vertical take-off and landing aircraft

…An aircraft that can take off and land almost vertically without taxiing. It is also called VTOL, short for vertical take‐off and landing aircraft. In a broad sense, helicopters are also a type of VTOL, but they are generally excluded, and fixed-wing aircraft with vertical take‐off and landing capabilities are often referred to as VTOL.

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…滑走しないでほぼ垂直に離着陸できる航空機。vertical take‐off and landing aircraftを略してVTOL（ブイトール）とも呼ばれる。ヘリコプターも広い意味ではVTOLの一種であるが，一般にはこれを除外して，固定翼の飛行機に垂直離着陸能力をもたせたものをVTOLとすることが多い。…

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