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John Frost

1952–1960

British-born aeronautical engineer at Avro Canada who led the classified "Project Y" saucer-shaped VTOL aircraft program, later declassified as the VZ-9 Avrocar. Said his ideas partly stemmed from a 1953 meeting with a German engineer who claimed to have designed a flying-saucer aircraft for the Luftwaffe.

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confirmedProject Y (Avrocar)

led the program

Source: Avro Canada Project Y / VZ-9 Avrocar declassified history

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