airplane
Bell X-14
The Bell X-14 (Bell Type 68) is an experimental VTOL aircraft flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate vectored thrust horizontal and vertical takeoff, hover, transition to forward flight, and vertical landing.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Bell Aircraft Corporation
- First flight
- 1957-02-19
- Length
- 7.62 m
- Wingspan
- 10.36 m
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 149 kt
- Max speed
- 149 kt
- Range
- 260 nm
- Service ceiling
- 18,000 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 4,269 lb
- Empty weight
- 3,173 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × General Electric J85-GE-19 turbojet engines
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 26 ft
- Wingspan
- 33.8 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.