stol
stol — adjective
- stolpositive
- stollercomparative
- stollestsuperlative
1. used to describe an aircraft designed for very short runways — planes of this ty
used to describe an aircraft designed for very short runways — planes of this type serve small airstrips, remote communities, or locations where a normal-length runway cannot be built.
The military uses STOL aircraft to deliver supplies to remote mountain airstrips.
STOL + noun (aircraft) describing plane type
Leo's company bought a STOL plane to use the short grass runway near their factory.
attributive use: STOL + plane
Many small passenger planes serving island airports are STOL models that need very little space.
Engineers added larger wing flaps to improve the STOL performance of the new design.
A STOL plane can take off from a grass strip and climb over nearby trees.
- short-field
less common, used mainly by pilots to describe runway performance rather than the aircraft type
- conventional take-off
describes standard aircraft that need a full-length runway
文法句型
STOL + noun (aircraft, plane, design)
用法筆記
STOL is an acronym (Short Take-Off and Landing) and is usually written in capital letters. It appears most often in technical aviation writing and aircraft specifications.