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FLYING FICTION

CAPRI satellite

A cross between a satellite and automobile.

1957, published in HUMBUG #2 by Russ Heath

It is reported that one tank of this design was actually built, and likely, there was only one. The airplane part probably never left the drawing board. It appears that Mr. Christie was an eccentric genius who never could get it right with the War Department. Alas, it seems that creative genius is only part of the process. It takes a different kind of genius to cope with a bureaucracy.

However, it is believed that the Russians bought at least one of the tanks he created, and applied his thinking to their excellent tanks used in World War Two. The "Flying Christie" never went into production.

Source: www.roadabletimes.com

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