VTOL

By bocesaviation

  • First VTOL flight

    19, 1954 the XFY-1 made its first flight

  • The first conversion to horizontal flight

    The first time the plane transitioned into horizontal flight

  • The pogo goes down

    The XFY pogo crashes in a test flight

  • The pogo project is cancelled

    The pogo is cancelled due to lack of stability, speed, its inability to compete with other more advanced fighters

  • Bell UH-1 Iroquois first flight

    The bell UH-1 Iroqois makes its first flight

  • The final horahh for the XFY pogo

    The final flight of the pogo in history

  • Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1/GR.3 and the AV-8A Harrier

    The first aircraft in the Harrier series flies

  • The F-35 is airborn

    The F-35 takes its first flight