SNECMA Coléoptère
Vertical take off and landing
The SNECMA C.450 Coléoptère was a tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing aircraft designed by the French company SNECMA and manufactured by Nord Aviation. While work on the aircraft proceeded to the test flying phase, the project never... Wikipedia
Designer: Helmut Zborowski
Manufacturers: Safran Aircraft Engines and Nord Aviation
First flight: 6 May 1959