Flight Manual for the Ryan XV-5 Vertifan
Flight Manual for the Ryan XV-5 Vertifan
Flight Manual for the Ryan XV-5 Vertifan
Flight Manual for the Ryan XV-5 Vertifan
Flight Manual for the Ryan XV-5 Vertifan
Flight Manual for the Ryan XV-5A

RYAN XV-5 VERTIFAN

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Title: Ryan XV-5 Vertifan

The Ryan XV-5 was one of two experimental aircraft types (along with the Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird) commissioned by the US Army in the early 1960’s to prove the concept of ducted lift-fans for V/STOL flight. Two examples were built as XV-5A’s, but unfortunately both eventually crashed in the mid 1960’s with fatal consequences for the pilots.

One was re-built as the XV-5B and testing continued until 1971 when the program was cancelled. The concept of ducted lift-fans had been proven but the XV-5 suffered some handling and engineering problems and lift-fans were not successfully used in service until the F-35B.

This title contains the manufacturer’s flight manual for the Ryan XV-5B along with a report on flight testing the XV-5A, a brochure on the type when it had an earlier designation and an SAE paper describing the XV-5A aircraft and the research program. The files have been scanned from the original flight manuals and retain any colour pages unless otherwise stated.

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This title contains:

  • Manufacturer’s Pilot’s Operating Manual for the Ryan XV-5B, Report 64B150D dated 5 August 1968 with approx. 152 pages. (Scanned from a copy.)
  • S.E.R. Report “XV-5A Flight Test Summary”, undated with approx. 23 pages.
  • Manufacturer’s brochure on the Ryan VZ-11 Lift-fan V/STOL aircraft (VZ-11 is the original pre-1962 designation for the XV-5), document FPL401-2, undated with approx. 22 pages.
  • SAE Paper 788F, given at the SAE Automotive Engineering Congress Jan 13-17 1964, titled “The Army XV-5A Lift Fan Flight Research Airplane”, by W R Morgan and H C True (GE Co), and H B Starkey (Ryan Aeronautical Co), with 8 pages.

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