STOBAR

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Types of
take-off and
landing

CTOL
STOL
STOVL
VTOL
VTOHL
V/STOL
CATOBAR
STOBAR

CATO
JATO/RATO
ZLL/ZLTO
STOBAR (Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery) is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier, combining elements of both STOVL and CATOBAR. Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off (rather than using a catapult like most carriers). However, these are conventional, rather than STOVL aircraft, and thus require arrestor wires to land on the ship. The Russian Navy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is the most prominent current example of a STOBAR carrier.

When the Eurofighter was proposed for the "Future Carrier Borne Aircraft" it was envisaged that it would operate in a STOBAR configuration. The FCBA is to be deployed on the Royal Navy's next generation carriers, CVF.

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