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STOVL (1003 bytes)
1: '''STOVL''' is an acronym for '''S'''hort '''T'''ake '''O'...
3: ...] capability in test flights but is operationally STOVL.
18: [[ja:STOVL機]]
19: [[es:STOVL]]

STOBAR (899 bytes)
1: ...off. However, these are conventional, rather than STOVL aircraft, and thus require [[arrestor wires]] to ...

Vertical lift aircraft (288 bytes)
1: ...flight. It includes [[helicopter]]s, [[VTOL|V]]/[[STOVL|STOL]] [[jet]]s like the [[Hawker Siddeley Harrie...

V/STOL (462 bytes)
3: V/STOL has been replaced by STOVL in popularity because it reduces the amount of en...

Rolls-Royce Pegasus (4165 bytes)
4: ...h for lift and forward propulsion, allowing for [[STOVL]] flight. This eliminates the need for convention...
26: ..., combines the proven advantages of day and night STOVL operations with an advanced [[radar]] system and ...
28: == Future STOVL powerplants ==
29: ...ased company. Whatever powerplant is selected for STOVL variants they will both employ the Rolls-Royce Li...

Pratt & Whitney F135 (1494 bytes)
5: ...y tendered. Whatever powerplant is selected for [[STOVL]] variants they will both employ the Rolls-Royce ...
15: * '''Rolls-Royce'''<br>Vertical lift system for [[STOVL]]

Joint Force Harrier (952 bytes)
2: ...led '''Joint Force 2000''', it rationalised the [[STOVL]] forces of both the [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Fl...

Boeing X-32 (4508 bytes)
6: ...sion,) and Short Take Off and Vertical Landing ([[STOVL]]). [[McDonnell Douglas]], having failed to proc...
10: ...ht, first flying in March 2001. The X-32 achieved STOVL flight in much the same way as the Harrier, i.e. ...
12: ...this choice appears to be the method of achieving STOVL flight – with the DoD judging that the higher per...

General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 (1596 bytes)
5: ...e F136. Whatever powerplant is selected for other STOVL variants they will both employ the Rolls-Royce Li...

Aircraft catapult (1992 bytes)
6: ...-8B Harrier II]] and its derivatives, which are [[STOVL]] aircraft, and can be launched from smaller and ...

No. 1 Squadron RAF (2505 bytes)
30: ...squadron became the world's first operator of a [[STOVL]] aircraft with the arrival of the [[Hawker Sidde...

GAU-12 Equalizer (3341 bytes)
14: ... with 180 rounds of ammunition, while the F-35B [[STOVL]] version for the [[USMC]] and [[Royal Navy]] and...

VTOL (3616 bytes)
13: The Harrier is often flown in [[STOVL]] mode which enables it to carry a higher fuel or...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (13770 bytes)
15: ...y]]; and a short take-off and vertical landing ([[STOVL]]) aircraft for the [[United States Marine Corps|...
47: ...n only have been achieved by Lockheed's method of STOVL flight, in fact the decision is said to have clin...
55: ...244 billion. The major technical problem was the STOVL F-35B variant's mass, which was reported to be 8 ...
65: ...rgence of the USAF requirement for the F-35B. The STOVL variant had been viewed as the most likely victim...
70: * '''F-35B''': STOVL for USMC, RAF and RN (potentially USAF)

The Royal Navy in the 21st Century (24590 bytes)
4: ...y. They will be [[STOVL]] carriers, operating the STOVL variant of the [[Joint Strike Fighter|Lockheed F-...
45: ... STOVL version, with CVF being designed thus as a STOVL carrier.
57: The V-22 would be an attractive option given the STOVL configuration of CVF, as it combines the VTOL asp...
87: * STOVL - [[STOVL|Short Take Off/Vertical Landing]]

Future French aircraft carrier (5345 bytes)
7: ...sault Rafale]] for standard version and the F-35B STOVL variant the initial UK version of the carrier. Th...

Royal Navy CVF programme (5635 bytes)
28: ...er than strictly necessary for operation of the [[STOVL]] F-35 version. This allows the carrier to be des...

BAE Sea Harrier (7332 bytes)
85: ...eck, the carriers could operate a small number of STOVL jets.

Invincible class aircraft carrier (8534 bytes)
5: ...ed again to include a small complement of these [[STOVL]] aircraft. In order to launch the Harrier from i...

Comparison of 2000s fighter aircraft (10177 bytes)
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