INSIGHTS – Key Publishing

INSIGHTS

DATABASE US VTOL ‘TAIL-SITTERS’ Not surprisingly, flying the three ‘tail-sitters’ was a challenging business, and one entrusted to a select few The second X-13, 54-1620, flies away from its mobile launch tower. This was the aircraft that made the type’s maiden ‘fullcycle’ flight on 11 April 1957. USAF “The first time I tried to land I had no idea it would be that fast. I couldn’t slow the damn thing so I just tightened the turns and came around” Only