Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation short takeoff and landing
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- initialism aviation Short Take-Off and Landing: A description of an aircraft that needs a shorter minimum horizontal distance to accelerate in order to ascend into the air than typical fixed wing types.
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Examples
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BASULTO: That's an aircraft that is capable STOL, that is short takeoff and landing, and they can fly very slow.
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If you think we need to fight overseas — a claim that can be disputed — then it seems to me that STOL F35s are far better than F22s.
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“At least the F35 will have STOL capability like the Harrier and be far more flexible.”
Matthew Yglesias » Mark Bowden, Atlantic, Shilling for the F-22 2009
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At least the F35 will have STOL capability like the Harrier and be far more flexible.
Matthew Yglesias » Mark Bowden, Atlantic, Shilling for the F-22 2009
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The Royal Navy deploys nuclear-powered submarines armed with US-supplied Trident nuclear-tipped missiles, and has ordered two 65,000-ton aircraft carriers to carry the new, US F-35 STOL vertical takeoff fighter.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY Eric Margolis 2010
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The Royal Navy deploys nuclear-powered submarines armed with US-supplied Trident nuclear-tipped missiles, and has ordered two 65,000-ton aircraft carriers to carry the new, US F-35 STOL vertical takeoff fighter.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY Eric Margolis 2010
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A STOL F35 can land/take off on a road and you can scatter them over the landscape – along with fuel bladders and support.
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The Royal Navy deploys nuclear-powered submarines armed with US-supplied Trident nuclear-tipped missiles, and has ordered two 65,000-ton aircraft carriers to carry the new, US F-35 STOL vertical takeoff fighter.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY Eric Margolis 2010
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The plane, produced from 1951 to 1967, is a single-engine, high-wing propeller plane designated as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) utility transport.
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The plane, produced from 1951 to 1967, is a single-engine, high-wing propeller plane designated as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) utility transport.
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