CEC 4 Timeline: The Brief History of VTOL Aircraft
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Updated: 5 Nov 2023
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Created byAbisharan Nedun
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Leonardo da Vinci Sketches a manned VTOL aircraftGeorge Lehberger's 1930 patent for VTOL fixed wing airplanes with tilting enginesHeinrich Focke, a German engineer
designed the Focke-Achgelis Fa 269, which had two rotors that tilted downward for vertical takeoffLockheed and Convair were awarded contracts to design, and test two VTOL fighters. They developed the XFV and the Convair XVF Pogo. The image depicts the pogoOpener Aero an eVTOL, electric propulsion. Named the "Blackfly", which is the world's first ultralight fixed-wing, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraftA British VTOL project named as the gyrodyne, in which a powered rover aids take-off and landing.NASA flies the Bell XV-15 research craftRolls-Royce's Thrust Measuring Rig named "the flying bedstead"The first British VTOL aircraft: the Short SC.1Periods
Flying car conceptDevelopment and usage of modern helicoptersPlanned expansion of VTOL systems to both military and commercial usageThe CL-84 Dynavert was a Canadian V/STOL turbine tilt-wing monoplane designed and manufactured by CanadairHarrier jump jet was produced and used in military service
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