Rockwell XFV-12; The VTOL Fighter That Couldn’t

In the 1970s the US was looking at fielding large numbers of cheaper carriers and they wanted a VTOL fighter to go with it.

The problem was the design chosen for development, the XFV-12, couldn't get off the ground.

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