Flying bedstead

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The Flying Bedstead was a nickname given to two experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

These were the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig and the LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle) developed as part of the as part of the Apollo program.

The Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig which flew in 1953 at Hucknall aerodrome, Nottinghamshire, England.

The LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle) developed by the United States in the 1960s was part of the Apollo program.

Both of these aircraft comprised a platform raised on four legs that resembled a bed.

X-15 pilot and future Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was nearly killed when a flying bedstead went out of control and crashed.

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