In the second half 40, design engineer K.SHULIKOV (in that years he carried exactly this surname) has developed the original project of the VTOL plane beside which engine of the type Nene , located in nose part of fuselage, had a ramifide output channel with thumb nozzle.
Many VTOL planes are put design arrangement presently exactly since this has done Shulikov in 1950.
1)Shulikov pictures
2)3-views
3)Stabilization of the flight in mode take -off / landing
4)Twin-boom fighter with one thumb nozzle
5)With four thumb nozzle
Sources :"Kryl'ya Rodiny" magazine
I.SULTANOV "History of the creation first (Sovetic) turbojet plane" 1998