#Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird

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Prototype VTOL surveillance plane, developed in the early 1960's for the U.S. Army. The first prototype achieved vertical lift by exhausting engine flow downwards through multiple nozzles, augmented by cold air. It crashed in Georgia in 1966, killing the pilot. Prototype number 2 used lift jets; it crashed in Georgia in 1969. At that point, they threw in the towel and cancelled the project.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_XV-4_Hummingbird
GENERAL STATS (XV-4A)
Crew: 2
Length: 32 feet 8 inches (9.96 meters)
Wingspan: 25 feet 8 inches (7.82 meters)
Height: 11 feet 9 inches (3.58 meters)
Wing area: 104square ft (9.662 meters squared)
Gross weight: 7,200 pounds (3,266 kilograms)
Powerplant: x2 Pratt & Whitney JT12A-3LH turbojet engines, 3,300 pounds of thrust per engine
Max speed: 518 MPH (833 KMH, 450 knots)
Range: 600 miles (965 KMH, 521 nautical miles) normal range
VTO range: Much of the same
Service ceiling: Unknown

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Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird

The Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird (originally designated VZ-10) was a U.S. Army project to demonstrate the feasibility of using VTOL for a surveillance aircraft carrying target-acquisition and sensory equipment. It was designed and built by the Lockheed Corporation in the 1960s, one of many attempts to produce a V/STOL vertical take off/landing jet....

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