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I'll take a William X-Jet, thanks. uber-crappy Youtube video In case you were thinking it looks familiar. Done in by the low thrust of the Williams F107, which also powers the ALCM and the Tomahawk; the X-Jet only had about a 250lb payload, including you and enough gas to get it in the sky. Build it again these days out of carbon fiber and you'd probably gain 70 lbs of useful cargo; trade it out for an F112 and now you're talking 470lbs. Someone oughtta build one. That shit looks like so much fun.