The Bell Model 65 Air Test Vehicle (ATV) was an experimental tilt-jet VTOL aircraft built by Bell using parts from a number of general aviation aircraft.
Bell used the fuselage of a Schweizer 1-23 glider with the wing of a Cessna 170 and the landing gear of a Bell 47 helicopter.
Two 1,000 lbf (4.4 kN) thrust Fairchild J44 turbojet engines, as used on drones, missiles and for JATO – were mounted one on each side of the aircraft under the wing.
These could be tilted from horizontal to vertical.
A Turbomeca Palouste turbo compressor powered small thrusters at the tail and wingtips to provide a reaction control system during hover.
