We all know how badass the Harriers and F-35s of the world are but some of these other vertical remove-off and landing (VTOL) aircrafts from history are totally wild. The Williams X-Jet was essentially a flying one-man podium barrel thing. The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar was legitimately a man-made flying saucer. And so many other VTOL aircraft look like they’ve been ripped from The Jetsons or something.
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Source: gawker.com