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  2. Joby Aviation - Wikipedia

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    Joby Aviation. Joby Aviation is a United States venture -backed aviation company, developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it intends to operate as an air taxi service. [4] Joby Aviation is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, and has offices in San Carlos, California; Marina, California; and Munich, Germany.

  3. List of busiest airports by aircraft movements - Wikipedia

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    Rank Airport Location Code Total Movements Rank Change Change 1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: Atlanta, Georgia, United States: ATL/KATL 724,145 2.3%

  4. eVTOL - Wikipedia

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    EVTOL. An electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is a variety of VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft that uses electric power to hover, take off, and land vertically. This technology came about owing to major advances in electric propulsion (motors, batteries, fuel cells, electronic controllers) and the emerging need ...

  5. VTOL - Wikipedia

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    A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-wing aircraft and other hybrid aircraft with powered rotors such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and gyrodynes.

  6. Takeoff and landing - Wikipedia

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    Takeoff. Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aircraft goes through a transition from moving along the ground (taxiing) to flying in the air, usually starting on a runway. For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing.

  7. Takeoff - Wikipedia

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    Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff. For aircraft that take off horizontally, this usually involves starting with a transition from moving along the ground on a runway. For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed ...

  8. List of VTOL aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Bell XV-15 (tiltrotor) Bensen B-10 (ducted fan) Boeing/McDonnell Douglas AV-8 Harrier (vectored thrust) Boeing-Vertol VZ-2 (tiltwing) Boeing X-32B (vectored thrust) Boeing X-50 (stoppable-rotor gyrodyne UAV - failed to achieve forward flight) Boulton Paul P.137 VTOL research aircraft. Boulton Paul P.142 VTOL research aircraft.

  9. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - Wikipedia

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    The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-use, tiltrotor military transport and cargo aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.