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Last AV-8B Harrier built for USMC retired as museum display

A Harrier from the VMA-223 "Bulldogs," the last built for the USMC, was demilitarized and transported to the National Naval ...
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Could've Had a Harrier: The Story of the Ryan XV-5 Vertifan, a Failed American V/STOL

Looking back at the envy with which the United States viewed Great Britain's Harrier Jump Jet, you'll find a humorous little anecdote from the early years of NATO. The Harrier was so incredible in its ...
Aviation Week

CoFlow Jet Moves To Develop Deflected-Slipstream eV/STOL

U.S. startup CoFlow Jet has struck an agreement with NASA to commercialize deflected-slipstream technology that would enable an electric vertical-/short-takeoff-and-landing (eV/STOL) aircraft to ...
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CoFlow Jet Signs JOA with NASA for New eV/STOL Technology

Fig. 1: The eV/STOL vehicle hovering with deflected slipstream turned downward by coflow jet flap. Fig. 2: The eV/STOL vehicle at high efficiency cruise with coflow jet tandem wings and vortex ...
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Is China Really Building a Jump Jet?

Here's some interesting food for thought based on Chinese-focused blogosphere chatter about the existence of the J-18 vertical/short take-off and landing fighter that's rumored to have entered flight ...