Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation short takeoff and landing
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word STOL.
Examples
-
BASULTO: That's an aircraft that is capable STOL, that is short takeoff and landing, and they can fly very slow.
-
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.
-
“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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
A STOL F35 can land/take off on a road and you can scatter them over the landscape – along with fuel bladders and support.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.