FAN IN WINGS AN OLD IDEA
Jonathan Taub indeed is not the only one who thought of putting fans in the wings of jet aircraft (AW&ST Feb. 21, p. 6). My dad, Stanley Spooner, was project manager for the Ryan XV-5A for the Army Avlabs at Ft. Eustis, Va., in the late 1950s and early '60's. It had wing lift fans and a nose-mounted...
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