Here Are All The Awesome Vertical Landing Jets In History

Here Are All The Awesome Vertical Landing Jets In History

Video: We all know how badarse the Harriers and F-35s of the world are, but some of these other vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircrafts from history are totally wild. The Williams X-Jet was essentially a flying one-man podium barrel thing. The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar was legitimately a man-made flying saucer. And so many other VTOL aircraft look like they have been ripped from The Jetsons.

Check out all the vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft in history below:


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