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    The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar is a VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Canada as part of a secret U.S. military project carried out in the early years of the...
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  • Avro Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company. It was founded in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within 13 years became the third-largest company...
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  • Canuck Avro Canada CF-103 Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow Avro Canada TS-140 Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Avro Canada CF-103 (mock-up only) Avro Canada Project...
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    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 Chrysler VZ-6 Wingless Aircraft, Military Review, April 1959...
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    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar VZ-8 Airgeep Chrysler VZ-6 Related lists List of single seat helicopters "The...
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    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep Related lists List of military aircraft...
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    The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at...
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  • AgustaWestland AW609 (tiltrotor) Armstrong Whitworth AW.171 (ducted fan) Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar (ducted fan) BAE Harrier II (vectored thrust) BAE Sea Harrier (vectored...
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  • Compartment Trainer (CCT-1) American Helicopter XH-26 Jet Jeep 50‐1841 Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar 58-7055 Bell P-59B Airacomet 44-22650 Bell X-1B 48-1385 Bell X-5...
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    The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk") is a Canadian twinjet interceptor/fighter designed and produced by aircraft manufacturer...
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    less material and weight. The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar, or simply the VZ-9, was a Canadian VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd. which utilizes...
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    The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range turbojet-powered jet airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949. It was beaten to the air...
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    fuselage and tail as a possible contender for the TFX Program. The Avro Canada Avrocar, commissioned by the USA, was intended to be a technology demonstrator...
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  • American Helicopter Test Pilot, one of only three men to fly the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar, and the only two-time recipient of the Frederick L. Feinberg Memorial...
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    356-16 Model 356-24 Model 356-27B Model 356-29A (J69-T-41A) J69 Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Cessna T-37 Tweet Radioplane Q-1 Ryan BQM-34 Firebee Temco TT Pinto...
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    the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar. The Avrocar (often listed as 'VZ-9') was a Canadian vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft...
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    The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary...
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    The Avro 691 Lancastrian was a British and Canadian passenger and mail transport aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s developed from the Avro Lancaster heavy...
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  • applied to several types of internal combustion engine, including: Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar jet engine Detroit Diesel Series 71 (horizontal version) Electro-Motive...
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    Aerion AS2 Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Boeing 727 Boeing X-48 Boom XB-1 Bristol Type 200 Convair Model 200 Convair XB-53 Dassault Falcon 50 Dassault Falcon...
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    The Avro Type 694 Lincoln is a British four-engined heavy bomber, which first flew on 9 June 1944. Developed from the Avro Lancaster, the first Lincoln...
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    design that materialised from the Avro Special Project Group, a "proof-of-concept" vehicle, the VZ-9-AV "Avrocar". Two Avrocar prototypes were constructed and...
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    The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro. Large numbers of the type served in a variety of...
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    The Avro York was a British transport aircraft developed by Avro during the Second World War. The design was derived from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber...
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  • During its operation, Avro Canada aircraft (built) included the C102 Jetliner, CF-100 Canuck, CF-105 Arrow and VZ-9- AV Avrocar. Only the CF-100 fighter...
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    The Avro 504 is a single-engine biplane bomber made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during World War I totalled 8...
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    The de Havilland Canada DHC-7, popularly known as the Dash 7, is a turboprop-powered regional airliner with short take-off and landing (STOL) performance...
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  • VZ-7 – Curtiss-Wright VZ-8 Airgeep – Piasecki VZ-9 AvrocarAvro Canada VZ-10 Hummingbird – Lockheed (redesignated V-4 in 1962) VZ-11 Vertifan – Ryan (redesignated...
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  • Grumman S2F Tracker. In 1962, the Avro Canada aircraft production facility was transferred to de Havilland Canada by their then-merged parent company...
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  • most of the project funding. The final outcome of Silver Bug was the Avrocar or VZ-9AV, effectively (and unintentionally) a prototype hovercraft rather...
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