History's Most Dangerous Aircraft Models

The Hiller VZ-1

This is another bizarre "hover" design that was as ridiculous as it looks. The pilot navigated this thing using their body weight. They could only get up to about 16 mph, which isn't very fast. It was notoriously unimpressive. 

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