model before the eyes of the judges, performing a set of compulsory manoeuvres.
		Basically flying and landing the plane as realistically as one would expect to see from the full-size aircraft.
	www.flyingsites.co.uk /features/harrier/harrier1.htm (1112 words)

	[1.0] Harrier Origins
		It was referred to as the "Flying Bedstead" due to its appearance; more or less the same nickname was applied to comparable VTOL evaluation rigs developed in other countries.
		The Bedstead had an empty weight of 2,720 kilograms (6,000 pounds) and a loaded weight, with enough fuel for ten minutes of flight, of 3,400 kilograms (7,500 pounds).
		The basis for the effort was a new type of engine known as a "liftjet", the brainchild of Dr. Alan A. Griffiths, one of the pioneers of British jet technology and a major figure in the history of materials science.
	www.vectorsite.net /avav8_1.html (5540 words)

	LandWare Products: Lunar Lander Pro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They were also flying with the windows facing the Moon so that they could do some post-ignition landmark timing; but then, as planned, three minutes into the burn Armstrong rotated the spacecraft to a face-up position.
		Now, he and Aldrin needed to fly with their backs to the Moon so that, as they approached the landing site and the LM began to rotate upright, Armstrong would be able to see the ground ahead and pick out a good, clear landing spot.
		During all but the final moments of the approach, flying the proper trajectory was a matter of analyzing navigation data from inertial and radar systems and then subtly adjusting the thrust and pointing of the LM engine.
	www.landware.com /lunarlander/ll_moreinfo.html (1655 words)

	LLRV - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The LLRVs, humorously referred to as flying bedsteads (see also Flying bedstead), were used by the FRC, now known as the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to study and analyze piloting techniques needed to fly and land the Apollo Lunar Module in the moon's airless environment.
		It was first readied for captured flight on a tilt table constructed at the FRC to test the engines without actually flying.
		Neil Armstrong was flying LLRV-1 on May 6, 1968 when it went out of control.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/LLRV (985 words)

	Airshow Support
		Today he is flying the Heritage Flight Museum's P51D Mustang "Val-Halla", of WWII fame, the "Cadillac of the skies" (or -- the F8F-2 Bearcat "Wampus Cat", the Navy's highest performance propeller driven fighter of late WW II and Korean War vintage).
		He was Lunar Module Pilot on the December, 1968 Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, the first manned flight on the giant Saturn V rocket and mankind's first flight away from the earth to another body in the solar system.
		Anders, who has over 8000 hours of flying time in fighter-type aircraft and helicopters, is still logging 300-400 hours per year as an FAA commercial pilot with single and multi-engine land and sea, helicopter and instrument ratings and has recently earned his glider rating.
	www.comoxairshow.ark.com /bios/index.php?williamanders (1208 words)

	VTOL - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An early VTOL prototype was the so-called "flying bedstead".
		The Harrier is often flown in STOVL mode which enables it to carry a higher fuel or weapon load over a given distance.
		Before the Soviet Union collapsed, the only supersonic VTOL aircraft was developed as the Yak-38's successor, the Yak-141, which never went into production.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/VTOL (557 words)

	Flying bedstead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Flying Bedstead was a nickname given to two different experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, both receiving the nickname because each comprised a skeletal platform raised on four legs that resembled a bed.
		The second aircraft known as the Flying Bedstead was the LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle) developed by the United States in the 1960s as part of the Apollo program and intended for studying piloting techniques for use by the astronauts destined for the moon landings in the Apollo Lunar Module.
		During one of his flights in an LLRV the X-15 pilot and future Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was nearly killed when the Flying Bedstead went out of control and crashed.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Flying_bedstead (211 words)

	Soviet Jet VTOL: Yak-36, Yak-38, & Yak-41
		It is known that in the mid-1950s the Soviets developed their first jet VTOL platform, a test rig comparable to the British Rolls Royce "Flying Bedstead" rig and apparently known as the "Turbolet".
		It was recognized from the outset that flying a jet VTOL aircraft was something new, unfamiliar, and tricky, dictating development of a conversion trainer.
		Although trying to second-guess bureaucratic logic is a treacherous game, certainly the Yakovlev OKB was doing everything they could to promote their VTOL technology, even if it wasn't ready for "prime time"; but it seems more likely that the Red Navy wanted aircraft carriers and could only obtain the KIEV-class vessels over the short run.
	www.vectorsite.net /avredvt.html (4027 words)

	Flying Beds and Metal Birds
		Rolls-Royce's Thrust-measuring Rig was nicknamed the "Flying Bedstead." It was first flown in August 1954 to help in the development of VTOL aircraft.
		Official reports notwithstanding, there may be deadly consequences for troops who fly to the battlefield in the Osprey.
		Designed to fly faster and farther than any other troop transporter in the Marines' inventory, the lightly-armored V-22 relies on speed to survive.
	flatrock.org.nz /topics/flying/flying_bedstead.htm (1526 words)

	Arnold, Roswell and US/Nazi/Japanese Tech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Examples of the flat-riser are the Rolls-Royce "Flying Bedstead" and the Bell VTO aircraft.
		Regarding people's thoughts of 'intergalactic invasions' in connection with these flying saucer/disc sightings in 1947 (e.g., Maj. Marcel, and possibly also Gen.Ramey), this is possibly connected with Orson Welles' radio performance of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds", involving invasions from Mars, which took place some 10 years earlier, i.e.: http://www.flstoneaudio.com/html/books/b1513.html Mr.
		It is also well known that there were numerous sighting of 'flying saucers' the first years after the war - and most likely - due to the intensive developments and tests of the new and captured technologies, involving some exotic aircraft, missiles and rockets.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1998/oct/m23-030.shtml (3299 words)

	The Flying Disc, Air Intelligence Digest
		Of course, if the western disc predicted by the article were to be successful, perhaps one might expect to catch a glimpse of the new aircraft as it was tested and deployed.
		This is quite interesting when contrasted with the facts that Air Force intelligence along with the rest of the intelligence community have shown a long standing and continuing interest in UFO, and many Air Force personnel were certain that UFOs were not made by earthly nations because of their own personal experiences.
		This is a very-much-generalized chart (not reflecting estimates) to suggest the possibilities of the future as far as a proposed flying disc is concerned.
	www.cufon.org /cufon/flydisc.htm (3077 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| British Aerospace Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The road to wedding helicopter ascents with fixed-wing speed was paved with bizarre flying contraptions.
		The experiment of vectored jet thrust was successful and the machine, nicknamed "the Flying Bedstead," completed more than 500 hovering flights to prove the viability of flying by thrust alone.
		Meanwhile, the Chrysler Corporation, with its great number of government contacts and massive capability to finance experimentation, developed "the Flying Jeep." This futuristic machine consisted of two shrouded fans connected by a short airframe upon which the pilot/driver was accommodated.
	historynet.com /ahi/blharrier (1263 words)

	More Photographs as inspiration for building. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Flying Fox glider which I repaired for a museum,the early flying machine was made by Major R.F.Moore who as a member of the Royal engineeres in India made a study of fruit bats,the machine was made by J.Shaw and sons in Coventry and shown at Crystal Palace.Major Moore died in Vancouver during 1925.
		The model of the Flying Fox was believed to have been made by Dick Teasdale for the Midland Air Museum.
		Antoinette flying model glider,made from paper and a little balsa for the undercarriage.
	wonwinglo.scale-models.net /id23.htm (3082 words)

	Lunar Landing Research Vehicle liftoff from ramp
		The LLRV's, humorously referred to as "flying bedsteads," were created by a predecessor of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and Bell Aerosystems Company, Niagra Falls, New York, to study and analyze piloting techniques needed to fly and land the tiny Apollo Lunar Module in the Moon's airless environment.
		Bell had independently conceived a similar, free-flying simulator, and out of this study came the headquarters' endorsement of the LLRV concept, resulting in a $3.6 million production contract awarded to Bell February 1, 1963, for delivery of the first of two vehicles for flight studies at the FRC within 14 months.
		Built of aluminum alloy trusses and shaped like a giant four-legged bedstead, the vehicle was to simulate a lunar landing profile.
	www.dfrc.nasa.gov /Gallery/Movie/LLRV/HTML/EM-0019-02.html (898 words)

	collectSPACE - news - "NASA X-15 pilots awarded astronaut wings"
		The honor officially establishes Walker as only the 11th person to fly in space and the the 7th American by his first wings-qualifying flight on January 17, 1963.
		After flying the X-15 (including its last flight in October 1968), Dana served as a research pilot for the Air Force's X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
		After the X-15, he tested the "flying bedstead," the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, in advance of training NASA's Apollo astronauts how to touchdown on the moon.
	www.collectspace.com /news/news-082305a.html (758 words)

	UFOs Ours Or Theirs? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In other words, the Avrocar project was a planned failure from the very beginning, designed to create the impression with the Soviets that the US military had failed to successfully develop and put into service such a particularly unique aircraft.
		The cockpit is located at the center of the aircraft with the orientation of the cockpit determining the fore and after center-line of the aircraft as well as the normal direction of forward flight.
		The airframe, fuel cells, and the gas turbine power plant encircle the cockpit." Notably, the take-off and landing ability of the aircraft closely matched the characteristics that numerous witnesses to flying saucers have reported for decades: "This aircraft is designed for vertical take-off and landings while in the horizontal flight attitude, i.e., a flat-riser.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2005/jun/m08-011.shtml (1971 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The last named was the birth place of DH Lawrence of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Sons and Daughters" fame.
		Rolls Royce (Hucknall) is where the Flying Bedstead, fore runner of the Kestrel and later the Harrier was developed.
		New Zealand who gave me permission to use his photograph of the flying bedstead.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /1803atc/hucknall.htm (215 words)

	Chariots For Apollo, ch4-5
		More complicated were plans for tethered flights of a model of the lunar lander at Langley on a huge A-frame structure that used cables and rigging to relieve the descent engine of most of the vehicle's weight.
		Dubbed the "flying bedstead" or "pipe rack," this was a complex combination of rocket motors and a vertical jet engine designed to accustom the astronauts to flying in the lower gravity of the moon.
		Paul F. Bikle, Director of the Flight Research Center, insisted that close contact with the builders of the lunar module during the designing of the hover craft was essential to make certain the handling characteristics of the moon lander were accurately represented.
	www.solarviews.com /history/SP-4205/ch4-5.html (1366 words)

	TIME.com: Vertical Take-Off -- Oct. 4, 1954 -- Page 1
		The Bedstead has two engines, mounted end-to-end, with right-angle exhaust pipes to shoot the jet blast downward, thus cause the Bedstead to rise.
		When the Bedstead is tilted forward, the jet stream thrusts it ahead.
		The Bedstead is strictly an experimental device, has gone only 25 feet in the air.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,857604,00.html (503 words)

	Lunar Landing Training Vehicle NASA 952
		The Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) - sometimes called The Flying Bedstead - was an open framework vehicle which, according to Journal contributor Ed Hengeveld, was equipped with a "turbofan engine which could be throttled to support five-sixths of the weight of the vehicle.
		To finish the training after the third accident, they had to fly 240 more flights; and, so, when Gene (Cernan, the Apollo 17 Commander) flew the last flight in his training, the thing went to the Smithsonian or whatever because nobody was ever going to fly that thing again as far as Gilruth was concerned.
		As of August 2004, the surviving LLTV was on display in the lobby of Building 2 at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /alsj/LLTV-952.html (1040 words)

	Harrier VSTOL aircraft pictures and info
		Early experiments with a vectoring jet engine mounted to a wingless metal frame known as the flying bedstead proved the feasibility of engine borne controlled flight.
		The VSTOL ability of the harrier has always given a significant tactical advantage to the force that operates the aircraft.
		The ability to fly off roads, forest clearings, small carriers and ships without the need for a long hard surfaced (easily knocked out) runway offers huge benefits.
	www.jetplanes.co.uk /harrier.html (333 words)

	Wroughton: Conservation
		Conservation staff from Wroughton working on the 1954 Rolls Royce "Flying Bedstead" (Vertical Take Off Test Bed, XJ 314) which now forms part the new display for the 'Making of the Modern World' gallery which opened in June 2000.
		The 'Bedstead' was used to test the feasibility of vertical take-off and flight by aircraft and ultimately led to the development of the Harrier Jump Jet.
		Brian Bradfield and Bob Townsend can be seen here carrying out some minor repairs to the instrument panel mounted on the top of the test bed.
	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /wroughton/conservation.asp (91 words)

	Making the Modern World - Icons Of Invention - Technology - 1939-1968
		The development of the jet engine during the Second World War produced aero engines with a thrust that was greater than their weight, offering the possibility of aircraft that could take off vertically, and which would not need long, expensive and vulnerable runways.
		Rolls-Royce developed the Flying Bedstead in 1953 to test the principle.
		With two Nene jet engines - at that time amongst the most powerful in the world - and an available thrust greater than the weight of the whole assembly, it was clear that the machine could take off vertically.
	www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk /icons_of_invention/technology/1939-1968/IC.063 (277 words)

	Astronaut Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They also fly T-38 jets to keep their skills sharp.
		This vehicle was called "the flying bedstead" because it was a wingless platform, somewhat like an old brass bed frame.
		It was designed to fly up to 500 feet above the Earth.
	www.vibrationdata.com /space/training.htm (515 words)

	Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The TMR used two Nene turbojet engines mounted horizontally within a steel framework raised upon four legs with castors for wheels.
		The TMR had no lifting surfaces (wings, blades, etc.) and was understandably nicknamed the Flying Bedstead.
		The output of the jets was directed towards the centre of the rig with one jetpipe discharging downwards through a central nozzle while the other jet discharged downwards through two smaller nozzles on either side.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rolls-Royce_Thrust_Measuring_Rig (385 words)

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