Bell X-14

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X-14
Bell Type 68 VTOL
General information
Type	Experimental VTOL
Manufacturer	Bell Aircraft
Status	Museum Display
Primary users	NASA United States Air Force
Number built	1
History
Manufactured	1
First flight	19 February 1957; 68 years ago (1957-02-19)
Retired	29 May 1981; 43 years ago (1981-05-29)

The Bell X-14 (Bell Type 68) is an experimental VTOL aircraft flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate vectored thrust horizontal and vertical takeoff, hover, transition to forward flight, and vertical landing.