US Army VTOL Surveillance Aircraft Competition 1960/61

[hesham]

Hi,

I spoke about this competition before,in Ryan XV-5's topic,and I
prefer to open new topic for it,the main tenders were,

- North American CL-4035 (T2J-1 VTOL)
- Ryan/GE Model-? ,sure was in
- Douglas D-793
- Grumman G-260 ,sure was in,it had a fan lift in center inboard section of the wing
- Northrop N-247
- Bell D-2021,may be involved

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...-liftfan-vtol-designs.1938/page-5#post-414353

 

[hesham]

I will be not fair if I can't send some pictures and drawings.

 

[hesham]

I think that,may Goodyear was in ?.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA307142.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,

can we consider the Hiller-1117,submitted to this competition ?,
it was a Light Armed Reconnaissance V/STOL Aircraft.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I spoke about this competition before,in Ryan XV-5's topic,and I
prefer to open new topic for it,the main tenders were,

- North American CL-4035 (T2J-1 VTOL)
- Ryan/GE Model-? ,sure was in
- Douglas D-793
- Grumman G-260 ,sure was in,it had a fan lift in center inboard section of the wing
- Northrop N-247
- Bell D-2021,may be involved

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...-liftfan-vtol-designs.1938/page-5#post-414353

Possible Vanguard Model-9 was involved ?.

 

[hesham]

As Stargazer discovered it on Ebay,we can say,

Republic X353-5 may it was involved

 

[hesham]

As Stargazer discovered it on Ebay,we can say,

Republic X353-5 may it was involved

By the way,

the Republic proposal is similar or very close to Grumman G-260.

 

[hesham]

From this report.

 

[hesham]

- Ryan/GE Model-? ,sure was in

I suppose it was Ryan Model-113 ?,

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/ryan-aircraft-list.1680/page-2