IFO Picture Library - VTOL, but not disk shaped.

Experimental study of the Aerodyne principle on behalf of the Federal German Ministry of Defence. According to A.M. Lippisch, an Aerodyne is a wingless, unmanned vertical take-off aircraft. Testing of the Aerodyne E1 experimental unit was completed successfully on 30 November 1972. An Aerodyne combines lift and propulsion generation in a single structural unit, the inner flow channel, which is an

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“Lippisch Aerodyne”

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翼のない航空機、リピッシュのエアロダイン。ボディそのものがダクテッドファンで、取り込んだ空気を下方に吹き付けて揚力を得る。