Didn't the Air force try to develope some sort of rotary powered

airplane

during the Vietnam conflict? I seem to recall that they tried

(sucessfully)

to put a rotary engine onto  some sort of glider to use for

reconnaissance.

Brian Trubee

Yes, on a pylon with a huge prop to be superquiet for recon.  Several

built.

I'll lookup the details if anybody cares.

Bill Freman

Lockheed Q-Star, Curtiss-Wright RC-2-60 engine (2 rotor, 60 cu-in per

rotor, nominally about 170 hp).

Jon Lauter
Rotary Power Marine Corporation

Can anyone tell me how this varies from the 13B
and anything else of interest
George Lendich

Since they probably only made several engines they probably cost
one million apiece :-)> Here is a picture I took at the Pratt & Whitney
museum.

Paul Lamar 

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