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World War 2 had revealed a flaw for the US Navy.
Their convoy ships that resupplied fleets, armies, and bases across the world were vulnerable to enemy air attacks and required excessive protection from warships to ensure cargo reached their destinations. Difficult to do and an effective way for the enemy to tie up resources.
The navy, still traumatized from the war with the nazis, feared that the soviets would play copycat and go after the lucrative cargo ships in the atlantic – if the cold war turned hot.
So the answer would be a new type of plane – one that had the power of a normal fighter interceptor but didn’t require a carrier to launch or land…
A plane that could take off vertical – or VTOL from its tail!
In 1949, the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics began a competition to develop this new convey fighter that had the specific ability to be launched from smaller vessles and would protect them until carrier forces could arrive.
This plane would have a new class, called the VF, standing for Convoy Fighter, and have several conditions.
The first, obviously, was the ability to take off from the deck of a convey ship
The second was the ability to fly close to sonic speeds at 45,000 feet. A pretty mean feat considering it had to go sea level to 45k in 5 minutes.
Carry a single pilot with an ejectable pressurised cockpit
Perform a combat role for at least 100 minutes to a range of 100 nautical miles
And land to be rearmed and refueled.
To get the best possible design they recruited five different aircraft contractors.
The first, and the hero of our story was Gleen Martin company of Baltimore. In addition, there was also Lockheed, Northrop, Convair and Goodyear. Each with their own designs and concepts – one of which, the Convair pogo, we have already covered on the channel.
So what was Martins design for the competition?
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When the plane takes off Vertically it looks like a missile being launched.
Captain America! … I thought he destroyed them all.🤔 😅
1.2 Million views in 4 days 🤯
A nightmare to land this think in a carrier (and maybe in any place
Just add a fucking weels i think its a big win just have a VTO convoy fighter ready to "launch" like a missile
Looks gay 😂
Neat idea but someone forgot that aircraft carriers and ships in general move and undulate greatly on the ocean so landing on them is very difficult, so this plane would have been very impractical.
I dislike this video because YouTube gives me of commercial that doesn't speak English which I find insulting
Un avión creado por los nazis
german nazil plane？
This concept was 50 years ago.
Zase další věc k zabíjení lidí??? Vymyslet něco jiného, než vraždění a oblbování lidí Hollywoodem a CIA !!! Celému světu jste už akorát k smíchu!!!!!!!
A small wind. All planes are destroyed for tipping over
Estranho avião.
I want to meet the pilot who was willing to do a VTOL landing at night, in a storm, onto the pitching deck of a carrier – and doing it all by looking over his shoulder to try to see the landing zone. …
Torpedo plane…😁
This thing is honestly kinda badass
Definitely a borrowed design from the germans
Yes please, to see about the other competitors 🙂 cool video, thanks for sharing
The US is doomed. Destined totally fall and fail.
Мade in ss 1945
Looks like a terrible idea, way too complicated for battle situations.