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Definition
power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft, other than aeroplane or rotorcraft, capable of performing vertical take-off and landing by means of lift and thrust units used to provide lift during take-off and landing
NOTE Subcategories of VCA include, but are not limited to, lift-cruise aircraft (3.1.97), multirotor aircraft (3.1.103), tilt-rotor aircraft (3.1.131), tilt-wing aircraft (3.1.132) and vectored-thrust aircraft (3.1.142).
[SOURCE: EASA, Opinion No 03/2023] 31]
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VTOL-capable aircraft (VCA)
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