List of STOL aircraft

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A typical purpose-designed light STOL aircraft, the Zenith STOL CH 701 ZenairCH701C-GBRT01.jpg
A typical purpose-designed light STOL aircraft, the Zenith STOL CH 701

This is a list of aircraft which are classified as having Short Takeoff and Landing, or STOL, characteristics.

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The STOL class excludes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) types, rotorcraft, aerostats and most light aircraft.

List of aircraft

TypeCountryDateRoleStatusTake-off to 50 ft (15 m)Landing from 50 ft (15 m)Notes
AAC Angel US1984UtilityProduction1,404 ft (428 m)1,046 ft (319 m) [1]
Aircraft Industries L 410 NG Czech Republic2015UtilityProduction1,936 ft (590 m)1,969 ft (600 m) [2]
Antonov An-14 Soviet Union1958TransportProduction656 ft (200 m)985 ft (300 m) [3]
Antonov An-72 Soviet Union1977TransportProduction1,312 ft (400 m)1,148 ft (350 m) [4]
Auster AOP.9 UK1954Artillery observerProduction675 ft (206 m)150 ft (46 m) [5]
Australian Aircraft Kits Hornet STOL Australia2004UltralightProduction656 ft (200 m)623 ft (190 m) [6]
Bounsall Super Prospector US1990HomebuiltProduction300 ft (91 m)250 ft (76 m) [7]
Boeing YC-14 US1976TransportPrototype (Cancelled)[ citation needed ]
Britten-Norman Defender UK1970TransportProduction1,050 ft (320 m)995 ft (303 m) [8]
Boeing/NASA C-8A AWJSRA US1972Jet flap STOL researchProductionAugmented Wing Jet-flap STOL Research Aircraft[ citation needed ]
Britten-Norman Islander UK1965AirlinerProduction1,100 ft (335 m)960 ft (293 m) [9]
CASA C-212 Aviocar Spain1974TransportProduction2,001 ft (610 m)1,516 ft (462 m)Airliner, cargo and ground attack variants [10]
Conroy Stolifter US1968UtilityPrototype450 ft (137 m)400 ft (122 m)Converted Cessna Skymaster. [11]
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1 Canada1947TransportProduction1,015 ft (309 m)1,000 ft (305 m) [12]
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk III Canada1947TransportProduction920 ft (280 m)870 ft (265 m) [12]
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Canada1951TransportProduction1,155 ft (352 m)880 ft (268 m) [13]
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou Canada1959TransportProduction1,040 ft (317 m)590 ft (180 m) [14]
De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo Canada1965UtilityProduction2,100 ft (640 m)2,100 ft (640 m) [15]
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada1966UtilityProduction1,200 ft (366 m)1,050 ft (320 m) [16]
De Havilland Canada Dash 7 Canada1975AirlinerProduction1,200 ft (366 m)1,050 ft (320 m) [17]
Dornier Do 27 Germany1955UtilityProduction558 ft (170 m)525 ft (160 m) [18]
Dornier Do 28 Germany1959UtilityProduction1,020 ft (311 m)1,000 ft (305 m) [16]
Dornier Do 228 Germany1981UtilityProduction2,600 ft (792 m)1,480 ft (451 m)[ citation needed ]
Dornier Do 29 Germany1958UtilityPrototype / research[ citation needed ]
Dornier P.360 Germany1967Military transport aircraftPrototype / researchSimilar to Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 [19]
Evangel 4500 US1964TransportProduction1,125 ft (343 m)1,140 ft (347 m) [20]
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Germany1936UtilityProduction350 ft (107 m)310 ft (94 m)[ citation needed ]
Helio Courier H-295US1955UtilityProduction610 ft (186 m)520 ft (158 m) [21] "Helioplane #1" demonstrator first flew 1949 [22]
IAI Arava Israel1972TransportProduction984 ft (300 m)902 ft (275 m) [23]
Javelin V6 STOL US1949HomebuiltProduction150 ft (46 m)300 ft (91 m)Piper PA-20 Pacer conversion. [7]
Just Superstol US2012HomebuiltProduction550 ft (168 m)450 ft (137 m) [24]
Let L-410 Turbolet Czech Republic1969UtilityProduction1,673 ft (510 m)1,640 ft (500 m) [25]
Maule M-5 US1974UtilityProduction550 ft (168 m)600 ft (183 m) [26] [27]
McDonnell Douglas YC-15 US1975TransportPrototype (Cancelled)
Murphy Radical Canada2016UtilityProduction400 ft (122 m)300 ft (91 m) [28] [29]
NAL Quiet STOL research aircraft ASKA Japan1985ResearchPrototype [30]
NASA Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft US1974ResearchPrototype
PAC P-750 XSTOL New Zealand2001UtilityProduction1,196 ft (365 m)950 ft (290 m) [31]
Peterson 260SE/Wren 460 US1988UtilityProduction1,000 ft (305 m)1,000 ft (305 m)Conversion of Cessna 182. [32]
Pilatus PC-6 Porter Switzerland1959UtilityProduction600 ft (183 m)550 ft (168 m) [33]
Piper J-3 Cub US1938UtilityProduction755 ft (230 m)885 ft (270 m) [34]
PZL-104 Wilga Poland1962UtilityProduction625 ft (191 m)780 ft (238 m) [35]
PZL-105M Poland1989UtilityPrototype1,109 ft (338 m)1,070 ft (326 m) [36]
Quest Kodiak US2005TransportProduction760 ft (232 m)915 ft (279 m) [37]
Scottish Aviation Pioneer UK1947TransportProduction555 ft (169 m)660 ft (201 m) [38] [39]
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer UK1955TransportProduction1,071 ft (326 m)870 ft (265 m) [40]
ShinMaywa US-2 Japan2007Air-Sea RescueProduction920 ft (280 m)1,080 ft (329 m) [41]
Short SC.7 Skyvan UK1963TransportProduction1,050 ft (320 m)1,485 ft (453 m) [42]
SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera Italy1952AmphibianProduction1,400 ft (427 m)1,100 ft (335 m) [43]
SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 Italy1969UtilityProduction1,185 ft (361 m)922 ft (281 m) [44]
Slepcev Storch Serbia1994UltralightProduction126 ft (38 m)110 ft (34 m)Scale replica of Fieseler Fi 156 Storch. [45]
Spectrum SA-550 US1983TransportProduction675 ft (206 m)675 ft (206 m)Converted Cessna Skymaster. [46]
Sukhoi Su-80 Russian Federation2001TransportProduction2,686 ft (819 m)1,715 ft (523 m) [47]
Westland Lysander I UK1936Army cooperationProduction690 ft (210 m)990 ft (300 m) [48] [49]
Zenith STOL CH 701 US1986TrainerProduction1,257 ft (383 m)1,257 ft (383 m) [50] [ citation needed ]
Zenith STOL CH 801 US2011HomebuiltProduction400 ft (122 m)300 ft (91 m) [51] [ citation needed ]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Angel Aircraft Corporation. "Angel Aircraft Corporation" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. ↑ "L-410 NG manufacturer & tech.spec".
  3. ↑ Taylor 1976, p.405.
  4. ↑ Taylor 1976, p.409.
  5. ↑ Bridgeman 1959, p 14.
  6. ↑ Australian Aircraft Kits (n.d.). "Hornet STOL Performance Data" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  7. 1 2 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 127. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN   0-9636409-4-1
  8. ↑ Taylor 1976, p.175.
  9. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 90.
  10. ↑ Military Analysis Network AVIOCAR C-212 (CASA)
  11. ↑ Flight International (November 1968). "Conroy Flies the Stolifter" . Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  12. 1 2 Plane & Pilot, p 36.
  13. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 37.
  14. ↑ Pike, John (April 2005). "C-7 / CV-2 Caribou" . Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  15. ↑ de Havilland Canada: DHC-5A Buffalo STOL Tactical Transport, page 6. de Havilland Canada, May 1971
  16. 1 2 Plane & Pilot, p 97.
  17. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (January 2006). "TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. A20EA" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  18. ↑ Bridgeman 1959, p 154.
  19. ↑ https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1967/1967%20-%200918.PDF [ dead link ]
  20. ↑ Evangel Aircraft Corp. "Evangel 4500" . Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  21. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 46.
  22. ↑ "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.
  23. ↑ Taylor 1971, p 112
  24. ↑ Just Aircraft. "Superstol Technical Specifications" . Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  25. ↑ "L-410 manufacturer & tech.spec".
  26. ↑ Plane and Pilot p.50
  27. ↑ "Maule M-5 Lunar Rocket" . Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  28. ↑ Wilson, Tom (13 March 2023). "Murphy Radical". AVweb. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  29. ↑ Murphy Aircraft (2022). "Our Models". murphyair.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  30. ↑ "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). National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL). 664. May 1994. ISSN   0452-2982.
  31. ↑ Pacific Aerospace. "P750 XSTOL Technical Specifications" . Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  32. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 78.
  33. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 39.
  34. ↑ Fillingham 1975, p 152.
  35. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 65.
  36. ↑ Lambert 1993, p.242.
  37. ↑ Quest Aircraft llc. "Quest Aircraft LLC" . Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  38. ↑ "Prestwick Pioneer" (pdf). Flight. 1956. The take-off run, fully loaded, is ... 180 yd to clear a 50ft obstacle
  39. ↑ Bridgeman 1948, p.90.
  40. ↑ "Twin Pioneer in the Air" (pdf). Flight. 25 November 1955. p. 808.
  41. ↑ "Performance of the State-of-the-Art US-2: US-2 Specifications". ShinMaywa. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  42. ↑ Taylor 1976, p.196.
  43. ↑ Plane & Pilot, p 70.
  44. ↑ Taylor 1977, p.118.
  45. ↑ "Slepcev Storch specs" . Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  46. ↑ ""Flying pick-up truck" takes off". Flight International . 12 March 1983. p. 646. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  47. ↑ Sukhoi Company (JSC). "Su-80". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  48. ↑ "The Westland Family" (pdf). Flight. 1955. With full load...clear a 50ft obstacle in 230 yards
  49. ↑ "For Army Co-operation" (pdf). Flight. 9 June 1938. p. 576. approach distance over a 50ft. obstacle to rest 330 yards
  50. ↑ Czech Aircraft Works (January 2003). "ZENAIR CH 701 SP Flight Manual" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  51. ↑ Jackson, 2004 p 806

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