Yakovlev VVP-6

The Yakovlev VVP-6 was an experimental design for a flying support and surface-to-air missile platform, capable of vertical takeoff and landing.

[1] Perhaps the most radical design ever to emerge from the Yakovlev OKB studio, the VVP-6 appeared more science fiction than a craft likely to have seen production.

[1] Among the many functions envisioned for this line of vehicles was the transportation of food, fuel and munitions.

[1] The VVP-6 was to have been fitted with six six-blade rotors mounted on six pylons extending from the craft's sides.

[1] The requirement for such a craft ended when the Soviet Air Force failed to put land-based VTOL jets into service.