vertical

     

An object is in a vertical position when it is aligne in an "up-down" direction, roughly speaking perpendicular to the horizon or horizontal plane.

Trivia about vertical

  • Knob you adjust if your picture rolls
  • Straight up & down(8)
  • In 1954 the Convair XFY-1 became the first plane to make a VTOL -- this kind of take-off & landing
  • The opposite of horizontal, it was the unusual takeoff position of the Convair XFY-1, the "Pogo"
  • The Harrier is a V/STOL aircraft, the V standing for this, meaning the plane goes almost straight up on takeoff

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