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.

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Peter Kemp

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