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<h2 id="lists-of-vstol-aircraft">Lists of V/STOL aircraft</h2> <p>This is a partial list; there have been many designs for V/STOL aircraft. </p> <h3>Vectored thrust</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hawker_P.1127/26lAvjWx">Hawker P.1127/Kestrel</a>/<a href="/facts/Harrier_jump_jet/Prvgs7RB">Harrier</a>; four rotating nozzles for vectored thrust of fan and jet exhaust.</li></ul> <h3>Tilt-jet</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bell_XF-109/7mTJ1omL">Bell XF-109</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bell_65/APh4vbNU">Bell 65</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/EWR_VJ_101/UXgWNtPr">EWR VJ 101</a></li></ul> <h3>Tilt-rotor</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AgustaWestland_AW609/ol1lYPzg">AgustaWestland AW609</a> (originally Bell 609)</li> <li><a href="/facts/AgustaWestland_Project_Zero/dxR9lvfv">AgustaWestland Project Zero</a> technology demonstrator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bell_XV-3/QGW24vI3">Bell XV-3</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bell_XV-15/GcCAgkGP">Bell XV-15</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bell-Boeing_V-22_Osprey/Ytjrq0mB">Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey</a> (scale up of XV-15)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bell_V-280_Valor/2vssbx1o">Bell V-280 Valor</a></li></ul> <h3>Tilt-wing</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Curtiss-Wright_X-19/CH9yHUms">Curtiss-Wright X-19</a> – four rotating propellers, tilt-wing.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Canadair_CL-84_Dynavert/CEFek8QN">Canadair CL-84 Dynavert</a>, two <a href="/facts/Turboprop/t7c8rkCx">turboprop</a> tilt-wing</li> <li><a href="/facts/LTV_XC-142/BcQna3YA">LTV XC-142</a> four-engine tilt-wing cross-shafted <a href="/facts/Turboprop/t7c8rkCx">turboprop</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bell_X-22/zX68oJqQ">Bell X-22</a> rotating ducted propellers. Small transport prototype. Slightly smaller than V-22 Osprey.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hiller_X-18/2D22dzIF">Hiller X-18</a></li></ul> <h3>Separate thrust and lift</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dornier_Do_31/mG1cr29f">Dornier Do 31</a> Jet transport with podded vector nozzles and lift engines</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kamov_Ka-22/VX0UMWVV">Kamov Ka-22</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lockheed_XV-4_Hummingbird/bNVCHPbU">Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dassault_Balzac_V/xDSd9CVV">Dassault Balzac V</a> (V stands for vertical and is a modified Mirage III)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dassault_Mirage_IIIV/MtQoJ6se">Dassault Mirage IIIV</a> the first VTOL capable of supersonic flight (Mach 2.03 during tests)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fokker%2fRepublic_D-24_Alliance/pIhKKjQa">Fokker/Republic D-24 Alliance</a></li> <li>Ryan <a href="/facts/XV-5_Vertifan/AedyxlTd">XV-5</a>. Fans in wings driven by engine exhaust gas.</li> <li><a href="/facts/VFW_VAK_191B/Cx46D6wt">VFW VAK 191B</a> Attack fighter similar to Harrier but supersonic dash speed, smaller wings and lift engines. Flown, but not operational.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yakovlev_Yak-38/D5AjC59d">Yakovlev Yak-38</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yakovlev_Yak-141/sSgE9eka">Yakovlev Yak-141</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Short_SC.1/w7mNjw1I">Short SC.1</a></li></ul> <h3>Supersonic</h3> <p>Although many aircraft have been proposed and built, with a few being tested, the F-35B is the first and only supersonic V/STOL aircraft to have reached operational service, having entered service in 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bell_D-188A/7mTJ1omL">Bell D-188A</a> Mach 2 swivelling engines, mockup stage</li> <li><a href="/facts/EWR_VJ_101/UXgWNtPr">EWR VJ 101</a> Mach 2 fighter, flown to Mach 1.04 but not operational</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dassault_Mirage_IIIV/MtQoJ6se">Dassault Mirage IIIV</a> Delta wing Mach 2 fighter with lift engines, first VTOL capable of supersonic and Mach 2 flight (Mach 2.03 during tests), not operational</li> <li>Hawker Siddeley HS 138 Strike fighter with lift fans, It was not completed</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hawker_Siddeley_P.1017/Ab5PeXqk">Hawker Siddeley P.1017</a> Lift engines with thrust vectoring. It was not completed</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hawker_Siddeley_P.1154/dmEURM0l">Hawker Siddeley P.1154</a> M1.7 Supersonic Harrier. It was not completed</li> <li>Hawker Siddeley P.1184-16 Dash 18</li> <li>Hawker Siddeley P.1217</li> <li><a href="/facts/Republic_AP-100/9HLqvA9c">Republic AP-100</a> strike fighter concept</li> <li><a href="/facts/Convair_Model_200/oVjdBBwI">Convair Model 200</a> Lift engines plus swivel tailpipe, not built</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rockwell_XFV-12/bBSoU3Te">Rockwell XFV-12</a> Built with complex "window blind" wings but could not lift its own weight</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yakovlev_Yak-141/sSgE9eka">Yakovlev Yak-141</a> Lift engines plus swivel tailpipe</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lockheed_Martin_X-35/Cl6n6HKT">Lockheed Martin X-35B</a> / <a href="/facts/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II/x0NWsvfC">F-35B</a> uses a vectored-thrust tailpipe (the <a href="/facts/Pratt_%2526_Whitney_F135/mpxRw6z9">Pratt & Whitney F135</a>) plus a shaft-driven <a href="/facts/Rolls-Royce_LiftSystem/AvI0NJ88">lifting fan</a>. It is the first aircraft capable of demonstrating transition from short take-off to supersonic flight to vertical landing on the same sortie.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://vertipedia.vtol.org/vstol/wheel.htm">V/STOL Wheel of Misfortune</a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to V/STOL aircraft. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Report: F-35 Work Falls Behind Two More Years." Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine CQ Politics, 23 July 2009. <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003175295" target="_blank">http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003175295</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kjelgaard, Chris (Senior Editor). "From Supersonic to Hover: How the F-35 Flies." space.com, 21 December 2007. <a href="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/071221-how-f-35b-stovl-propulsion-system-works.html" target="_blank">http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/071221-how-f-35b-stovl-propulsion-system-works.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>