STOL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "stol"

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /stɔl/, /stol/
Homophone: stall (some accents)

Noun

STOL

(aviation) Acronym of short takeoff and landing. An aircraft that needs a shorter minimum horizontal distance to accelerate in order to ascend into the air than typical fixed wing types.

Coordinate terms

VTOL
SVTOL, S/VTOL, V/STOL, VSTOL
STOVL
V/STOVL
VTOSL
CTOL
CATOBAR
STOBAR
HTOL
short field

Derived terms

Related terms

VTVL
VTHL
HTVL
HTHL
HVTL, VHTL, V/HTL, H/VTL

See also

RATO
JATO
CATO
ATO
ZLTO, ZLL, ZELL

Anagrams

LTOs, OSLT, OTLs, lost, lots, slot, tols

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