Stol in a sentence

It was the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities and the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose in that era.

ShinMaywa US-2 is a Japanese large STOL amphibious aircraft designed for air-sea rescue work.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigation into the crash concluded that the Zenair STOL CH 750 aircraft found that the flight and power plant controls had been operating before impact.

The concept achieved STOL (short takeoff and landing) ability and by directing all of the engine air through the leading edge and spewing it over the top surface of the wing with a slot nozzle, immense extra lift was achieved.

According to Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine this interest may have been stimulated by the presence of Air Staff Requirement 345, which sought a V/STOL ground attack fighter for the Royal Air Force.

A grass runway of convert is available, allowing access to small STOL aircraft skilfully piloted.

An important aspect of Harrier STOL operations aboard Naval carriers was the "ski jump" raised forward deck, which gave the craft additional vertical momentum at takeoff.

Buland noted however that the maintenance difficulties were unavoidable in order to create a V/STOL aircraft.

Due to the high price of turboprop engines, they are mostly used where high-performance short-takeoff and landing ( STOL ) capability and efficiency at modest flight speeds are required.

In addition, these services operated their own small aviation units to assist their maritime patrol capabilities, with Hai Guang and CMS operating a handful of Harbin Z-9 helicopters, and a maritime patrol aircraft based on the Harbin Y-12 STOL transport.

One cruiser alternative studied in the late 1980s by the United States was variously entitled a Mission Essential Unit (MEU) or CG V/STOL.

One used the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter as a basis for research for a V/STOL aircraft.

Replacing the C-47s were two DHC-5D Buffalo STOL transports in 1976.

Rotary wing aircraft and thrust vectoring V/STOL aircraft use engine thrust to support the weight of the aircraft, and vector sum of this thrust fore and aft to control forward speed.

The 40 by 80 Foot Wind Tunnel is primarily used for determining the low- and medium-speed aerodynamic characteristics of high-performance aircraft, rotorcraft, and fixed wing, powered-lift V/STOL aircraft.

The engine is equipped for water injection to increase thrust and takeoff performance in hot and high altitude conditions; in normal V/STOL operations the system would be used in landing vertically with a heavy weapons load.

The innovative Harrier family and its Rolls-Royce Pegasus engines with thrust vectoring nozzles have generated long-term interest in V/STOL aircraft.

The success of Harrier operations countered scepticism of V/STOL aircraft, which had been judged to be expensive failures in the past.

V/STOL aircraft, such as the Harrier Jump Jet and F-35B take off and land vertically using powered lift and transfer to aerodynamic lift in steady flight.