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Rheinmetal-Borsig VTOL (1945) |
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During World War II,
German aircraft designers developed numerous plans for vertically launched
point-defense fighters that would not be encumbered by the need for large
(and vulnerable) runways. However, while launching a fighter
vertically seemed simple enough, landing one the same way posed a host of
seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The Rheinmetal-Borsig jet-powered VTOL represented a creative solution to this dilemma. While launched vertically, the plane was designed to land like a conventional aircraft on bicycle landing gears. The plane never developed beyond the "paper project" stage. |
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