Once their wings were flat and their propellers pointing forward, they flew past the 600 press-military-airline observers at 250 m.p.h. Though the XC-142A’s performance resembles that of a fast ...

The tilt wing Vought XC-142A would win this contest, just beating the Bell and Lockheed D-2064, but the community was so impressed with the bell lockheed design that and they were given a $27 ...