V/STOL Developments Background and Status of Navy/Marine Corps Vertical and Short Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Programs

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military research.

Great Britain.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1978

Summary:

Discusses the Navy plan to develop fixed-wing aircraft with vertical or short take-off and landing capability (V/STOLs), related issues facing Congress, and development and deployment schedules. Reviews the background of vertical flight, and the technology and operational experience of the British Harrier presently used by the U.S. Navy and of the Soviet Yak. Includes bibliography

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. V/STOL Developments

Publisher Number:

CRS-1978-FND-0018

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