The LTV XC-142 was a hybrid airplane-helicopter decades ahead of its time. One of the earliest examples of a plane that could take off and land like a helicopter and fly like a conventional fixed-wing ...
Aircraft capable of Vertical Takeoff and Landing, or VTOL, have always captivated aviation enthusiasts with their strangeness and militaries with their versatility. However, the fact that their ...
New footage has emerged of the XC-142, one of America’s first vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The plane could rotate its entire wing to transition between vertical and forward flight.