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The capability of a heavier-than-air craft to operate from substantially more confined areas than those normally required for an aircraft of the same...



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Figure 1.Cierva C.19 aircraft, at Musée de l'Air, Paris, 1981. (K. McKay)
Figure 10.Hot gas ingestion mechanism.
Figure 11.Yak 141 aircraft at Farnborough Air Show, September 1992. (K. McKay)