News From August 1958
* The Vertol Model 76 (Army VZ-2) became the world's first tilt-wing aircraft to successfully complete transition from vertical to horizontal and back to vertical flight. The turbine-powered aircraft was funded by the U.S. Army and developed in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research. * The...
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