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tilt-rotor aircraft

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tilt-rotor aircraft: see vertical takeoff and landing aircraft vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL), craft capable of rising and descending vertically from and to the ground, thus requiring no runway. While a balloon or an airship has obvious VTOL capability, both are very inefficient at moving parallel to the earth's
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The new howitzer is transportable by the Marine Corps' MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft, and two can fit on the C-130.
On 2 May 1986 the Navy initiated a contract for the V22 joint-services tilt-rotor aircraft, above right.
Edwards hosts two Marine Reserve helicopter units and is being considered as a home base for the MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft unit.
 
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