It took off and landed vertically, but never achieved transition to horizontal flight.
On the ground it sat on its tail, and took off and landed vertically like a helicopter.
With its very low landing speed the Storch often appeared to land vertically, or even backwards, in strong winds from directly ahead.
It was a single-person aircraft with an annular wing designed to land vertically, therefore requiring no runway and very little space to take-off.
There was also work on a craft that took off and landed vertically, as opposed to the horizontal, glider-like landing of the shuttle.
And the one for the Marines will land vertically to drop into global hot spots.
It was still daylight when the jet landed vertically in the Colorado canyon.
The machine could also land vertically or run on to a short landing area.
Some so small that not even an aircar could land vertically on top.
While we land vertically, with little or no shock impact, I prefer not to risk damaging your pavement.