The VTOL version of the Talon that was proposed

[Navy Chief]

 

[Navy Chief]

And this would have been cool too!
https://ghostmodeler.blogspot.com/2012/09/talons-in-space-northrops-n-205-proposal.html

 

[FlameOut]

Hmmm, I never knew that!

- Don

 

[jmig]

I have never heard of such an airplane. Is this real Chief, or maybe you are pulling us USAF guys' leg?

 

[zswobbie1]

That VTOL looks great!!

 

[Navy Chief]

That VTOL looks great!!

John, in the above link I posted, there is mention of vertical takeoff development, but to my knowledge a actual prototype was not produced.

 

[DennyA]

I have never heard of such an airplane. Is this real Chief, or maybe you are pulling us USAF guys' leg?

There was a paper proposal for an N-156-34 model with four lift engines as a VTOL trainer. The "Cancelled Aircraft" Facebook image is either AI or Photoshop; the design was written off as carrying too much dead weight outside of takeoff/landing.

Even more interesting was the Northrop N-205/ST-38, which replaced the jet engines with three rocket engines and was designed to be a trainer for the X-20 Dyna-Soar...