Ryan X-13 Vertijet

X-13 Vertijet
The X-13 in flight at Edwards Air Force Base
General information
Type	Experimental VTOL jet aircraft
Manufacturer	Ryan Aeronautical
Status	on display (2)
Primary user	United States Air Force
Number built	2
History
First flight	December 10, 1955
Retired	September 30, 1957

The Ryan X-13 Vertijet (company designation Model 69) is an experimental tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate the ability of a pure jet to vertically take off, hover, transition to horizontal forward flight, and vertically land.