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During 1950's, General Electric started the concept of vertical lift with blower system. In 1961, these developments let GE won a contract from the U.S. Army to build two fan-in-wing XV-5 prototypes. GE retained responsibility for the propulsion system and its integration into the aircraft. Ryan was sub-contracted to the design, construction and flight-testing of the aircraft, since Ryan had considerable experiences of the VTOL earlier with the X-13 and the VZ-3. The XV-5 was equipped with a fan in each wing that provided vertical lift and with a smaller fan in the nose for additional lift and pitch control. These fans were powered from the exhaust gases of two turbojets that also provided the exhaust power for level flight. The flight test was started in 1964 until the first prototype crashed in 1965 and the second prototype also crashed in 1966. In 1967, Army transferred the rebuilt XV-5B to NASA for the carrying out research on the V/STOL until 1974.

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Experimental VTOL close-support fighter

To research Fan-in-wing VTOL and hover configuration

30ft.4in.

45ft.2in.

14ft.9in.

2x General Electric J85-GE-5 turbojet

474 mph

Crew: 2

Not installed

The Ryan XV-5A / VZ-11 is suitable to group with the following collection series.

U.S. Tri-services V/STOL experimental aircarft

McDonnell XV-1 (XH-35) Convertiplane

Sikorsky XV-2 (XH-36)

Bell XV-3 (XH-33) Convertiplane

Lockheed XV-4A Hummingbird

Ryan XV-5A Vertifan

Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel

De Havilland CV-7 Buffalo

McDonnell Douglas/British Aerospace AV-8A Harrier

Hughes XV-9A Hot Cycle

Rockwell International OV-10A Bronco

M.S.U. XV-11 Marvel

Rockwell International XFV-12

Bell XV-14A (redesignated to XV-15A)

Bell XV-15A Tiltrotor

McDonnell Douglas/Hawker Siddeley XV-16 Super Harrier

DeHavilland UV-18A Twin Otter

NavAir V-19A (cancelled)

Pilatus UV-20A Chiricahua

U.S. Navy's PV-21 Patrol Airship concept (cancelled)

Bell V-22 Osprey

Skytrader UV-23A

U.S. Army V/STOL experimental aircarft

Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee

Vertol VZ-2

Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane

Doak VZ-4DA

Fairchild VZ-5

Chrysler VZ-6

Curtiss-Wright VZ-7AP Aerial Jeep

Piasecki VZ-8P Flying Jeep

Avro VZ-9 Avro Car

Lockheed VZ-10 (XV-4A) Hummingbird

Ryan VZ-11 (XV-5A) Vertifan

Hawker Siddeley VZ-12 (XV-6A) Kestrel

Post war U.S. experimental aircraft