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Verticraft Verticar - Wingless VTOL Transport
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Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 07:13 PM UTC
Check out this article at RetroMechanix.com on the Verticraft Verticar, a wingless VTOL aircraft with an airfoil-shaped fuselage submitted to the Navy in connection with the Tri-Service Assault Transport competition of 1961:



The accompanying gallery features several high resolution photos and drawings of both the single and two-duct versions of the Verticar.

-Jared
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