19FortyFive’s Defense Editor and accomplished author Dr. Brent M. Eastwood explains the history of the X-13 Vertijet: We are used to airplanes that take off horizontally and land horizontally. But the U.S. Air Force actually had an aircraft that took off and landed from a vertical position from a mobile launch platform in the manner […]
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