The United States, Germany, and France have experimented with tail-sitter aircraft. Designed to have vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities, these aircraft did not make it past the experimental stage. Military planners wanted these aircraft to be able to operate from small, dispersed airfields instead of large, potentially vulnerable main operating bases. In the 1940s, […]
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