The flying saucer snapped up by US army - 04/08/07 06:41 AM
The flying saucer snapped up by US army
The age of the British amateur inventor toiling away in his humble garden shed lives on - and Geoff Hatton is proof of it.
The former hovercraft engineer has designed and patented a flying saucer from his workshop in Peterborough that has grabbed the imagination of the American military establishment.
My son said it was a bloody silly idea,' said Mr Hatton. "Now I've proved it works, he says sorry, he was wrong."
The 68-year-old has won a contract with the US government for his 3ft-wide contraption, a cross between a hovercraft and a helicopter. It is being considered for surveillance sorties.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...47317&in_pa
There is video of the saucer at the link.
The age of the British amateur inventor toiling away in his humble garden shed lives on - and Geoff Hatton is proof of it.
The former hovercraft engineer has designed and patented a flying saucer from his workshop in Peterborough that has grabbed the imagination of the American military establishment.
My son said it was a bloody silly idea,' said Mr Hatton. "Now I've proved it works, he says sorry, he was wrong."
The 68-year-old has won a contract with the US government for his 3ft-wide contraption, a cross between a hovercraft and a helicopter. It is being considered for surveillance sorties.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...47317&in_pa
There is video of the saucer at the link.
