Bell’s X-14 VTOL Prototype Aircraft That Actually Worked

In the mid-1950s, after initial experiments into jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) technology with the use of Model 65 ATV, Bell designed a more sophisticated VTOL aircraft. Unlike its humble predecessor, Bell X-14 (aka Bell Type 68) successfully performed the transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back. Pioneering vectored thrust.