Encyclopedia > Vertical lift aircraft

Article Content

Vertical lift aircraft

A vertical lift aircraft is any type of aircraft capable of rising and descending vertically during flight. It includes helicopters, V/STOL jets like the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, and tiltrotor aircraft like the V-22 Osprey.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

North Haven, New York

... 50 years. For every 100 females there are 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is ...