V/STOL Hear it!

V/STOL definition

☆ V/STOL (vē′stôl′)

noun

an aircraft that can take off and land either vertically or on a short airstrip

Etymology: v(ertical or) s(hort) t(ake)o(ff and) l(anding)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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