Vertical take-off and horizontal landing (VTOHL) is an aircraft that can lift off vertically but land

Landing

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 in the traditional manner.

While many VTOL

VTOL

A vertical take-off and landing aircraft is one that can hover, take off and land vertically. This classification includes fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters and other aircraft with powered rotors, such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and tiltrotors...

 aircraft can operate in this fashion, some planes must land normally after taking off vertically due to a vertical landing either being impossible (requiring a structure to orient it vertically for take off) or impractical (complexities and power requirements in descending on engine power with no horizontal velocity).

Examples include the German

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 rocket plane, the Space Shuttle

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, and the Buran spacecraft.

Also VTOSL which is Vertical Takeoff Short Landing, done by Harriers and also with other V/STOL

VTOL

A vertical take-off and landing aircraft is one that can hover, take off and land vertically. This classification includes fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters and other aircraft with powered rotors, such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and tiltrotors...

Aircraft.