The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing transports. An XC-142A first flew conventionally on September 29, 1964, and on January 11, 1965, it completed its first transitional flight by taking off vertically, changing to forward flight and finally landing vertically. Its participants pulled out of the program one-by-one and it eventually ended due to a lack of interest after demonstrating its capabilities successfully.
in all respects it was an excellent aircraft and a real wasted opportunity!
Fedaykin24 1 year ago 2
I thought V-22 was a brand new idea, and they have constructed something similar in the 60th already... go figure)
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
faster and bigger than v-22, too bad they couldn't work the bugs out in time for Vietnam. Faster than C-130 or most WW2 fighters, V-22 is converted helicopter rather than plane like XC-142. I never saw a film of this back then in 60s, even on cable tv today, thanks.
biukucanoe 2 years ago
It deserved a production run as an aircraft carrier heavy cargo craft.
peepeevagi 2 years ago
Only read a breif article on this bird. Thanks for putting this great vid up. Glad to finally get a good picture of her in my head.
migkiller001 2 years ago
The V-22's grand daddy...
TV843 2 years ago
wow. 5000000*
pelagic6 2 years ago