First Vertical Flight

First Horizontal Flight

First Transition Flight

VTO Weight (lb)

Power Plant

1

Transcendental Model 1G

Jul 54

Dec 54

Dec 54

1,750

Lycoming O-290-A (160 hp)

2

Bell XV-3

Aug 55

Dec 58

Dec 58

4,800

P&W R-985 radial (450 hp)

3

Curtiss-Wright X-100

Sep 59

Mar 60

Apr 60

3,500

Lycoming T53-L-1 (1,000 shp)

4

Curtiss-Wright X-19

Nov 63

Jun 64

-

12,000

(2) Lycoming T55-L-7 (2,650 shp)

5

Doak 16 VZ-4

Dec 58

Feb 58

May 59

3,200

Lycoming YT53 (860 bhp)

6

Bell X-22

Mar 66

Jun 67

Mar 67

14,800

(4) GE YT58-GE-8D (1,250 shp)

7

Nord 500 Cadet *

Jul 68

 -

 -

2,700

(2) Allison T63-A-5A (317 shp)

8

Vertol 76 VZ-2

Jan 57

Jan 58

Jul 58

3,200

Lycoming YT53-L-1 (860 hp)

9

Hiller X-18

 -

Nov 59

-

33,000

(2) Allison T40-A-14 (7,100 eshp)
+ Westinghouse J34 (3,400 lb)

10

LTV/Hiller/Ryan XC-142

Dec 64

Sep 64

Jan 65

41,000

(4) GE T64-GE-1 (3,080 shp)

11

Canadair CL-84 Dynavert

May 65

Dec 65

Jan 68

12,200

(2) Lycoming T53-LTC K-4A (1,450 shp)

12

Bell XV-15

May 77

Jul 79

Jul 79

13,000

(2) Avco Lycoming LTC1K-4K (1,800 shp)

13

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

Mar 89

Sep 89

Sep 89

47,500

(2) Allison T406-AAD-400 (6,150 shp)

14

Bell 65 ATV

Nov 54

Jan 55

 -

2,046

(2) Fairchild J-44 (1,000 lb)

15

Robertson VTOL *

Jan 57

 -

 -

unknown

Lycoming GSO-480 (340 hp)

16

Ryan 92 VZ-3 Vertiplane

Feb 59

Jan 59

Mar 59

2,600

Lycoming T53-L-1 (1,000 shp)

17

Fairchild 224 VZ-5 Fledgling *

Nov 59

 -

-

4,000

GE YT58-GE-2 (1,024 shp)

18

Bell X-14

Feb 57

Jun 57

May 58

3,100

(2) AS V8 Viper (1,750 lb)

19

Hawker P.1127 Kestrel

Nov 60

Jul 61

Sep 61

10,000

BS Pegasus (11,000 lb)

20

Yakovlev Yak-36 Freehand

Jan 63

Sep 63

Sep 63

20,700

(2) Soyuz R-27 (11,000 lb)

21

BAe/Boeing AV-8 Harrier

Aug 66

Aug 66

Aug 66

15,000

GR.1: RR Pegasus 6 (19,000 lb)

22

Boeing X-32

 -

 -

-

~30,000

PW F119-SE614 (approx 30,000 lb vertical)

23

Lockheed XFV-1

Aug 54

Mar 54

Aug 54

16,220

Allison YT-40-A-14 (7,100 eshp)

24

Convair XFY-1 Pogo

Aug 54

Nov 54

Nov 54

16,200

Allison YT-40-A-14 (7,100 eshp)

25

Ryan X-13 Vertijet

May 56

Dec 55

Nov 56

9,000

RR Avon (10,000 lb)

26

SNECMA Coléoptère

May 59

 -

 -

6,615

SNECMA Atar 101E (7,700 lb)

27

Short SC.1

Oct 58

Apr 57

Apr 60

7,700

(5) RB.108 (2,130 lb)

28

Dassault Mirage Balzac V

Oct 62

Mar 63

Mar 63

15,000

(8) RB.108 (2,160 lb) + BS Orpheus (5,000 lb)

29

Dassault Mirage III V

Feb 65

Jul 65

Jun 66

30,000

(8) RB.162-31 (5,400 lb) + PW TF30 (18,520 lb)

30

EWR VJ 101C

Apr 63

Aug 63

Sep 63

17,600

(2) RB.145 (2750 lb) + (4) RB.145R (3560 lb a/b)

31

Dornier Do 31

Nov 67

Feb 67

Dec 67

50,000

(2) BS Pegasus 5-2 (15,500 lb)

+ (8) RR RB.162-4D (4,400 lb)

32

Lockheed XV-4B

-

Sep 68

-

12,600

(6) J85-GE-19 (3,000 lb)

33

VFW VAK 191B

Sep 71

Oct 72

Oct 72

17,600

RB.193 (10,000lb)

+ (2) RR/MTU RB.162-81 (5,600 lb)

34

Yakovlev Yak-38 Forger

Sep 71

Jan 71

Mar 72

24,900

Soyuz R-27V-300 (14,770 lb)

+ (2) Rybinsk RD-35-36FVR (6,725 lb)

35

Yakovlev Yak-141 Freehand

Dec 89

Mar 87

Jun 90

34,800

Soyuz R-79V-300 (30,864 a/b)

+ (2) Rybinsk RD-41 (9,040 lb)

36

McDonnell XV-1

Feb 54

Apr 55

Apr 55

5,500

Continental R-975-19 radial (550 hp)

37

Fairey Rotodyne

Nov 57

Nov 57

Apr 58

33,000

(2) Napier Eland 7 (2,800 shp)

38

Lockheed XV-4A Hummingbird

Nov 62

Jul 62

Nov 63

7,200

(2) PW JT12A-PW-3 (3,300 lb)

39

Rockwell XFV-12

 -

 -

-

19,500

P&W F401-PW-400 (30,000 lb a/b)

40

Vanguard Omniplane *

Dec 59

 -

-

2,600

Lycoming O-540-A1A (850 hp)

41

GE Ryan XV-5A Vertifan

Jun 64

May 64

Nov 64

12,200

(2) GE J85-GE-5 (2,650 lb)

42

Lockheed Martin X-35

-

-

-

~35,000

P&W F119-SE611 (approx 20,000 lb vertical)

43

Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl

Aug 59

Sep 59

Sep 59

78,300

(2) Soloviev D-25VK (6,500 shp)

44

Piasecki 16H-1 Pathfinder

Feb 62

Feb 62

Feb 62

2,600

P&W Canada PT6B-2 (550 shp)

45

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

Sep 67

Sep 67

Sep 67

22,000

GE T64-GE-16 (3,435 lb)