CATOBAR
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| Types of take-off and landing |
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| CTOL |
| STOL |
| STOVL |
| VTOL |
| VTOHL |
| V/STOL |
| CATOBAR |
| STOBAR |
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| CATO |
| JATO/RATO |
| ZLL/ZLTO |
CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery) is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Aircraft launch using a catapult assisted take-off. However, these are conventional, rather than STOVL aircraft, and thus require arrestor wires to land on the ship. Only three countries operate carriers that use the CATOBAR system; the U.S. Nimitz class, France's Charles De Gaulle, and Brazil's NAeL São Paulo.
