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Transcendental 1-G
1954
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The Transcendental Aircraft Corporation, a small company, put the final touches to an aircraft designed ...
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| By the late 1940s the unique capabilities of helicopters became recognized and were being exploited ... read more ... |
Bell XV-3
1955
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Vertol Model 76 / VZ-2
1955
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Vertol, with its long helicopter history, began involvement with Tilt-Wing investigations in the 1950s with ...
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| An advanced Tilt-Wing concept evolved as a joint NASA/Vertol program in the late 1950s that ... read more ... |
Vertol-NASA Tilt-Wing
1959
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Doak VZ-4
1958
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Doak Model 16 was the first VTOL aircraft to demonstrate the tilt duct concept. It ...
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| Hiller Aircraft was one of the pioneers in VTOL flight and investigated the possibilities of ... read more ... |
Hiller X-18
1959
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Kaman K-16
1962
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In order to possess a Tilt-Wing project of its own, the Navy, after being involved ...
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| The Curtiss-Wright X-100 was, by intent, a short-lived research program used to demonstrate the radial ... read more ... |
Curtiss-Wright X-100
1960
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Curtiss-Wright X-19
1964
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The Curtiss-Wright X-19 started life as a commercial venture to develop a small, 4-passenger, executive ...
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| The XC-142 Tilt-Wing V/STOL program had its roots from the recommendations from a government advisory ... read more ... |
LTV-Hiller-Ryan XC-142
1964
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Canadair CL-84 "Dynavert"
1965
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In retrospect, the Canadair CL-84 V/STOL program might have been the first Tilt-Wing concept vehicle ...
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| The U.S. Navy's X-22 was developed as a V/STOL research aircraft. As such, it proved ... read more ... |
Bell X-22
1966
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Nord Aviation Nord-500
1968
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The Nord 500 was a single seat, company funded research aircraft. Its mission was to ...
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| During the 1960s, a number of VTOL programs were carriedout by the West Germany aerospace ... read more ... |
VFW VC-400
1969 - project
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VFW VC-500
project
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An enlarged version of the VC-400. Maximum take-off weight 46.7t, would have to carry 120 ...
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| In 1973, Bell Helicopter was chosen as prime contractor on a joint NASA/US Army Air ... read more ... |
Bell 301 / XV-15
1980
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Bell / Boeing V-22 "Osprey"
1989
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The Bell company brought a long history of vertical-lift Tilt-Engine system development to this program ...
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| Having earlier joined in partnership to developthe military V-22 tiltrotor, Bell Boeing revealed inFebruary 1996 ... read more ... |
Bell / Agusta 609
1999
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