LLTV: Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
LLTV: The LLRV, Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, known by those who built and flew it as the flying bedstead, was the pre-curser to the LLTV, a training vehicle for the Apollo program's Lunar landing vehicle. Bill and Neil Armstrong were the first two astronauts to check out in the LLTV. Neil had a close call when he had to eject during one of his flights. Bill really enjoyed the challenge of the short (about two minutes of fuel) helicopter-like flights.
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| LLRV getting ready to land. NASA JSC test pilots were Bill's friends, Joe Algranti and Bud Ream. | LLRV about at it's maximum altitude. Note the B-58 Hustler and B-47 on the Edwards AFB ramp as well. |