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| has gloss | eng: A lift jet is a jet engine angled to provide an aircraft with aerostatic (i.e., not requiring the movement of air over an airfoil) lift instead of (or in addition to) thrust. On a fixed-wing aircraft, lift jets may be installed as auxiliary engines, with a separate engine to provide forward thrust, or, as in the Harrier jump jet, may be vectored in flight to provide both. |
| lexicalization | eng: lift jet |
| instance of | (noun) a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion jet engine |
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| media:img | Yak-38 Forger wings folded.jpg |
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