Flying bedstead
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The Flying Bedstead was a nickname given to two experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The first was the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig which flew in 1953. In the 1960s the United States developed the LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle) as part of the Apollo program. Both of these aircraft comprised a platform raised on four legs that resembled a bed.
X-15 pilot and future Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was nearly killed when a flying bedstead went out of control and crashed.
