TOPICS: VTOL and V/STOL projects

[Stargazer]

Another installment of the Topics Index series, this time the VTOL and V/STOL projects (STOL and helicopters not included).
If you see any topic that's missing from the list, please send me a PM about it!

Here is what you will find in this index topic:


PART 1: Major American VTOL/VSTOL companies
BELL | BOEING | CONVAIR & GENERAL DYNAMICS | CURTISS-WRIGHT | DOUGLAS & DOAK | FAIRCHILD-HILLER-REPUBLIC | GRUMMAN | LOCKHEED | McDONNELL | NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL | NORTHROP | TELEDYNE RYAN | VOUGHT & L.T.V.

PART 2: Other U.S. and Canadian companies / Other U. S.-related topics
OTHER AMERICAN COMPANIES | CANADA | NACA & NASA | U.S. PROGRAMS

PART 3: European countries
BRITAIN | FRANCE | GERMANY | SOVIET UNION, RUSSIA, UKRAINE... | ITALY, SPAIN, SWEDEN

PART 4: Other countries
JAPAN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA

PART 5: Various VTOL/VSTOL-related topics
VERY EARLY VTOL PROJECTS | VTOL-RELATED BOATS
VTOL-ORIENTED DISCUSSIONS | VTOL-RELATED WEBSITES & RESOURCES
AS-YET UNSORTED TOPICS TO BE SPLIT/MERGED
IMAGINARY OR SPECULATIVE VTOL DESIGNS

 

[Antonio]

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Indexing the forum you add a great value because it makes research tasks easier.
Thanks for your hard work!

Antonio

 

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Part 1: Major U. S. Companies


BELL

• 1941 Bell & 1951 Northrop Pogo Fighters
• Bell tail-sitter aircraft of 1944 ?
• What was that Bell VTOL aircraft ?
• Bell Model 65 ATV VTOL research test-bed
• Bell Model 68 VTOL research vehicle (USAF/NASA X-14)
• Bell Aerospace Cold Thrust Augmentation (CTA) V/STOL proposal
• Bell "Seakat" Sea Control Ship (SCS) sensor carrier proposal
• Bell/Urban Aeronautics « X-Hawk » demonstrator
• Bell aircraft and helicopter designations

VTOL jet fighters

• Bell D118 and D139 « Vertiburner » VTOL jet fighters
• Bell D188 Jet VTOL Fighter for the USN (1956)
• Bell D188A and Model 2000 VTOL Fighters (Navy F3L / USAF "XF-109")
• "Bell D188A Mach 2 VTOL Fighter Project" now in print

tilt-ducts & ducted fans

• Bell D190 tilt-duct VTOL
• Bell X-22A ducted-propellor VTOL prototype (D2127)
• Bell D2022 and D2064 Tri-Service VTOL transports
• Various Bell ducted-fan VTOL projects

Tilt-rotors

• Bell D303 tilt-rotor
• Bell D313 STOL tilt-rotor transport for 100 passengers
• Bell D321 and D324 V/STOL (US Navy "Type A" proposals)
• Bell D323 Marine Assault tilt-rotor
• Bell D326 « Clipper » tilt-rotor for 30 passengers
• Bell Model 940A tilt-rotor passenger aircraft
• Bell/Boeing « Mighty Mouse » (FAAV contender)
• Bell/Boeing D340 « Pointer » tilt-rotor demonstrator (TRUV)
• The Dream Machine - V-22 Osprey Program History
• Boeing V-22 Osprey Projects
• Can the V-22 be used as a presidential transport helicopter?
• Bell CTR-800
• Bell CTR-1900
• Bell CTR-7500
• Bell Tilt-Rotor Projects from NASA Ames website
• Bell and Boeing projects for tilt-rotor airliners
• Bell TR911X and TR918 « Eagle Eye » tilt-rotor UAVs
• Agusta/Bell AB609 variants
• Various Bell tilt-rotor projects

Quad tilt-rotors

• Bell V-44 QTR (Quad Tilt Rotor) multi-purpose VTOL
• V-44 Quad Tilt-Rotor in the movies
• Bell/Boeing Civilian Quad Tilt-Rotor?
• Bell/Boeing QTR scale model from scratch
• AgustaWestland buys out Bell for civil tiltrotor

Trailing and folding-rotors

• Bell/Boeing FASTR and other tilt-fold designs
• Bell/Boeing Supersonic Advanced Combat folding-rotor aircraft
• Bell trailing-rotor and folding-rotor projects

 

[Stargazer]

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BOEING VERTOL

Tilt-wings

• Vertol Model 76 tilt-wing research aircraft (Army VZ-2)
• Boeing-Vertol VZ-2 developments
• Vertol tiltwing
• Boeing Vertol Light Intratheatre Transport (LIT) V/STOL cargo aircraft
• Boeing Vertol Tilt Wing wind tunnel model photo circa 1969
• Boeing transport aircraft and helicopter of 1970
• Boeing Vertol BV-137 Tri-Service VTOL proposal
• Vertol tiltwing patent
• Boeing Vertol Model 147 tilt-wing VTOL project (AAFSS)
• Various Boeing tilt-wing VTOL designs

Tilt-rotors

• Boeing Vertol tilt-rotor AX contender
• Boeing Vertol BV-160 tilt-rotor aircraft
• Boeing Vertol TR-100 and D210 large passenger tiltrotor studies
• Boeing Vertol Model-215 tilt-rotor aircraft
• Boeing Vertol/Grumman BV-222 tilt-rotor projects
• Bell/Boeing « Mighty Mouse » (FAAV contender)
• Bell/Boeing Civilian Quad Tilt Rotor?
• Boeing convertiplane patent

Tilt-fold and stowed-rotors

• Bell/Boeing FASTR and other tilt-fold designs
• Vertol stowed rotor aircraft patent

Lift-fans and other technologies

• Boeing Vertol Ground-Effect Take-Off and Landing (GETOL) designs
• Boeing Model 837 V/STOL, TFX fighter designs
• Boeing Model 908-535 Sea Control Ship (SCS) fighter
• Model 984 series and other lift-fan VTOL designs
• Boeing Model 1041 and other V/STOL "Type A" proposals
• Boeing Pulse-Ejector-Thrust-Augmentor (PETA) VTOL concepts
• Boeing VTOL transport patent

Various resources

• Boeing Patents
• Various Boeing VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects
• A 1969 Boeing's report on "prospects for commercial VTOL for 1985"
• Boeing Archives
• Boeing Model Designations
• Piasecki / Vertol / Boeing Helicopters model numbers

 

[Stargazer]

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CONVAIR & GENERAL DYNAMICS

• Convair 240 V/STOL
• Convair VTOL tailsitter jet fighter blueprint
• XFY-1 and XFV-1 competition
• Convair Model 49 Advanced Aerial Fire Support System
• General Dynamics (Convair) GETOL studies
• Convair VTOL transport aircraft of 1971
• Canadair/General Dynamics CL-84 Projects
• Mystery F-111: VTOL? Seaplane? Something else?
• General Dynamics (Convair) ASW V/STOL seaplane
• General Dynamics (Convair) VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects

Modern V/STOL fighters

• General Dynamics Convair Models 200, 201 and 218 Sea Control Ship fighters
• General Dynamics A-310/A-311 V/STOL (US Navy "Type A" proposals)
• Tilt-cockpit VTOL tailsitter F-16 and F-17/F-18
• General Dynamics E-3/E-5/E-7 VSTOL Fighters

 

[Stargazer]

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CURTISS-WRIGHT

• Aerophysics (Curtiss-Wright) VZ-7AP « Aerial Jeep »
• Curtiss-Wright X-200 VTOL prototype (USAF X-19)
• Curtiss Wright X-300
• Curtiss Model 90 VTOL project (AAFSS)
• Curtiss-Wright tiltrotor patent
• Curtiss-Wright VTOL projects

 

[Stargazer]

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DOUGLAS & DOAK

• Douglas VTOL/VSTOL/STOL Projects
• Doak Model 11
• Doak Model 16 (VZ-4DA) ducted-fan VTOL
• Doak VTOL transports
• Doak aircraft patents

 

[Stargazer]

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FAIRCHILD-HILLER-REPUBLIC

• Fairchild VTOL/VSTOL projects
• Fairchild M-224-1 « Fledgling » (US Army VZ-5FA)

• Hiller's Propelloplanes
• Hiller VJ-100 man-carrying rocket
• Hiller's Flying Jeeps and Aerial Sedans
• Hiller VXT-8 « Coleopter »
• Hiller Ducted Fan
• Hiller VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects
• Hiller designation list

• Republic AP-100 VTOL fighter
• Republic VSTOL transport aircraft (yet unidentified)
• Republic VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects

• EWR/Fairchild International AVS VG V/STOL fighter and its descendants
• Fairchild-Republic FR-150 Sea Control Ship (SCS) fighter
• Fairchild Hiller Republic V/STOL projects of 1967
• Fairchild Hiller civil lift-fans

 

[Stargazer]

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GRUMMAN

• VSTOL Grumman Mohawk?
• Grumman G-235 "Gadfly" tilt-wing VTOL aircraft
• Grumman G-511A « Helicat » tilt-rotor VTOL
• Grumman Model 623 VSTOL/CTOL Navy Fighter
• Grumman G-674 "Nutcracker" folding-fuselage VTOL fighter concept
• Grumman G-698 V/STOL (US Navy "Type A" proposal)
• Grumman FAAV
• Grumman VTOL/VSTOL/STOL Projects
• Grumman VTOL / VSTOL patents

 

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LOCKHEED

• XFY-1 and XFV-1 competition
• Lockheed CL-379 - A New VTOL-STOL
• Lockheed F-104 « Starfighter » VTOL projects
• Lockheed CL-739 and related projects
• Lockheed CL-757 "Dragon Star" VTOL test rig
• C-130 V/STOL modification projects
• Lockheed GL-224-3 Turbo-Jet VTOL Aircraft (1958)
• Lockheed XV-4 'Hummingbird'
• Lockheed V/STOL (US Navy "Type A" proposal)
• Lockheed ASTOVL, JAST, JSF projects
• F-35B VSTOL in trouble?
• Various Lockheed VTOL/VSTOL/STOL Projects

 

[Stargazer]

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McDONNELL

• McDonnell Models 99 and 113 convertiplanes
• A V/STOL Voodoo !
• McDonnell Douglas 253 V/STOL Lift Fan Research Transport study
• McDonnell-Douglas Model 260 VSTOL project
• McDonnell Model 262 VSTOL fighter
• McDonnell-Douglas Model 279 VSTOL fighter
• McDonnell Douglas V/STOL fighter of 1985
• McDonnell V/STOL Aircraft with Vented Nozzle Concept
• Misc McDonnell-Douglas VSTOL/STOL projects

 

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NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL

• North American Aviation Sabre V/STOL Attack Bomber
• North American Aviation Tri-Service VTOL tiltwing
• North American Hoverbuggy VTOL test rig
• Rockwell NR-356 Sea Control Ship (SCS) V/STOL fighter (XFV-12A)
• Rockwell short haul V/STOL aircraft of 1973
• Rockwell Dorsal intake V/STOL Fighter
• Rockwell V/STOL T-39A (report N77-18132)
• Rockwell unknown VSTOL transport aircraft of 1977
• Rockwell NR76H-137 C/STOL & V/STOL sea based aircraft designs
• Rockwell Lift Cruise Fan V/STOL aircraft (report N79-28141)
• Rockwell Navy V/STOL aircraft
• North American Rockwell VTOL / VSTOL projects

 

[Stargazer]

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NORTHROP

• Northrop VTOL fighter of 1968
• Northrop N-251 supersonic VTOL interceptor concept
• Northrop N-309 - NASA V/STOL jet operations research aircraft
• Tilt-cockpit VTOL tailsitter F-16 and F-17/F-18
• Northrop N382 VSTOL fighter
• Northrop-Grumman MUVR
• 2004 Northrop Grumman 'Special Purpose Unmanned Air Vehicle'
• Northrop VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects
• Northrop HAVSTOL and RALS studies
• Northrop notional vectored thrust V/STOL aircraft

 

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TELEDYNE RYAN

• Ryan Model 38, 84, 112, 115: VATOL Fighters for the USAF and USN
• Ryan X-13 VTOL
• Lockheed F-104 « Starfighter » VTOL projects
• Ryan Liftfan designs and the XV-5A
• Ryan BLC-7 boundary layer control STOL executive aircraft project......
• HFB/Ryan HFB 530/Y2A Ranger Jet VTOL project......
• Teledyne Ryan VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects

 

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VOUGHT & L.T.V.

• Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A V/STOL tilt-wing turboprop transport prototypes......
• Vought V-459, V-460, V-465, V-471, V-506 V/STOL Intratheater Airlift Concepts
• US military STOL with Bertin Variflux wing
• Vought V-521 Navy canard delta V/STOL fighter
• LTV V-524, Cross Flow Fan (MBPR) V/STOL Fighter/Attack Concepts (FAVX)
• Vought (LTV) TF-120 V/STOL Tandem Fan Fighter
• Vought (LTV) SF-106 and SF-121 « Superfly » VATOL fighters
• Vought (LTV) V-530 and V-534 (US Navy "Type A" proposals)
• Vought V-536 - US Navy Type B V/STOL fighter
• Ling Temco Vought VTOL concepts on eBay
• LTV Sea-Based VTOL Fighter
• Vought ADAM and ADAM II V/STOL projects
• Various Vought VTOL/VSTOL/STOL projects

 

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Part 2: Other U. S. and Canadian companies and U. S.-related topics


OTHER U. S. COMPANIES

• AeroVantage VTOL AIRCRAFT
• Aurora Flight Sciences Excalibur VTOL UAV
• Baldwin Mono Tiltrotor (MTR)
• Chrysler VZ-6
• Garrett Systems STAMP
• General Electric VSTOL/STOL Projects
• GE STOL and VTOL patents
• Goodyear VSTOL/STOL Projects
• Herrick VTOL designs of 1949
• Hughes Jet Pack Pogo Stick concept artwork
• Kaman K-16B VSTOL seaplane
• Kaman flying barrel
• Laing cross-flow fan to STOL and VTOL aircraft
• L.H. Leonard "Helicopter-Type Aircraft" VTOL Tailsitters (1939)
• Mississippi Marvel
• Modus disc-rotor VTOL project
• Do u have information on Aurora VTOL by Moshier technologies?
• Phalanx Corporation Dragon Four-Poster VTOL
• Piasecki PA-59 Airgeep and derived projects
• Piasecki PA-2C annular wing VTO aircraft
• Haviland H. Platt's VTOL designs
• Rotavion XR-62 ducted-fan VTOL aircraft of 1960s
• Sikorsky Shrouded Rotor SCAT
• Sikorsky aircraft
• Sikorsky VSTOL/STOL Projects
• Vanguard DS-28 VTOL/STOL Logistics transport
• Verticraft Verticar - Wingless VTOL Transport Aircraft with Airfoil Fuselage
• Wilford tailsitter VTOL aircraft
• Young 1972 VTOL 'Maple Seed' Aerospaceplane Patent.
  

 

[Stargazer]

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CANADA

• Avro "X-Wing" TS-140 U.S. Navy proposal
  
• Avro Canada VZ-9AV « Avrocar »
  
• Avro Canada « Silver Bug » flying saucer (Project 1794)
• Canadair CL-84 Projects
• De Havilland Canada External Augmentor V/STOL concept
• DHC V/STOL model
• DHC unknown VTOL Fighter
• Orenda VTOL engine

 

[Stargazer]

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NACA & NASA

• Langley VTOL wing-fuselage model
• Langley strange VTOL bomber project of 1956
• Langley VTOL aircraft of 1966
• Langley V/STOL fighter of 1968
• Langley VTOL fighter of 1971
• Langley VTOL transport aircraft of 1977

• NACA VTOL supersonic bomber
• NASA fan-in-fuselage VTOL fighter of 1961
• Wingless jet VTOL transport aircraft
• NASA Puffin VTOL
• NASA V/STOL transport model with six wing-mounted lift fans
• NASA Large Civil Tiltrotor (LCTR) designs
• NASA V/STOL transport aircraft of 1970
• NASA VG V/STOL Studies
• Notional VTOL/VSTOL projects from NACA and NASA

 

[Stargazer]

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U. S. COMPETITIONS & PROGRAMS

• XV-1,XV-2,XV-3 competition
• VTOL Light-Weight Day Fighter studies, 1953-1957
• USAF SOR-187: VTOL search and rescue aircraft
• TS-140: US Navy High Altitude VTOL Visual Fighter
• Navy 1970s SCAT VTOL study
• 1970's battlefield tactical VTOL?
• C(X)-6 VSTOL/ STOL projects
• Unknown USAF supersonic VTOL Fighter competition from 1959
• Secret Stealth VTOL Transport - "Senior Citizen"
• Runway Independent Aircraft
• US Navy "V/STOL Type A" competition
• US Navy VFA - V/STOL Fighters for Sea Control Ships
• US tri-service V- ("XV-") series
• JMR (Joint Multi-Role) program

 

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PART 3: European countries


BRITAIN

• Armstrong Whitworth AW.171 Super Sonic VTOL Flying Wing Project
• Avro 724 tailsitter aircraft
• Baynes Heliplane
• BAC Mirage III vstol for RAF and RN
• BAC Brochure on Mirage VSTOL
• BAe P.1216 Supersonic ASTOVL fighter by Michael Pryce
• Boulton Paul P.135 VTOL project
• Bristol Siddeley "Flying Pig" V/STOL 1960
• Michel Wibault & the Bristol-Siddeley BS.53 vectored thrust turbofan engine.....
• Bristol V/STOL transport projects
• De Havilland Jet VTOL
• Gloster VTOL projects
• Hawker HS.803 VTOL transport project
• Hawker Siddeley HS.133 VTOL airliner
• Hawker HS.141 VTOL airliner, HS.140 VTOL business jet
• Hawker Siddeley HS.1205-5 V/STOL fighter
• Hawker Siddeley VTOL/STOL Concepts
• Chines Harrier VTOL webpage
• Civil Harrier versions?
• Dornier/Hawker Siddeley DoHS VTOL/STOL aircraft
• Short P.D.49 VTOL fighter
• Westland VTOL convertiplane projects
• AgustaWestland buys out Bell for civil tiltrotor
• VTOL passengers project
• VTOL Canberra
• Rolls Royce tactical strike VTOL aircraft
• Rolls-Royce VSTOL Brochure
• UK VTOL strike recce aircraft of 1959
• ISAE 'Vertigo' VTOL Mini UAV : a Pogo reborn... (well, kinda)
• G.R.I.E.R. pods: Ground Resupply Insertion Extraction Rescue pods for VTOL
• Avcen Jetpod VQSTOL
• Kollected AeroCopter Personal Air Vehicle (PAV)

 

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FRANCE

• SNCAC (Aerocentre) VTOL designs
• SNCAN (Nord) 500 « Cadet » VTOL prototype
• SNCAN (Nord) 500 « Helcade », « Rocade », « Estocade » developments
• Sud-Aviation X600 VTOL
• Sud Aviation SA-610 Ludion rocket-powered VTOL flying chair prototype......
• Aerospatiale X 910 tilt rotor
• SNECMA VTOL programs
• SNECMA C.450-01 Coléoptère VTOL research prototype......
• SNECMA VTOL aircraft
• Br.1030 VTOL
• Alleged Dassault VTOL tailsitter project
• BAC Mirage III vstol for RAF and RN
• BAC Brochure on Mirage VSTOL
• US-french VTOL co-operation ?
• Michel Wibault's strange and wonderful VTOL and rotorcraft projects
• Michel Wibault & the Bristol-Siddeley BS.53 vectored thrust turbofan engine.....
• French VSTOL concepts

 

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GERMANY

• Focke Wulf VTOL transport
• "Rheintochter" VTOL and "Dietl-Jäger"
• German VTOL saucer 1944 ?
• Mystery VTOL air ambulance project from Germany
• Reinhold Kalletsh VTOL passenger aircraft project
• BTZ VTOL projects
• Dornier cargo VTOL 60 T ?
• Dornier/Hawker Siddeley DoHS VTOL/STOL aircraft
• HFB/Ryan HFB 530/Y2A Ranger Jet VTOL project......
• VFW VTOL aircraft
• VAK-191B VFW Original factory cross section plans
• VAK 191B Mk.1 to 3 ...
• EWR VJ-101C/D/E VTOL fighter projects
• EWR/Fairchild International AVS VG V/STOL fighter and its descendants
• BMW VTOL project around 1960
• Daimler-Benz V/STOL fighter with tilting engines/deflectors
• German V/STOL Fighter projects
• German V/STOL transport/passenger projects

 

[Stargazer]

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SOVIET UNION, RUSSIA, UKRAINE...

• MAI Sokol - Soviet VTOL concept from 1936
• MAI helicopter and VTOL projects
• Bratukhin VTOL Aircraft
• Beriev Be-32 VTOL transport
• Beriev Be.32 VTOL variants
• A. Klimenko VTOL projects
• Yak VTOL in Red Star Series
• The UAVia Karlsson VTOL
• Tishchenko VTOL aircraft
• Tupolev's V/STOL Tu-136 Fighter: 1963-64 Soviet Equivilent of the Harrier/Pegasus?
• Yur'ev VTOL Fighter Project
• Early Russian Jet VTOL Project
• Makhonine VTOL design
• Mukhamedov VTOL concepts

 

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ITALY

• Fiat G.95 V/STOL attack fighter
• Fiat G.222 V/STOL airlifter
• Agusta/Bell AB-609 variants
• AgustaWestland buys out Bell for civil tiltrotor

SPAIN

• Hispano Aviación HA-200 Saeta VTOL

SWEDEN

• VTOL Draken

CONSORTIUMS

• European Joint Tiltrotor proposals

 

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Part 4: Other countries

JAPAN

• Fuji V/STOL aircraft

CHINA

• AVIC VSTOL aircraft concept

AUSTRALIA

• Sadleir P-25T V/STOL Concept

 

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PART 5: Various VTOL/VSTOL-related topics


VERY EARLY VTOL PROJECTS

• Peter & W P English VTOL aircraft of 1908
• Ramon Oriol VTOL airplane of 1924
• Kuckir VTOL Project 1918-1919
• Louis Marmonier's tandem aircraft: "VTOL" before the word was used
• MAI Sokol - Soviet VTOL concept from 1936

 

[Stargazer]

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VTOL-RELATED BOATS

• Mission Essential Unit (MEU) or CG V/STOL
• Sea Control Ship (SCS) and VSTOL Support Ship (VSS)

 

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VTOL-ORIENTED DISCUSSIONS

• Which NATO VTOL is Better ?
• What happened to RALS?
• JSF Program without VSTOL - what would it have meant?
• BAE Systems Brough V/STOL talk
• Alternatives to JSF vstol for UK and Italy
• Tilt Rotor & Tilt Duct
• VTOL engine out
• Military or VTOL applications of VLJ turbofans?
• Pizza Delivery Flyer UAV

• Should there be a specific VSTOL section?
• Should we split Postwar Projects into sections - Fighters, Bombers, VSTOL?

 

[Stargazer]

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VTOL-RELATED WEBSITES

• "Unbuilt V/STOL Concepts" pages at AIAA
• VSTOL.ORG what happened to unbuilt projects?

VTOL-RELATED RESOURCES

• VSTOL Topics by Manufacturer...
• V/STOL Aircraft Summary: McDonnell's famous "wheel"
• New CD/Download - V/STOL: A History in Patents
• Big PDF of VSTOL projects
• Some 1963 VTOL projects shown by Flight in the same 1/144 scale
• “Kipprotorflugzeuge” (Tilt rotor aircraft) by Alexander Lüdeke
• DH-1 - VTOL TSTO book & wikipedia page
• The VTOL Encyclopedia articles
• VTOL Quiz
• VTOL propulsion development survey from February 1960......
• Anglo-American VTOL Conference 1961 - some designs from GE

 

[Stargazer]

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AS-YET UNSORTED TOPICS TO BE SPLIT/MERGED

• Strange CTOL/STOL/VTOL aircraft
• Vertical delivery, VTOL tactical transports
• Some VTOL aircraft
• Some VTOL platforms
• A strange VTOL fighter
• Strange CTOL/STOL/VTOL aircraft
• Mach 2 VTOL Fighters, Unknown proposal
• US VSTOL Projects
• Boeing,MD and Rockwell/Grumman VTOL airliners of 1973
• US VTOL convertible/composite/vectored thrust transport projects, mid 60s.
• Ducted fan aircraft
• Unknown civil tiltrotor
• Supersonic VTOL aircraft
• Civil VTOL vehicle
• 3-rotor twin-boom VTOL
• A group of tilt-wing projects

 

[Stargazer]

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IMAGINARY OR SPECULATIVE VTOL DESIGNS

• A student designs for VTOL aircraft and helicopters
• VTOL lightweight aircraft
• VTOL canard aircraft
• Mr. Shapery twin boom VTOL model
• MV-35 and MV-36 VTOL Stealth Transport Aircraft (whiff)
• Fictional VTOL Grumman OV-1H Mohawk
• VTOL in Vietnam
• Alterra1 light VTOL
• Unknown VTOL French project
• Search and Rescue/Firefighting VTOL Aircraft
• I want make a "fan-in-wing thing" design
• Modern Grumman 698 V/stol
• NBMR.3 not V/STOL?
• A New Flying Machine

 

[Stargazer]

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I think I'm pretty much done for now. There are certainly some omissions, but the bulk of what this forum contains about VTOL is here.
Thanks Antonio for your encouragement! And besides being a valuable source for online enthusiasts, I know this work will also be of great help to moderators in their daily work.

 

[VTOLicious]

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A very useful libary for VTOL-enthusiasts. Thx Stargazer!

 

[John Farley]

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Stargazer

Wonderful work but rather surprised not to see the AW681 listed

JF

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

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AW.681 is here: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,306.0.html

 

[Stargazer]

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Stargazer
Wonderful work but rather surprised not to see the AW681 listed

Sorry John, I haven't updated these indexes in months!