William Horton Wingless Plane 1951 Douglas Rolfe pre-flight pictorial

Description: "Wingless Plane - Will it Work". A pre-flight pictorial of the original Horton Wingless Plane. "The Horton Wingless aircraft was invented by William Horton of Huntington Beach, California. He called the plane “wingless” because he claimed the entire craft was a simple airfoil with vertical fins and utilized all surfaces for lift. Unfortunately, Horton did not have the money to develop it, but was able to get into a partnership with billionaire Howard Hughes and Harlow Curtiss. The plane was test-flown but the venture failed ...not because the airplane didn't fly, but because Hughes wanted to take full credit for the patents and production rights, which Horton refused to allow. Hughes sued Horton which effectively stopped any further development of the aircraft. Hughes managed to have the prototype and partially-constructed production version destroyed. One aspect of the lawsuit was a statement that the aircraft could not fly, which witnesses, photographs and video obviously show not to be true. At one point, Horton served jail time for selling stock in a company for an airplane that "couldn't fly" and had several violent confrontations with people associated with Hughes and Curtiss because of the law suit and resulting injunctions". This is a 3 page magazine article from 1951 Pages measure 6 1/2" x 9". William Horton Wingless Plane 1951 Douglas Rolfe pre-flight pictorial Click images to enlarge Description "Wingless Plane - Will it Work". A pre-flight pictorial of the original Horton Wingless Plane. "The Horton Wingless aircraft was invented by William Horton of Huntington Beach, California. He called the plane “wingless” because he claimed the entire craft was a simple airfoil with vertical fins and utilized all surfaces for lift. Unfortunately, Horton did not have the money to develop it, but was able to get into a partnership with billionaire Howard Hughes and Harlow Curtiss. The plane was test-flown but the venture failed ...not because the airplane didn't fly, but because Hughes wanted to take full credit for the patents and production rights, which Horton refused to allow. Hughes sued Horton which effectively stopped any further development of the aircraft. Hughes managed to have the prototype and partially-constructed production version destroyed. One aspect of the lawsuit was a statement that the aircraft could not fly, which witnesses, photographs and video obviously show not to be true. At one point, Horton served jail time for selling stock in a company for an airplane that "couldn't fly" and had several violent confrontations with people associated with Hughes and Curtiss because of the law suit and resulting injunctions". This is a 3 page magazine article from 1951 Pages measure 6 1/2" x 9". Payment Payment: by Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Apple Pay, G Pay, accepted thru eBay. Items shipped upon receipt of payment. Shipping Multiple Items may be grouped to save on shipping. When buying more than one item please use the shopping cart for the best shipping price. Rates: $4.50 for USPS Ground Advantage $8.70 for priority mail service. $4.50 for Canadian shipping $6.00 other International shipping About Us Grandpa's Secrets Discover a Wealth of How-to Projects & Plans from a Bygone Era. Explore our Scientific & Mechanical History in Vintage Hobby, Craft, & Technical Magazine Articles. Get images that make Supersized seem small.Showcase your items with Auctiva's Listing Templates! THE simple solution for eBay sellers.

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