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.

Mar 21, 2023 · The Bell X-14 was an unconventional X-plane with ungainly proportions, and Beechcraft wings and tail surfaces. The X-plane explored VTOL technologies and was used by NASA astronauts to refine...

On May 24, 1958, the Bell X-14 made its first transition from hovering to horizontal flight. As the aircraft was being developed under the auspices of the United State Air Force, the X-14 was given the USAF serial number 56-4022.

This week I had occasion to stumble across the only surviving Bell X-14. In fact, it was the solitary unit built. A special mission test bed (the only X series without a canopy), it became the basic trainer for the first Apollo astronauts learning to touchdown on the moon’s surface.

The X-14A participated in various research programmes for the next eleven years when its J85-GE-5s were replaced by 1368kg J85-GE-19s and a programmable computer permitting duplication of the flight characteristics of various VTOL aircraft was installed (the X-14A then becoming known as the X-14B).

Aug 24, 2018 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Bell X-14 (Type 68) Experimental VTOL Aircraft including pictures.

Aug 5, 2016 · Neil A. Armstrong is photographed in the cockpit of the Ames Bell X-14 aircraft at NASA's Ames Research Center. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930.

The Bell X-14 (Bell Type 68) was 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.

Jan 12, 2023 · 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.

The Bell X-14 (Type 68) was an experimental aircraft designed and built by Bell Aerospace in the 1950s to explore vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities.