List of STOL aircraft
Appearance
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This is a list of aircraft which are classified as having Short Takeoff and Landing, or STOL, characteristics.
The STOL class excludes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) types, rotorcraft, aerostats and most light aircraft.
List of aircraft
[edit]Type | Country | Date | Role | Status | Take-off to 50 ft (15 m) | Landing from 50 ft (15 m) | Notes |
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AAC Angel | US | 1984 | Utility | Production | 1,404 ft (428 m) | 1,046 ft (319 m) | [1] |
Aircraft Industries L 410 NG | Czech Republic | 2015 | Utility | Production | 1,936 ft (590 m) | 1,969 ft (600 m) | [2] |
Antonov An-14 | Soviet Union | 1958 | Transport | Production | 656 ft (200 m) | 985 ft (300 m) | [3] |
Antonov An-72 | Soviet Union | 1977 | Transport | Production | 1,312 ft (400 m) | 1,148 ft (350 m) | [4] |
Auster AOP.9 | UK | 1954 | Artillery observer | Production | 675 ft (206 m) | 150 ft (46 m) | [5] |
Australian Aircraft Kits Hornet STOL | Australia | 2004 | Ultralight | Production | 656 ft (200 m) | 623 ft (190 m) | [6] |
Bounsall Super Prospector | US | 1990 | Homebuilt | Production | 300 ft (91 m) | 250 ft (76 m) | [7] |
Boeing YC-14 | US | 1976 | Transport | Prototype (Cancelled) | [citation needed] | ||
Britten-Norman Defender | UK | 1970 | Transport | Production | 1,050 ft (320 m) | 995 ft (303 m) | [8] |
Boeing/NASA C-8A AWJSRA | US | 1972 | Jet flap STOL research | Production | Augmented Wing Jet-flap STOL Research Aircraft[citation needed] | ||
Britten-Norman Islander | UK | 1965 | Airliner | Production | 1,100 ft (335 m) | 960 ft (293 m) | [9] |
CASA C-212 Aviocar | Spain | 1974 | Transport | Production | 2,001 ft (610 m) | 1,516 ft (462 m) | Airliner, cargo and ground attack variants[10] |
Conroy Stolifter | US | 1968 | Utility | Prototype | 450 ft (137 m) | 400 ft (122 m) | Converted Cessna Skymaster.[11] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1 | Canada | 1947 | Transport | Production | 1,015 ft (309 m) | 1,000 ft (305 m) | [12] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk III | Canada | 1947 | Transport | Production | 920 ft (280 m) | 870 ft (265 m) | [12] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | Canada | 1951 | Transport | Production | 1,155 ft (352 m) | 880 ft (268 m) | [13] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou | Canada | 1959 | Transport | Production | 1,040 ft (317 m) | 590 ft (180 m) | [14] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Canada | 1965 | Utility | Production | 2,100 ft (640 m) | 2,100 ft (640 m) | [15] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | 1966 | Utility | Production | 1,200 ft (366 m) | 1,050 ft (320 m) | [16] |
De Havilland Canada Dash 7 | Canada | 1975 | Airliner | Production | 1,200 ft (366 m) | 1,050 ft (320 m) | [17] |
Dornier Do 27 | Germany | 1955 | Utility | Production | 558 ft (170 m) | 525 ft (160 m) | [18] |
Dornier Do 28 | Germany | 1959 | Utility | Production | 1,020 ft (311 m) | 1,000 ft (305 m) | [16] |
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | 1981 | Utility | Production | 2,600 ft (792 m) | 1,480 ft (451 m) | [citation needed] |
Dornier Do 29 | Germany | 1958 | Utility | Prototype / research | [citation needed] | ||
Dornier P.360 | Germany | 1967 | Military transport aircraft | Prototype / research | Similar to Armstrong Whitworth AW.681[19] | ||
Evangel 4500 | US | 1964 | Transport | Production | 1,125 ft (343 m) | 1,140 ft (347 m) | [20] |
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch | Germany | 1936 | Utility | Production | 350 ft (107 m) | 310 ft (94 m) | [citation needed] |
Helio Courier H-295 | US | 1955 | Utility | Production | 610 ft (186 m) | 520 ft (158 m) | [21] "Helioplane #1" demonstrator first flew 1949[22] |
IAI Arava | Israel | 1972 | Transport | Production | 984 ft (300 m) | 902 ft (275 m) | [23] |
Javelin V6 STOL | US | 1949 | Homebuilt | Production | 150 ft (46 m) | 300 ft (91 m) | Piper PA-20 Pacer conversion.[7] |
Just Superstol | US | 2012 | Homebuilt | Production | 550 ft (168 m) | 450 ft (137 m) | [24] |
Let L-410 Turbolet | Czech Republic | 1969 | Utility | Production | 1,673 ft (510 m) | 1,640 ft (500 m) | [25] |
Maule M-5 | US | 1974 | Utility | Production | 550 ft (168 m) | 600 ft (183 m) | [26][27] |
McDonnell Douglas YC-15 | US | 1975 | Transport | Prototype (Cancelled) | |||
Murphy Radical | Canada | 2016 | Utility | Production | 400 ft (122 m) | 300 ft (91 m) | [28][29] |
NAL Quiet STOL research aircraft ASKA | Japan | 1985 | Research | Prototype | [30] | ||
NASA Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft | US | 1974 | Research | Prototype | |||
PAC P-750 XSTOL | New Zealand | 2001 | Utility | Production | 1,196 ft (365 m) | 950 ft (290 m) | [31] |
Peterson 260SE/Wren 460 | US | 1988 | Utility | Production | 1,000 ft (305 m) | 1,000 ft (305 m) | Conversion of Cessna 182.[32] |
Pilatus PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | 1959 | Utility | Production | 600 ft (183 m) | 550 ft (168 m) | [33] |
Piper J-3 Cub | US | 1938 | Utility | Production | 755 ft (230 m) | 885 ft (270 m) | [34] |
PZL-104 Wilga | Poland | 1962 | Utility | Production | 625 ft (191 m) | 780 ft (238 m) | [35] |
PZL-105M | Poland | 1989 | Utility | Prototype | 1,109 ft (338 m) | 1,070 ft (326 m) | [36] |
Quest Kodiak | US | 2005 | Transport | Production | 760 ft (232 m) | 915 ft (279 m) | [37] |
Scottish Aviation Pioneer | UK | 1947 | Transport | Production | 555 ft (169 m) | 660 ft (201 m) | [38][39] |
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer | UK | 1955 | Transport | Production | 1,071 ft (326 m) | 870 ft (265 m) | [40] |
ShinMaywa US-2 | Japan | 2007 | Air-Sea Rescue | Production | 920 ft (280 m) | 1,080 ft (329 m) | [41] |
Short SC.7 Skyvan | UK | 1963 | Transport | Production | 1,050 ft (320 m) | 1,485 ft (453 m) | [42] |
SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera | Italy | 1952 | Amphibian | Production | 1,400 ft (427 m) | 1,100 ft (335 m) | [43] |
SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 | Italy | 1969 | Utility | Production | 1,185 ft (361 m) | 922 ft (281 m) | [44] |
Slepcev Storch | Serbia | 1994 | Ultralight | Production | 126 ft (38 m) | 110 ft (34 m) | Scale replica of Fieseler Fi 156 Storch.[45] |
Spectrum SA-550 | US | 1983 | Transport | Production | 675 ft (206 m) | 675 ft (206 m) | Converted Cessna Skymaster.[46] |
Sukhoi Su-80 | Russian Federation | 2001 | Transport | Production | 2,686 ft (819 m) | 1,715 ft (523 m) | [47] |
Westland Lysander I | UK | 1936 | Army cooperation | Production | 690 ft (210 m) | 990 ft (300 m) | [48][49] |
Zenith STOL CH 701 | US | 1986 | Trainer | Production | 1,257 ft (383 m) | 1,257 ft (383 m) | [50][citation needed] |
Zenith STOL CH 801 | US | 2011 | Homebuilt | Production | 400 ft (122 m) | 300 ft (91 m) | [51][citation needed] |
Electra EL-2 Goldfinch | US | 2023 | demonstrator | testing | 300 ft (91 m) | 300 ft (91 m) | [52] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Angel Aircraft Corporation. "Angel Aircraft Corporation" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "L-410 NG manufacturer & tech.spec".
- ^ Taylor 1976, p.405.
- ^ Taylor 1976, p.409.
- ^ Bridgeman 1959, p 14.
- ^ Australian Aircraft Kits (n.d.). "Hornet STOL Performance Data" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ a b Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 127. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
- ^ Taylor 1976, p.175.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 90.
- ^ Military Analysis Network AVIOCAR C-212 (CASA)
- ^ Flight International (November 1968). "Conroy Flies the Stolifter". Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ a b Plane & Pilot, p 36.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 37.
- ^ Pike, John (April 2005). "C-7 / CV-2 Caribou". Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ de Havilland Canada: DHC-5A Buffalo STOL Tactical Transport, page 6. de Havilland Canada, May 1971
- ^ a b Plane & Pilot, p 97.
- ^ Federal Aviation Administration (January 2006). "TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. A20EA" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ Bridgeman 1959, p 154.
- ^ https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1967/1967%20-%200918.PDF [dead link]
- ^ Evangel Aircraft Corp. "Evangel 4500". Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 46.
- ^ "Simplicity and Safety, Features of the Helioplane, a Promising American Light Aircraft Prototype". Flight International. United Kingdom: Flightglobal. October 20, 1949. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Taylor 1971, p 112
- ^ Just Aircraft. "Superstol Technical Specifications". Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "L-410 manufacturer & tech.spec".
- ^ Plane and Pilot p.50
- ^ "Maule M-5 Lunar Rocket". Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ Wilson, Tom (13 March 2023). "Murphy Radical". AVweb. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Murphy Aircraft (2022). "Our Models". murphyair.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "STOL jikkenki "Asuka" no hikousikengaiyō" STOL実験機「飛鳥」の飛行試験概要 [Flight test activities of STOL research aircraft ASKA] (pdf). Kōkūuchūgijutsukenkyūsyosiryō 航空宇宙技術研究所資料 [Technical Memorandum of National Aerospace Laboratory] (in Japanese). 664. National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL). May 1994. ISSN 0452-2982.
- ^ Pacific Aerospace. "P750 XSTOL Technical Specifications". Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 78.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 39.
- ^ Fillingham 1975, p 152.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 65.
- ^ Lambert 1993, p.242.
- ^ Quest Aircraft llc. "Quest Aircraft LLC". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ "Prestwick Pioneer" (pdf). Flight. 1956.
The take-off run, fully loaded, is ... 180 yd to clear a 50ft obstacle
- ^ Bridgeman 1948, p.90.
- ^ "Twin Pioneer in the Air" (pdf). Flight. 25 November 1955. p. 808.
- ^ "Performance of the State-of-the-Art US-2: US-2 Specifications". ShinMaywa. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Taylor 1976, p.196.
- ^ Plane & Pilot, p 70.
- ^ Taylor 1977, p.118.
- ^ "Slepcev Storch specs". Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ ""Flying pick-up truck" takes off". Flight International. 12 March 1983. p. 646. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Sukhoi Company (JSC). "Su-80". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ "The Westland Family" (pdf). Flight. 1955.
With full load...clear a 50ft obstacle in 230 yards
- ^ "For Army Co-operation" (pdf). Flight. 9 June 1938. p. 576.
approach distance over a 50ft. obstacle to rest 330 yards
- ^ Czech Aircraft Works (January 2003). "ZENAIR CH 701 SP Flight Manual" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Jackson, 2004 p 806
- ^ "Starting small, thinking big" (PDF). Aviation Week. May 16, 2024.
References
[edit]- Bridgeman, Leonard Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1948. MacMillan, 1948.
- Bridgeman, Leonard Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1959–60. Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1959.
- Fillingham, Paul Basic Guide to Flying. New York: Hawthorn, 1975. ISBN 0-801-50525-9
- Jackson, Paul Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 2004–05, Janes Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 0-7106-2614-2.
- Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0-7106-1066-1.
- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1971. ISBN 978-0-934636-02-5.
- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0-354-00538-3.
- Plane & Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0
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