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STOL
(redirected from Short takeoff and landing aircraft)

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STOL
abbr.
short takeoff and landing

STOL [stɒl]
n
1. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a system in which an aircraft can take off and land in a short distance
2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) an aircraft using this system Compare VTOL
[s(hort) t(ake) o(ff and) l(anding)]


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Campbell showcases the slow-flying Fi 156 Storch which was designed by Gerhard Fieseler and Reinhard Mewes as a short takeoff and landing aircraft and was a very popular such model in the Germany military and governmental airforce during World War II.
 
 
 
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