vtol aeroplane (vertical take-off and landing aeroplane)
1Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… …
2Flying car (aircraft) — For other uses, see: Flying car. For non real (fictional) flying cars, see: Flying car (fiction). Moller Skycar M400 to the right, next to older Moller models …
3Helicopter — For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). Helicopter An LAPD Bell 206 …
4Coleopter — For the insect order, see beetle. Coleopter VXT 8 mockup on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum …
5Ornithopter — Cybird radio controlled ornithopter Pa …
6Tiltrotor — The Bell Boeing V 22 Osprey …
7Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig — The Rolls Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR) was a pioneering vertical take off and landing aircraft developed by Rolls Royce in the 1950s. The TMR used two Nene turbojet engines mounted back to back horizontally within a steel framework, raised… …
8Sydney Camm — Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (August 5, 1893ndash March 12, 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. One particularly notable aircraft he designed is the… …
9Hawker Siddeley P.1127 — P.1127 / Kestrel …
10List of military aircraft of the United States — This list of military aircraft of the United States includes prototype, pre production and operational types. For aircraft in service, see the List of active United States military aircraft. Prototypes are normally prefixed with X and are often… …
