I didn't know the Indians changed the carrier from V/STOL to STOBAR. Fascinating.

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For something that small, why not some leading edge slats for STOL ?? Just saying.

I'm not sure why you guys think this isn't a real plane... From reviewing his youtube account, it seems to be a Highlander Bush Plane, which is quite a bit different from Ultralights.

The guy seems to be well experienced with that sort of takeoff, judging from other videos on his account, particularly this short take off landing (STOL) video, in which he lands on a hilltop, turns the plane around and takes off again.

And its a pretty good flyer...kind of a STOL craft

The lyrics:

Tam, gde t'ma stoit u sveta, gde nebritye umy
V smysl ne veria ot zaveta, chtut nakazy iz tiur'my
Na spine taskaiut vremia, da ssypaiut na vesy
Chistiat mramornoe temia, kormiat Spasskie chasy
Dniom kriakhtiat pod obrazami, voiut v nebo po nocham
Ne v svoi sadiatsia sani, a potom vsio po vracham
Skol'ko "bujnykh" s plech srubili, ne prishili ni odnu
Tianut pesn', kak dedy zhili, sami mrachno, da po dnu

proigrysh

Beregut do pervoj smerti, otpevaiut do vtoroj
Vsekh sviatykh raspiali cherti, Bog - on vidno - vykhodnoj
Vsio - ne v mast', da vsio - dosada, sveta - t'ma, a sveta net
Zaveli khmyri v zasadu i pytaiut stol'ko let
Dniom so svechkami iskali vykhod v zhizn', gde vsio - ne tak
Dyrok mnogo, vse slykhali, a ne vyskochit' nikak
Tam, gde t'ma stoit u sveta, tam gde svet vsegda u t'my
Ot zaveta do sovetov brodiat strannye umy

proigrysh

Volosatymi glazami sh'iut dela, kuiut detej
Zapriagaiut letom sani, i, pokhozhi na liudej
Ehj prokashlis', vsha zhivaia, spoj negromko pod lunoj
Kak ia na grudi saraia spal schastlivyj i khmel'noj
Snilis' vremena drugie - mir bez duri i vojny
Devy - strojnye, nagie, parni - trezvye umy
Chto prinios blagie vesti belyj angel na kryle
Vse my, na perine - vmeste stroim nebo na zemle

VTOL is not only fuel ineffcient, it also limits your take off load. So if the plane is full combat equipped it will not take off vertically. Instead it will use STOL since Harrier is a V/STOL fighter. It's taken off of a LHD (USMC amphibious assault ship).

This was a deHavilland DHC-5 Buffalo that crashed at the 1984 Farnbrough Airshow. The plane was a military STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) transport, and while demonstrating the short landing capabilities, the pilot got too slow with too great of a tailwind and was unable to get the nose up to flare for landing, so he landed a bit shorter than planned. No one was hurt in the event, but apparently "any landing you can walk away from is a good one" didn't keep him from being fired.

For way more information than you really care about re: this event:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/deHavilland_DHC5D_story%5B1%5D.pdf