Rumor had it, that it produced an infernal racket with an appetite for it's liquor as the proverbial Dragoon. This due to the very inefficient (at these speeds) ramjets at the tip of the rotor. In the 70'ties the prototype was stored as a a study object at the "Hogere Technische School" (techical college) in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Does it still exsist and where??
Designed by Jan Meijer Drees - my grandfather. That's him in beginning of the video and again demonstrating the Kolibri at the airport.
He sure impressed Prins Bernhard!
My Uncle worked at that company. His name was Jan van Cranenburgh.
Rumor had it, that it produced an infernal racket with an appetite for it's liquor as the proverbial Dragoon. This due to the very inefficient (at these speeds) ramjets at the tip of the rotor.
In the 70'ties the prototype was stored as a a study object at the "Hogere Technische School" (techical college) in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Does it still exsist and where??
It exist in the "Luchtvaart- & Oorlogsmuseum Texel"
@@FotoCreatives Nope. That is the PH-NHI. The prototype was the PH-NFT (most probably, as it was in a silvergrey finish, without the tanks)
Crazy little machine! So agile!
Cool, you must be very proud
ps: do you know where I can find one IRL?
Aviodrome
An engine (or at least a replica) is on display in the local museum of Breda International Airport (former name Vliegveld Seppe)
You can find one at the "Luchtvaart- & Oorlogsmuseum" in Texel (Island in the north of the netherlands).
Bulgar machine, so far from the elegance of Flettner's machine
Bulgar machine? Can you give more information and details please? Thank you!