What does STO stand for?

Short Takeoff

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Kent said the short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion system would be operated during flight "very very soon," followed by a first vertical landing before year's end.

United States: Lockheed says F-35 to begin short-takeoff testing

Abdul Rahim Wardak spoke in Kabul Sunday at a dedication ceremony for the twin-engine turboprop aircraft, which have short takeoff and landing capability needed in mountainous regions of Afghanistan.

Afghan forces get 2 C-27 military support planes

Willard Custer, a great-grand nephew of George Armstrong Custer, has been called the father of short takeoff and landing aircraft.

Custer's Channel Wing: the inventor knew only frustration and ...

One flight test being considered by the Lockheed Martin team involves a short takeoff on less than 550 feet of runway, accelerating to supersonic speeds, then slowing for a vertical landing.

JSF TESTING GETS DOWN TO THE WIRE

Navy TFX (advanced tactical fighter) competition, and an equally controversial Tri-Service Transport VSTOL (vertical, short takeoff and landing) program to build an aircraft similar in size and mission to today's Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey.

NAVAL AERONAUTICS LOSES NOTED ENGINEER

Boeing plans to fly its X-32B, a version with short takeoff and landing capability, sometime during the first quarter of 2001.

Lockheed Martin tests modifiable fighter plane

The V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission, military tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability.

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Abdul Rahim Wardak spoke in Kabul Sunday at a dedication ceremony for the twin-engine turboprop aircraft, which have short takeoff and landing capability needed in mountainous regions of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Afghan forces get 2 C-27 military support planes