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Lockheed XFV
Zemlja	Sad
Ulogu	Eksperimentalni VTOL borbeni avion
Prvi let	16. jun 1954.
Izgradio	1

Amerikanac Lokid KSFV (ponekad se naziva i Salmon) je eksperimentalni tailsitter prototip aviona izgrađen od strane Lockheed u ranim KSNUMKSs da pokaže rad vertikalnog poletanja i sletanja borca za zaštitu konvoja.

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Čaj Lokid KSFV was an experimental aircraft designed by Lockheed Corporation for the United States Navy in the early 1950s. The XFV was intended to be a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter that could operate from small platforms on ships and provide convoy protection.
The XFV had a unique tailsitter configuration, meaning that it rested on its tail before takeoff and landing, and used a powerful turboprop engine with contra-rotating propellers to generate thrust. The XFV faced many technical challenges and never achieved a successful transition from horizontal to vertical flight or vice versa. The project was cancelled in 1956, as jet fighters became faster and more capable than the XFV.