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During the '60s Matra Engins developed, in collaboration with Breda a reusable missile, that should
take-off with a weight of 1,100 kg, fly up to a distance 700 km in less than 20 minutes powered by
two ramjets and then land with the help of foldout rotor blades, as an autogyro, I would think, as no
means of powering that rotor is mentioned or recognisable. Payload should have been 30 kg of mail (!),
the whole project was called "Iris".
Don't dare to imagine, how many stamps you would have to put on a letter delivered this way ! ;D
(Edit: New scans/photo from the source added)
take-off with a weight of 1,100 kg, fly up to a distance 700 km in less than 20 minutes powered by
two ramjets and then land with the help of foldout rotor blades, as an autogyro, I would think, as no
means of powering that rotor is mentioned or recognisable. Payload should have been 30 kg of mail (!),
the whole project was called "Iris".
Don't dare to imagine, how many stamps you would have to put on a letter delivered this way ! ;D
(Edit: New scans/photo from the source added)