List of VTOL aircraft

This is a list of fixed-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing arranged under manufacturer. The list excludes helicopters because they are assumed to have this capability.

A

 * AeroVironment SkyTote
 * Aeryon Scout
 * Aeryon SkyRanger
 * AirBuoyant VertiPod
 * AgustaWestland AW609
 * Avro Avrocar (ducted fan)

B

 * BAE Harrier II (vectored thrust)
 * BAE Sea Harrier (vectored thrust)
 * Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (tiltrotor)
 * Bell 65 ATV (Tiltjet)
 * Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor (proposal)
 * Bell Eagle Eye (tiltrotor UAV)
 * Bell X-14 (vectored thrust)
 * Bell X-22 (ducted fan)
 * Bell XV-3 (first tiltrotor)
 * Bell XV-15 (tiltrotor)
 * Bell/Agusta BA609 (tiltrotor)
 * Bensen B-10 (ducted fan)
 * Boeing/McDonnell Douglas AV-8 Harrier (vectored thrust)
 * Boeing-Vertol VZ-2 (tiltwing)
 * Boeing X-32 (STOVL variant)
 * Boeing X-50 (UAV - failed to achieve forward flight)

C

 * Canadair CL-84 Dynavert (tiltwing)
 * CarterCopter (compound autogyro)
 * Carter PAV
 * Convair XFY-1 Pogo (tailsitter)
 * Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 (flying jeep)
 * Curtiss-Wright X-19 (tiltrotor)

D

 * Dassault Balzac V - interim Mirage III VTOL testbed
 * Dassault Mirage IIIV - separate lift and thrust engines
 * de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle
 * Dornier Do 29 (tilt rotor)
 * Dornier Do 31 (thrust vectoring and lift jets)
 * Doak 16/VZ-4DA - Wingtip mounted Ducted Fans
 * duPont DP-1C one tethered flight 2007, now at Classic Rotorcraft Museum in Ramona, California USA

E

 * EWR VJ 101 (tiltjets and lift jets)

F

 * Fairey Gyrodyne -
 * Fairey Jet Gyrodyne (compound autogyro with powered rotor)
 * Fairey Rotodyne (compound autogyro with powered rotor)
 * Focke-Wulf Triebfluegeljaeger (tailsitter, not built)

G

 * Garrett STAMP (vectored thrust)
 * Grumman Nutcracker

H

 * Hawker P.1127 (vectored thrust)
 * Hawker Siddeley P.1154 (cancelled supersonic vectored thrust)
 * Hawker Siddeley Harrier (vectored thrust)
 * Hawker Siddeley Kestrel (vectored thrust)
 * Hiller X-18 (tiltwing)
 * Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (ducted fan)

J

 * Junkers EF 009 (Not built)

L

 * Latitude Engineering Hybrid Quadcopter
 * Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV)
 * Lockheed XFV-1 "Salmon" (tailsitter)
 * Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird
 * Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II -(completed first vertical takeoff in early 2013) fan and vectored thrust (B Model only)
 * LTV XC-142 (tiltwing)

M

 * Martin Jetpack
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-X
 * Moller Skycar

P

 * PAM 100B
 * PAM 100T
 * PAM 200
 * PAM ILV
 * Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep
 * Puffin (tailsitter proposal)

R

 * Rockwell XFV-12 (failed wing lift augumentation)
 * Rotary Rocket Roton
 * Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig - vertical engine testbed
 * Ryan X-13 Vertijet (tailsitter)
 * Ryan XV-5 Vertifan

S

 * Sikorsky Cypher
 * Sikorsky Cypher II
 * Sikorsky X-Wing
 * Short SC.1 (liftjet and vectored thrust)
 * SNCASO Farfadet
 * SNECMA Coléoptère (tailsitter)
 * SoloTrek XFV
 * Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle

T

 * Trek Aerospace Dragonfly

V

 * VFW VAK 191B (vectored thrust plus vertical lift)
 * VFW-Fokker H3 (compound helicopter)

W

 * Williams X-Jet

X

 * VTOL X-Plane

Y

 * Yakovlev Yak-36 (vectored thrust)
 * Yakovlev Yak-38 (liftjet and vectored thrust)
 * Yakovlev Yak-141 (liftjet and vectored thrust)

Z

 * Zhuchenko Vertoplan