United Aircraft Corporation Pogo-Stick Lunar Cabin Vehicle project......

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls; please don't ask as I really don't know. Here is a picture with a caption in French of the United Aircraft Corporation "project" (could even be a "concept") for a Lunar Cabin Vehicle that operates like a Pogo-Stick; designed by Dr. Howard S. Seifert......

The picture comes from the 15th February 1967 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Grey Havoc]

Here's a little more info on it: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200227.html

 

[OM]

...Oh, and if anyone's thinking about it...no, this wasn't the "Pogo Stick" design I'd brought up on another thread.

 

[Igor B]

I found more pictures concerning Lunar Leaper.

 

[Triton]

Lunar Leaper

Artist's impression of Lunar Leaper concept circa 1967 painted by Howard Seifert found on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Artist-Concept-Lunar-Leapers-Moon-Exploration-Howard-Seifert-Press-Photo-/160725299971?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item256bf97303

Real?

 

[archipeppe]

Re: Lunar Leaper

If I remember well did it is an odd Hermann Oberth's idea....

 

[hesham]

From Flight 1967.

 

[publiusr]

I might want two legs to stride, making very minor burns.

 

[Foo Fighter]

I think keeping my boots on the ground is a sensible option I might go for. One sneeze and...........