It wouldn't be until the creation of the F-35 that the U.S. would get its own VTOL fighter jet. The Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake Resembled A Flying Saucer If anyone in the '40s claimed to have ...
Zimmerman and Vought worked to finalize a design for a fighter version, and designated it the VS-315. The Navy requested two prototypes, naming them the XF5U-1.