SINCE man first aspired to fly the desire to take-off and land vertically and to hover in flight has always presented a challenge to the engineer. To date only the rotary wing aircraft has achieved these aims in service but their shortcomings in terms of speed, range and economy have encouraged engineers to search for more elegant ways of achieving vertical flight.


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    Title :

    Military V/S.T.O.L. Transport Aircraft


    Subtitle :

    A review of the background to current jet lift tactical transport proposals


    Contributors:
    Brown, D.G. (author) / Jagger, D.H. (author)


    Publication date :

    1966-05-01


    Size :

    13 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    American military aircraft -- Cargo transport

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Military V/S.T.O.L. Transport aircraft

    Brown, D.G. / Jagger, D.H. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1966


    American military aircraft -- Cargo transport

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    British military aircraft -- Cargo-transport

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    British military aircraft -- Cargo-transport

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943