Ryan X-13 Verijet
Ryan X-13 Vertijet
Ryan engineers knew the Fireball had a thrust to weight ratio of 1, and so wondered whether it would fly if it was launched in a configuration as a tail sitter. The X-13 Ryan Vertijet flew once properly vertical, hovered and landed.
Coléoptére
The French developed their own VTO aircraft and flew it in 1959. It was call the Coléoptére, and it was built by SNECMA. They called the idea the annular wing. It flew once or twice and was abandoned for instability problems.
The XFV-1
The turbo prop powered XFV-1 was an experimental vertical take off (VTO) aircraft developed by Lockheed after World War II. It had counter-rotating propellers and featured a cruciform V tail Crews called the plane the Pogo. It was abandoned for newer better designs on the way.
Source: Wikipedia
