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Custer’s CCW-5 lifts off on a demonstration flight at Oxnard, Calif., on July 13, 1953. The ultimate Channel Wing, it could take off in three seconds and fly at 22-200 mph. (Courtesy of the Custer Research Foundation)
Custer’s CCW-5 lifts off on a demonstration flight at Oxnard, Calif., on July 13, 1953. The ultimate Channel Wing, it could take off in three seconds and fly at 22-200 mph. (Courtesy of the Custer Research Foundation)