helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing. Landing is the...
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VTOL (redirect from Vertical takeoff and landing)
aircraft, as they can hover, takeoff and land with vertical approach/departure profiles. Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs, are being...
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STOL (redirect from Short takeoff and landing aircraft)
A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a fixed-wing aircraft that can takeoff/land on short runways. Many STOL-designed aircraft can operate on...
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V/STOL (redirect from Vertical/short takeoff and landing)
vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft is an airplane able to take-off or land vertically or on short runways. Vertical takeoff and landing...
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the wing before takeoff, and retracted during the climb. They can also be deployed at other times, such as before landing. The takeoff speed required varies...
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EVTOL (redirect from Electric vertical takeoff and landing)
investment in Joby Aviation, a business building an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft intended to provide air cab service, Delta joined...
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Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing. For aircraft, it is generally needed for...
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Runway (redirect from Takeoff Run Available)
a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt...
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Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) is a method used by airport operators to determine runway conditions for takeoff and landing. It produces...
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Archer Aviation (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with 12 electric propellers: six tilt-props (each with five blades) for forward and VTOL flight and six aft propellers...
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VTVL (redirect from Vertical takeoff, vertical landing)
Vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) is a form of takeoff and landing for rockets. Multiple VTVL craft have flown. A notable VTVL vehicle was the...
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CTOL (redirect from Conventional Take-off and Landing)
axis of its main landing gear while still on the ground, this increases the lift from the wings and effects takeoff. During landings, a commercial passenger-carrying...
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length of the runway to be used for takeoff or landing. Maximum permissible takeoff weight or "regulated takeoff weight", varies according to flap setting...
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Autobrake (section Rejected takeoff)
for advanced airplanes. The autobrake is normally enabled during takeoff and landing procedures, when the aircraft's longitudinal deceleration system...
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General Atomics Mojave (section Design and development)
Atomics Mojave is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of short takeoff and landing (STOL), being developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems....
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Gyrodyne (redirect from Gyrodynes and Heliplanes)
rotor-like system that needs to be driven by its engine only for takeoff and landing, and includes one or more conventional propeller or jet engines to provide...
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Aerodrome (redirect from Landing field)
when there were no paved runways and all landing fields were grass, a typical airfield might permit takeoffs and landings in only a couple of directions...
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Short Takeoff and Landing, or STOL, characteristics. The STOL class excludes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) types, rotorcraft, aerostats and most...
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL)...
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flying animal divided by the area of its wing. The stalling speed, takeoff speed and landing speed of an aircraft are partly determined by its wing loading...
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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
tiltrotor military transport and cargo aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed...
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Runway excursion (category Aviation accidents and incidents involving runway excursions)
become airborne or successfully reject the takeoff before reaching the end of the designated runway. A landing aircraft is unable to stop before the end...
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Messerschmitt Me 262 (section Design and development)
The Allies countered by attacking the aircraft on the ground and during takeoff and landing. One of the most advanced World War II combat aircraft, the...
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Landing lights are lights, mounted on aircraft, that illuminate the terrain and runway ahead during takeoff and landing, as well as being used as a collision...
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Joby Aviation (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it intends to operate as an air taxi service. Joby Aviation is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, and...
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Convair Model 200 (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
The Convair Model 200 was a design for a supersonic vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter requirement for the United States Navy Sea Control Ship...
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Figure skating jumps (category Figure skating records and statistics)
and the skater must have, from the jump's takeoff to its landing, a "very good body position". A jump combination is executed when a skater's landing...
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Wheel-well stowaway (category Lists of aviation accidents and incidents)
to remain in the well during takeoff and landing and have fallen to their death. Immediately after takeoff, the landing gear retracts into the wheel wells...
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V speeds (redirect from Takeoff speeds)
same meaning of VR and Vrot. Love, Michael C. (2005). "2". Better Takeoffs & Landings. Mc-Graw Hill. pp. 13–15. ISBN 0-07-038805-9. Retrieved 7 May 2008...
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in 1909. The Salchow is accomplished with a takeoff from the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot...
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