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PHOTOS BY JOHN REID JUMP ALL OVER THE SKY! In the early '50s, the U.S. Navy contracted Convair Co. to design and build an experimental aircraft that would take off and land vertically. In 1955, the program was scrapped because of problems with instability and because the design did not allow its pilot to see the ground during landings. Thanks to the Telink Co. and today's radio-control technology, the stability and visibility problems have been...