Fairchild VZ-5

The Fairchild VZ-5, also known as the Model M-224-1, was an experimental vertical take-off aircraft built in the 1950s. Fairchild Aircraft designed it for research use by the United States Army, as one of a series of experimental machines studying vertical and short take-off. It was an all-metal high-wing monoplane with a fixed tricycle undercarriage and an open cockpit for one pilot. A single General Electric turboshaft in the rear fuselage drove four propellers, two in a nacelle on each wing, while two small tail rotors above the tailplane gave control. It was first flown tethered on 18 November 1959, and the project was abandoned after limited testing.