Against the silver-gray sky in the old film reel, the bulbous jet lurches upwards like a flying saucer in an old Ray Harryhausen film. The Short SC1 aircraft, a British-built experimental plane ...

The aircraft directed its takeoff force at both wings from below, with the theory being that this would generate a very strong VTOL takeoff.

It had a jet body, vertical takeoff dreams, and a propeller spinning right behind the pilot’s seat. The Martin 262 Convoy Fighter was built to launch from ships, intercept enemy bombers, and hover ...

The U.S. Navy, as a standalone, operates one of the largest air forces in the world The F.A-18 Super Hornet can hit speeds ...

While the need for VTOL aircraft was seen all across the Pentagon, the Navy saw vertical take-off and landing platforms as an opportunity to deploy intercept fighters from non-aircraft carrier ...

Before the F-35, there was the Yak-141 ‘Freestyle’ multi-role vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter born during a tumultuous period in Russian military history.

The Ryan Aircraft Corporation attempted to convert this idea into a practical fighter for the Air Force with its X-13 Vertijet. However, like most other VTOL aircraft, the performance compromises made ...

Discover FusionFlight's Axion, a jet-powered VTOL for personal travel, offering high speed and autonomous flight capabilities.

The Dornier Do-31, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) transport aircraft, was developed in West Germany in the 1960s out of concern that a conflict might destroy existing runways and render its ...

Johannesburg-based Pegasus is working on an aircraft that will sidestep the issue, by blending VTOL capabilities with private jet convenience.