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Definition
VTOL-capable aircraft (VCA) (3.1.143) which depends, principally, on engine-driven rotors fixed to a substantially vertical axis for lift during take-off, landing and low-speed flight regimes, and on nonrotating aerofoil(s) for lift during high-speed flight
Previous Version: 1.0 Release date: September 2023
powered lifted aircraft
heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical take-off, vertical landing, and low-speed flight, which depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for the lift during these flight regimes and on non-rotating aerofoil(s) for lift during horizontal flight.
NOTE: in addition to conventional phase of flight descriptions (e.g. take-off, climb, cruise, etc.), powered lift aircraft typically have an additional phase of flight, referred to as the transition phase, during which the primary means of generating lift transitions to/from the non-rotating aerofoils Also referred to as hybrid lift aircraft
[SOURCE: ICAO Annex 1 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Personnel Licensing, 14th edition, July 2022] [19]
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