vtol

Today is the 50th anniverary of the cancellation of the P1154 and HS681, and of the go-ahead for what became the Harrier and the Nimrod: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1965/feb/02/actions-of-her-majestys-government Happily, my P1154 history article has been restored after the ISP...

Hi, here is a competition for US Army to design a research VTOL rotary-wing composite aircraft in 1965,and I think the tenders were;Bell D-266,Lockheed CL-945 and Hughes Model-485,but of course this contest never saw the light. Flying Review 1/1966

Hi, here is a Northrop VTOL hypothetical or generic aircraft,investigated on the application of direct translational control for vertical take off and landing aircraft concept. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.43694

Hi, here is some V/STOL and VATOL aircraft concepts, designed at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center. NSRDC-79/O74 P PREDICTION OF DRAG COEFFICIENTS OF A SUPERSONIC V/STOL CONFIGURATION WITH VARIOUS STORE ARRANGEMENTS* Tsze C. Tai , Thomas H. Boyd , and Richard E...

This is posted in the alternative history and future speculation section. So it is not history, but it is close to history. What if.....what if the P1154 is proceeded with? How does that happen? And what are its effects? ............. It could happen partly by not merging RN and RAF...

Hi, I know we spoke about this aircraft before,but I get a new clearer PDF and I prefer to open a new topic for it,with a clearer artist drawing. http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2140.msg110711.html#msg110711

Anton Flettner, well known for his helicopters in Germany emigrated to the USA in 1947 and founded the Flettner Aircraft Corporation. There he designed a heavy lift helicopter with gas powered intermeshing rotors. Forward propulsion was given by two propellers, the rotors should turn freely...

I know that this is a well trodden subject but I thought that it would be interesting to compare the plans with what happened in reality. Ground Attack/Recce Squadrons It was planned to replace the Hunter with the 1154 Harrier in 8 squadrons: 2 in the UK, 2 in Germany, 2 in the Gulf and 2 in...

Hi, also here is some Beriev projects; An-24FK a VTOL Antonov An-24. Be-32P a four-engined version of Be.32,transport aircraft. http://lib.rus.ec/b/373000/read

By the way, the Focke Wulf Triebflugel was called FW.354.

Model of Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) consortium Blue Whale Tilt Rotor project on display at the Tianjin International Helicopter Exposition on August 29 - September 1, 2013. The Blue Whale is one of many future rotor projects by the AVIC Helicopter Design Institute expected to appear by...

i've been discussing with some friends on another site the use of Helicopters set up as mobile field hospitals. the site is a forum for a scifi tabletop game, and the debate is over whether Helicopters should be allowed to be built with the Mobile Field Hospital/MASH gear. a lot of those in the...

Will the Navy buy the Bell-Boeing V-22 to replace the Grumman C-2 Greyhound? "Osprey on the Truman, Fishing for COD" Posted by Amy Butler 2:16 PM on Apr 18, 2013 Source...

Going over an AHS paper I found some nice artist's impression of their trail rotor concept - sadly of poor quality and B&W. The trail rotor concept is similar to the folding tilt rotor (Bell/Boeing FASTR program) but the rotor pylons tilt back. for FASTR, see...

Iran unveils new weird flying machine: a tilt-wing vertical takeoff and landing “ultra-advanced” drone November 8, 2012 Source: http://theaviationist.com/2012/11/08/koker/

One of the joys of this site is the quantity of info available on unbuilt aircraft projects. Particularly tantalising are the various projects in the 70s and 80s for a supersonic VSTOL to replace the Harrier. The Bae 1216 has been the best covered thanks to Michael Pryce. Various US designs...

The Northrop N-251 was a supersonic VTOL interceptor concept with trapezoid wings, twin forward engines and vectored lift thrust at the CG, much like the Bell X-14 and DuPont DP-1/-2. Factory model is shown here.

The F4 Phantom might have failed to materialise as the wonderful plane which the RAF and RN used to fill various gaps from the 60s onwards. In a Phantomless world would P1154 have been developed as planned in 1963 for both RAF and RN or would the Lightning have been developed in its swing wing...

i found this You tube video on 1960s prediction on 1970s weapon system sadly it's show only a fragment of original film View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FydcxZt4Xdk&feature=player_embedded

Triggered by Stargazers great work in the designations sections (and elsewhere !), I've squeezed the search function, but it seems to me, that the following designs weren't covered here still yet. If I've missed something, just give me a clue, please. Main source for the three VTOL designs...