The paper reviews the V/STOL aircraft designs pursued by industry from 1971 to 1978, with emphasis on the 1975-1978 period. Consideration is given to those designs pertaining to vertical-attitude and horizontal-attitude V/STOL types. These are divided into such concepts as tilting jet engine, lift/cruise engine, lift engine, lift/cruise fan, ejector augmentor, tilt rotor, stowed rotor, and rotor wing.
Recent V/STOL aircraft designs
1979-06-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
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