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years before the United States launched
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a massive Saturn rocket from Cape
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Kennedy in Florida to put a man on the
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moon there had been efforts during the
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Cold War days to build a flying saucer
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which would help defend the nation in
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the event of a war with Russia the
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effort was a joint effort between
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America and Canada but after many
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attempts and millions of dollars spent
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the program was shut down both the US
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and Russia were in a space race and on
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the 21st of July
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1969 American astronaut Neil Armstrong
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became the first person to walk on the
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moon he stepped out of the Apollo 11
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lunar module and onto the moon's surface
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in an area called The Sea of Tranquility
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the Flying Saucer program saw its first
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test on the 7th of October 1959 this is
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the story of that program it's rise and
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fall
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the AOC Canada vz9 AOC car was developed
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by AOC Canada as part of a secret US
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military project carried out in the
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early years of the Cold War in the air
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it would have resembled a flying saucer
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originally designed as a fighter like
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aircraft capable of very high speeds and
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altitudes the project was repeatedly
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scaled back over time and the US Air
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Force eventually abandoned it
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development was then taken up by the US
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armer in Flight testing the AAR proved
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to have unresolved thrust and stability
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problems the AAR was the ultimate result
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of a series of blue skies research
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projects by designer Jack Frost who had
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joined Avo Canada in June 1947 after
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working for several British firms at Avo
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Canada he had worked on the avoc cf100
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before creating a research team known as
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the special projects group Frost first
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surrounded himself with a collection of
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likeminded Maverick engineers then
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arranged for a work site that was
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secured with security guards locked
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doors and special passcards at it was
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expected that any future European War
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would start with a nuclear exchange that
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would destroy most airbuses so aircraft
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would need to operate from limited
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airbuses roads or even unprepared fields
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and frost felt the excellent performance
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of his new engine would be a natural fit
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the cockpit was positioned over the main
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bearing behind the intakes a spine on
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the top and bottom ran from the cockpit
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area to the rear edge of the aircraft
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several other versions of the basic
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layout were also studied in 1952 the
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design was Advanced enough that the
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Canadian defense research board funded
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the effort with a $400,000 contract a
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wooden mockup of project y was completed
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it appears the project was considered to
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costly within the military establishment
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on the 11th of February 1953 a story on
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the project was leaked to the Toronto
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Star along with images of the Omega
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design apparently in order to gain
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further funding 5 days later the
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minister for defense production informed
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the House of Commons that Avro was
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indeed working on a mockup model of a
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flying saucer capable of flying at 1,500
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mph and climbing vertically nevertheless
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further funding was not forthcoming a
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group of us defense experts visited Avo
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Canada Frost co-opted the tour and roted
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it to the special projects area where he
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proceeded to show off the project why
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mockup in models and drawings some never
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before seen by senior company officials
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for a completely circular disc-shaped
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aircraft known as project Y 2 the Yousef
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agreed to take over funding for frost
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special projects group and a contract
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for
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$750,000 followed in 1955 aom management
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was interested enough to commit to .5
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million to build a private Venture
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prototype in March 1957 the Air Force
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added additional funding in 1955 an
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extensive article appeared in look
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magazine that among other claims
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speculated that current UFO sightings
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were Soviet built saucers the article
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went on to describe such an aircraft
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with diagrams that were clearly
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influenced by the AO design in 1958
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Frost proposed building a smaller proof
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of concept test vehicle he called the a
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car by this point the US Army became
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interested in avo's concept as well
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Frost pitched his smaller design both as
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a prototype of a vehicle suitable for
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the Army's needs the new plan appeared
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to make everybody happy and a $2 million
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joint Services contract managed by the
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Air Force was awarded to a to build and
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test to a cars additional Air Force
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funding of approximately
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$700,000 was also moved to the a car
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project in March 1959 an additional $
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1.77 million contract was received for a
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second prototype just as the first
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working test models were being
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manufactured disaster struck the
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Canadian government canceled the avoc
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cf15 arrow program on Black Friday the
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20th of February 1959 the uing result
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was the layoff of almost all avoc Canada
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employees including those with the
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special projects group however 3 days
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following the announcement of the arrow
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cancellation many of the special
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projects employees were rehired the USAF
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project office devoted to the AO
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projects recommend Ed the program be
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cancelled Frost was forced to try to
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rescue the project and made a resounding
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case for continuation of US military
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funding late in May 1959 the USAF
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authorized Avro to continue the Flying
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Saucer program all who flew the a car
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considered it tricky to fly likening it
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to balancing on a beach ball the first a
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car rolled out of the A M factory in May
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1959 from the 9th of June to the 7th of
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October 1959 it was tested in a static
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hover
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but was incapable of hovering properly
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the second was completed August 1959 on
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the 29th of September the first attempt
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to Hover was made with the AAR Tethered
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to the ground after the vehicle became
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Airborne an uncontrollable roll and
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Pitch coupled oscillation started that
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forced each of the three wheels into the
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ground in turns changes were made to the
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stability system as testing continued it
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became clear that the problem was
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inherent to the design and the engineer
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started referring to the effect as Hub
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capping so named as it appeared similar
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to a hubcap spun on the ground the first
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completely free flight occurred on the
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12th of November 1959 this test proved
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the nozzle control system unacceptable
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after five flights testing was
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temporarily halted on the 5th of
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December 1959 by which time the AAR had
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logged 18.5 hours of test time tests
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continued in January 1960 and appeared
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to work much better however while the
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new control system improved the hovering
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qualities the craft now became unstable
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at higher speed Avro was convinced that
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the concept was still workable and
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proposed a new program for major rework
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of the propulsion and control system
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modifications were completed and testing
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resumed in April 1961 the new design
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demonstrated much better control in
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Hover and considerably improved lift on
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the 9th of June 1961 a second yusf NASA
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flight evaluation of the a car was
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conducted on the similarly modified
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second Prototype at the Avro facility
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during these tests the vehicle reached a
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maximum speed of 20 23 mph and showed
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the ability to Traverse a ditch 6 ft
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across an 18 in Flight above the
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critical altitude proved dangerous if
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not nearly impossible due to inherent
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instability and a range of control
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problems before modifications could be
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achieved funding ran out in March 1961
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Frost proposals for a modified design
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were not accepted and the AAR and
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related programs were officially
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canceled in December 1961 by the US
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military the second a car had logged
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about 75 flight hours at the end of the
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flight testing the AAR was an object
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failure only two a cars were ever
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produced and because the US military had
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paid for the work they reverted to us
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ownership at the end of the program
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so we're out here at uh easily Covered
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Bridge here in Blunt
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County uh this is one of three covered
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bridges in Blunt
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County uh the other bridge is Swan
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bridge and the the third one is Horton
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Mill
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Bridge easily Covered Bridge uh this
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this bridge was built in
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1927 so uh this County uh has three
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covered
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bridges and uh I think probably they may
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have been built along the same time
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period but we'll be uh we'll be visiting
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those later on
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oh
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and you can see um see in the
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background uh one end one end of the
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covered bridge and it's situated out
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here in the country and most of these
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Bridges have
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been
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renovated quite a bit because uh over
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time made out of
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wood the uh the roofs were really
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exposed but the roofs protected the
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bridge and that's why they were covered
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because the bridges themselves were
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wooden so they put the cover over the
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bridge
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to protect it from rain and the elements
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and so that it would hold up
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longer and later on we'll be um we'll be
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covering the other covered bridges
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