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Arava

IAI Arava Short Take-Off and Landing STOL, plane manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries.

Boeing X-32

The project's purpose was to develop a stealth-enabled design to replace all of United States Department of Defense lighter weight fighter and attack aircraft, including the F-16 Fighting Falcon, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, and vertical/short takeoff / vertical landing (V/STOL) AV-8B Harrier II.

Bryza

PZL M28B Bryza - a Polish STOL light maritime patrol, cargo and passenger plane

City Express

The airline relocated its base to Toronto Island Airport (now Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) (YTZ) where it began STOL service.

Fitor

Blue Jet (voiced by Shinya Ōtaki) was one of the best swordsmen from the Jet Tribe, and studied under Kirai Stol.

Flying boat

The ShinMaywa US-2 is a large STOL amphibious aircraft designed for air-sea rescue work.

Found Aircraft

The E350 is being marketed as a Cessna 206 competitor, featuring higher performance, four doors, and STOL performance.

Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru

;FA-203-S: Experimental short take off and landing (STOL) version, developed by Japan's National Aerospace Laboratory fitted with Boundary layer control system.

General Aircraft Corporation

In 1969, the company bought the Helio Aircraft Company which specialised in building STOL aircraft for use by government agencies in south east Asia.

Long Akah

Long Akah Airport is a STOL airfield, providing access to this remote village from Miri and Marudi.

Long Lellang

Long Lellang Airport is a STOL airfield, providing access to this remote village.

Radu Goldiş

Together with Adrian Enescu he composed the music for the Romanian movie Al patrulea stol (1978) and with Petru Mărgineanu he composed the music for the American-Romanian movie Point Zero- Cry of Redemption (1995).

Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev

From 1985, the practice of operating Yakovlev Yak-38s in STOL mode instead of VTOL was introduced, allowing an increase in aircraft payload and range, and a replacement of Kamov Ka-25 helicopters with Kamov Ka-27 started.

Steamboat Springs Airport

The Dash 7 featured the short takeoff and landing (STOL) performance required at Steamboat Springs due to its relatively short runway length and high elevation.

STOL

STOLports are not common but can be found, for example, at London City Airport in London, United Kingdom.

Horton, Inc of Wellington, Kansas offers STOL kits under the brand name Horton STOL-Craft, emphasizing that the modifications increase safety by allowing forced landings to occur at lower speeds and thus improve survivability.

Many fixed-wing STOL aircraft are bush planes, though some, like the de Havilland Dash-7, are designed for use on prepared airstrips; likewise, many STOL aircraft are taildraggers, though there are exceptions like the PAC P-750 XSTOL, Quest Kodiak, de Havilland Twin Otter and the Peterson 260SE.

Thomas Harrington Ltd

This was a short take off and landing STOL single-engine type, designed as an artillery spotter, which became noteworthy for its use in covert operations to and from occupied France.


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