What does "stol" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "stol"?

Common synonyms include: catobar, ctol, htol, ptol, stobar, stovl.

Stol

//stɔl// noun

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Noun

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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. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Synonyms

All synonyms

catobar ctol htol ptol stobar stovl

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fixed wing

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