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02/06/1954 Airplane Takes Off and Lands Vertically

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F-0645 The Convair XFY-1 Pogo VTOL Transitional Flights

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Convair XFY-1 Pogo - VTOL - Fighter Aircraft.

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BD-0094 Convair Pogo Footage

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United States Navy Convair XFY Pogo takes off from an air base in California, Uni...HD Stock Footage

U. S. experimental aircraft Convair XFY-1 Pogo demonstrated a vertical takeoff and landing. The plane was known as a "Tail Sitter." It took off in like a helicopter and then changed to conventional horizontal flight. In landing, the procedure was reversed. Pogo was intended to be a fighter capable of operating from small warships but was too difficult to fly.
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