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  2. Takeoff and landing - Wikipedia

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    Vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft that are able to take off or land vertically or on short runways. Vertical takeoff and landing includes craft that do not require runways at all. Generally, a V/STOL aircraft needs to be able to hover; helicopters are not typically considered under the V/STOL classification.

  3. Takeoff - Wikipedia

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    An F/A-18 taking off from an aircraft carrier An Embraer E175 taking off. Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff.

  4. Helicopter - Wikipedia

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    These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft and many forms of short take-off and landing or short take-off and vertical landing aircraft cannot perform without a runway. In 1942, the Sikorsky R-4 became the first helicopter to reach full-scale production. [1] [2]

  5. VTOL - Wikipedia

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    A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway.This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-wing aircraft and other hybrid aircraft with powered rotors such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and gyrodynes.

  6. Amphibious helicopter - Wikipedia

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    An amphibious helicopter is a helicopter that is intended to land on and take off from both land and water. Amphibious helicopters are used for a variety of specialized purposes including air-sea rescue , marine salvage and oceanography , in addition to other tasks that can be accomplished with any non-amphibious helicopter.

  7. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. Military transport tiltrotor "V-22" redirects here. For other uses, see V22 (disambiguation). V-22 Osprey A MV-22 being used during a MAGTF demonstration during the 2014 Miramar Air Show General information Type Tiltrotor military transport aircraft National origin United States ...

  8. Taxiing - Wikipedia

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    Skid-equipped helicopters and other VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft conduct hover taxiing to move in ground effect in the same manner that wheel-equipped aircraft ground taxi. In general hover taxis are conducted at speeds up to 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph), or below translational lift .

  9. Heliport - Wikipedia

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    The TLOF is a load-bearing, generally paved area, normally centered in the FATO, on which the helicopter lands and / or takes off. The FATO is a defined area over which the pilot completes the final phase of the approach to a hover or a landing, and from which the pilot initiates take-off. The FATO elevation is the lowest elevation of the edge ...