Air Force Museum: Ryan X-13 Vertijet CoolPix 2Fer (+ Video)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 07:05PM 
(click pic for hi-res) Ryan X-13 Vertijet in the R&D Gallery at the Air Force Museum
The Ryan X-13 Vertijet fascinates me. So you can image how much I enjoyed getting to see one of the only two X-13's ever built when I was at the Air Force Museum this last weekend. The other one has been on loan to the San Diego Air & Space Museum, but it appears to be headed back to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington DC where it technically calls home. The one I saw in Dayton Ohio is in excellent condition for an airplane built in the mid 50's, and like all the aircraft in the Research & Development Gallery at the AFM, you can walk right up to it with no barriers at all (BUT DON'T TOUCH!)
Someday I'm gonna do a really extensive post on this tail sitting VTOL research aircraft, but for now I've got these two really big pix for you to check out and the video below. It's the same video I posted way back in December 2009 shortly after AirPigz was originally launched. It consistently draws a lot of attention, so I figure since it really helps put the Vertijet in perspective, it's worth posting again. So please, take a few minutes and get to know the Ryan X-13 Vertijet.
(click pic for hi-res) X-13 Vertijet pic turned sideways to show how it looked in flight
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