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April 5th 05, 08:39 PM
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On 5 Apr 2005 12:13:08 -0700, "David E. Powell"
wrote: What did they call the Royal Navy's Harrier Carriers? I thought it was V/STOL. (Vertical or Short Take Off and Landing.) Way back when Harriers were first being introduced, VTOL was used, then they realised payloads could be increased if a rolling take off was used so we got V/STOL, but since no vertical takeoffs are made outside of airshows for payload reasons these days, STOVL (pronounced sto-vull by a friend of mine who flew Sea Harriers until recently) took over as being more accurate. -- Peter Kemp "Life is short...drink faster" 
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