{"product_id":"anigrand-2028-ltv-xc-142-tilting-wing-vtol-prototype-1-72","title":"Anigrand 2028 LTV XC-142 Tilting-wing VTOL Prototype 1:72","description":"Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142 Largest tilting-wing VTOL transport prototype. In 1950's, many V\/STOL aircraft were built and evaluated by the US Military services. Few of the concepts were deemed to have the operational capabilities. Base on these prototypes experiences, the new V\/STOL assault transport program was announced. In 1961, a request for proposal of the large cargo airplane was released by Tri-services. Ling-Temco-Vought was awarded, with Hiller and Ryan serving as subcontractors, a contract for five XC-142. It was powered by four turbo-shaft engines. The wing could tilt through 100 degrees. The fuselage was designed to carry 32 troops or 4 tons cargo. It made first flight in 1964, followed by trails of cargo flights, paratrooper drops, desert\/m ountain rescue and carrier operations. The five XC-142 were flown a total 420 hours. Performance was not as good as expected. Four of them were damaged in hard landings. The program was ended in 1966, one XC-142 was turned over to NASA for research tests until 1970.","brand":"Anigrand Craftswork","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53773740278097,"sku":"ANIG2028","price":88.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0865\/4992\/2129\/files\/ANIG7228.jpg?v=1778724795","url":"https:\/\/www.jadlamracingmodels.com\/products\/anigrand-2028-ltv-xc-142-tilting-wing-vtol-prototype-1-72","provider":"Jadlam Toys \u0026 Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}