STOVL
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| Types of take-off and landing |
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| CTOL |
| STOL |
| STOVL |
| VTOL |
| VTOHL |
| V/STOL |
| CATOBAR |
| STOBAR |
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| CATO |
| JATO/RATO |
| ZLL/ZLTO |
This is the ability of some aircraft to take off from a short runway, and land vertically (i.e. with no runway). This is often accomplished on aircraft carriers through the use of "ski-jump" runways, instead of the conventional catapult system. STOVL use tends to allow aircraft to carry a larger payload as compared to during VTOL use, while still only requiring a short runway. The most famous example is probably the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier Jump Jet, which though technically a VTOL aircraft, is operationally a STOVL aircraft due to the extra weight it carries at take off for fuel and armaments. The same is true of the F-35 Lightning II, which demonstrated VTOL capability in test flights but is operationally STOVL.
Other examples include:
- EWR VJ 101C (Germany)
- Dassault Mirage IIIV (France)
- Yakovlev Yak-38 (USSR)
- Yakovlev Yak-141 (USSR)
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