Mojave Virtual Museum


	After the program shut down due to exhaustion of funds, the Roton ATV sat forlornly in the high-bay hangar for months. A. Radecki photo.
	A rare day when the high-bay doors were open. A. Radecki photo.
	Rotary Rocket used a Sikorsky S-58 helicopter both to flight test the rotor blades that would be used on the Roton ATV, and for crew proficiency training. A. Radecki photo
	The unreached goal of the program.... A. Radecki photo.
	In November 2000, as the assets of Rotary Rocket were sold off in order to pay outstanding tax bills, the Sikorsky S-58 was bought by a group in Texas who were in the process of restoring another S-58 that had actually flown in Vietnam. Rotary's was bought to provide a source of spare parts, and was loaded on to a trailer for the long ride east. Alan Radecki photos.