The increasing cost and vulnerability of conventional airbases and aircraft carriers places increasing emphasis on the continuing application of V/STOL technology. This paper reviews the status of ...

The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the aviation world’s first jump jet, a Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (or V/STOL) aircraft, a milestone in aviation history. Originally known as the P.1127, it was ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The first government-conducted piloted flight simulation of the Grumman-designed twin turbofan-powered tilt-engine V/STOL aircraft (design 698 ...

Britain’s new foreign policy strategy includes ambitious goals for the Indo-Pacific. But its flagship military assets are not yet capable of backing those up. On March 16, the British government ...

<p><br><P> Thanks for your article about the V/STOL Short Course in the July 30 edition of The Enterprise. I do, however, want to clarify several statements in the article. This was a short course ...

The start-up has recruited fellow Italian companies Kinetron, Pantecnica, Powerflex, and Pietro Rosa to advance development of its ANN family of hybrid-electric V/STOL aircraft. The two-seat ANN2 is ...

The AV-8B Harrier is now nearly retired—but its mission profile will live on in the F-35B Lightning II, which shares many of the same capabilities. The AV-8B Harrier remains one of the most instantly ...