VTOL aircraft
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
VTOL aircraft see vertical takeoff and landing aircraft .
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European VTOL-VSTOL unmanned aerial vehicles advance. (vertical takeoff and landing-vertical short takeoff and landing)
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