(VEE-tall or VEE-toll, as a spoken acronym) Vertical Takeoff Or Landing. An aircraft that is somewhere between an airplane and a helicopter. Often using two to four lifting engines, either jet or turboprop. They can transition from vertical to level flight and achieve much higher speeds than a helicopter. In many cases, they can fly like a traditional fixed-wing aircraft in horizontal flight. VTOL (placeholder) ![[VTOL (placeholder).jpeg]]