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Another more influential early functional contribution to VTOL was Rolls-Royce's Thrust Measuring Rig (" flying bedstead ") of 1953.
This led to the first VTOL engines as used in the first British VTOL aircraft, the Short SC. 1 ( 1957 ) which used 4 vertical lift engines with a horizontal one for forward thrust.

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