Christophe Chazot wrote:
"Guy Alcala" a écrit dans le message
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Ken Duffey wrote:

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Whereas US, French and Brazilian CV/CVNs are described as CATOBAR, and

everything

else (at the moment) is STOVL.

Guy


CTOL for conventional take-off and landing seems more appropriate.
Why does one want a B in CATOBAR ? is there any catapult take-off and
vertical landing ?

Christophe



CTOL, STOL, VTOL, VSTOL all refer to land-based ops.

Carrier launches are anything but 'conventional' - hence the CATO bit.

I guess you have to add BAR to differentiate it from a VL - as in a Harrier.

That would be STOVL ??

So, for carrier ops you can CATO or STO to launch and BAR or VL to
recover - and mix-and-match to suit ....

CATOBAR, STOBAR, STOVL - but no CATOVL (AFAIK) ??

I agree about the B bit - why would you want to add 'But' ?? - you
don't say 'Short Take Off BUT Vertical Landing' - STOBVL do you ??

Ken