I was able to watch the maiden tethered flight of the POGO inside a big aircraft hangar when I was a boy. I remember how loud the engine was and how it raised up off the floor just a foot or so before setting back down. It was an exciting event for me.
No one ever said actually how fast this thing was and how high could it fly. Wish there were more films made of this crazy plane. Thanks for a great video and to the pilot who has steel balls to fly this. Outstanding job on landing. Hope the wind isn't blowing too hard.
I was in the Navy in 1979 and we had one in our hangar at NAS Norfolk, I wish I could have seen it fly, it got moved to static display and I never saw it again.
He negotiated a special compensation plan with Convair management for this work. They had "heartburn" giving it to him. He probably brought them around by telling them that there was a 30% chance he'd be killed flying this thing.
It is a very inconvenient system for manned (piloted) flight. But with today's technology, it can be made as an Unmanned Aircraft (UAV). It would be a useful system on ships.
Convair seems to have more flight experience than the competing Lockheed design which never did the vertical take off and landing. Must have been hard on the the pilot's neck looking backwards!
How about having two pilots sitting back to back facing opposite directions...one controls vertical lift off while the other controls vertical descent...cameras can also help.
Three comments a year, I'll at least help keep up the average. One of my favorite designs ever, it just looks cool. A couple of modern drone chips and gyros would solve the stability problems in a second.
With an average of 11.44 accidents per 100,000 flight hours, the Harrier is three times more likely to crash than the F/A-18 and five times more likely than the A-10. Now, imagine pilots trying to land this plane while sitting horizontally.
The Tupolev Tu-20 "Bear" strategic bomber's maximum speed of 540 mph. pushes the performance envelope of all propellor-driven aircraft to the outer limits. Whether piston-engined or turbine powered, (a.k.a. turboprop), the technical problem of the propeller blades exceeding the speed of sound limits the overall thrust potential and is generally regardless of the amount of available engine horsepower. Consequently, most of these type of aircraft's maximum speed is limited to around +/- 500 mph. However, Tu-20's uniquely massive 15,000 h.p. Kuznetsov Nk-12 engines with their counter-rotating multiple blades, combined with the airframe's low-compressibility, highly swept wing design gives it a slightly greater edge in speed...
My grandfather, James Pike Sr, designed this plane. I’m so thrilled to see it in action. There were pictures of it all over his house.
So cool!
Certified badass, wish I could share a whisky with him
Is he still alive?
I can’t imagine how difficult that landing must have been.
1950's is the bold and brave era..a lot of ideas and inovations came from this periode..salut..
This was actually Tesla's Design from the 1920's.
..rather similar to the interwar period...
I was able to watch the maiden tethered flight of the POGO inside a big aircraft hangar when I was a boy. I remember how loud the engine was and how it raised up off the floor just a foot or so before setting back down. It was an exciting event for me.
No one ever said actually how fast this thing was and how high could it fly. Wish there were more films made of this crazy plane. Thanks for a great video and to the pilot who has steel balls to fly this. Outstanding job on landing. Hope the wind isn't blowing too hard.
All props are subsonic.
It's projected maximum speed was 640 mph., however this was never confirmed in test flights before the project was canceled by the US Navy...
Video says high idle was 300 kts
My favourite plane back in the 50's. With modern electronics it would be viable today.
Amazed it got off the ground given the shear mass of the test pilots balls.
OMG- IT'S FRIGGIN BEAUTIFUL.. A S U C C E S S F U L FIRST FLIGHT... FLAWLESS... WHAT A PILOT....! BRAVO
As a former United States Air Force member ... RESPECT!
I was in the Navy in 1979 and we had one in our hangar at NAS Norfolk, I wish I could have seen it fly, it got moved to static display and I never saw it again.
You are one gutsy skilled test pilot! I hope you are alive and well.
Info here about pilot - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._Coleman
He negotiated a special compensation plan with Convair management for this work. They had "heartburn" giving it to him. He probably brought them around by telling them that there was a 30% chance he'd be killed flying this thing.
Always love to watch the video from experimental era of flight..
Skeets Coleman - badass!
Trailblazers. So much respect😎
It is a very inconvenient system for manned (piloted) flight.
But with today's technology, it can be made as an Unmanned Aircraft (UAV).
It would be a useful system on ships.
Convair seems to have more flight experience than the competing Lockheed design which never did the vertical take off and landing. Must have been hard on the the pilot's neck looking backwards!
Ryan also had a competing jet=powered version that successfully made transitions to level flight and landed vertically.
Jesus christ, this is insane! Both plane and helicopter at the same time
I saw it fly at an open house at Andrews AFB.......as an 11 or 12 year kid I was impressed
How about having two pilots sitting back to back facing opposite directions...one controls vertical lift off while the other controls vertical descent...cameras can also help.
Pilot's had big stones!
Three comments a year, I'll at least help keep up the average. One of my favorite designs ever, it just looks cool. A couple of modern drone chips and gyros would solve the stability problems in a second.
Wow, that thing was hairier than the Harrier!
I luv the pogo plane- but were it successful, what was it meant for? If not as a fighter then what?
Awesome
Probably the Best Pilot in the USN...
What’s with the dubbed-in recip sound?
very good idea than now
I’m trying to figure out who the narrator is.
perfect maiden I would say ??
With today's technology hovering isn't an issue anymore
Sci-Fi concept that worked. but the plane was too dangerous to fly and a risky investment.
maybe the seat should rotate around so you can fly like a heli when you are doing that.
The pilot's voice and manner of talking are exactly like ted bundy
What exactly would you know about Ted Bundy? Were you raised in the PNW or are you just acting like a know-it-all?
@@ModMokkaMatti Watch a Ted Bundy interview first
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With an average of 11.44 accidents per 100,000 flight hours, the Harrier is three times more likely to crash than the F/A-18 and five times more likely than the A-10. Now, imagine pilots trying to land this plane while sitting horizontally.
At flight idle 300kts OMG, Everything Ive ever read says that the Bear bomber is the fastest propeller driven aircraft, maybe it wasn't
The Tupolev Tu-20 "Bear" strategic bomber's maximum speed of 540 mph. pushes the performance envelope of all propellor-driven aircraft to the outer limits. Whether piston-engined or turbine powered, (a.k.a. turboprop), the technical problem of the propeller blades exceeding the speed of sound limits the overall thrust potential and is generally regardless of the amount of available engine horsepower. Consequently, most of these type of aircraft's maximum speed is limited to around +/- 500 mph. However, Tu-20's uniquely massive 15,000 h.p. Kuznetsov Nk-12 engines with their counter-rotating multiple blades, combined with the airframe's low-compressibility, highly swept wing design gives it a slightly greater edge in speed...
i WAS UNDER 2 YRS OLD
На соседней полосе уже целая эскадрилья села.