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In the 1950s and 60s, few defense manufacturers were involved with vertical or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) platforms. The Bell XV-3 tilt rotor and the Doak VZ-4, with its two tilting ducted fans, were two of the first. But it was the U.S. military’s ambitious tilt-wing assault transport, the LTV XC-142A, that promised helicopter-style vertical lift with turboprop speed.
In 1959, the U.S.