Sentences with phrase «when jet pilot»
When jet pilot Annie Peregrine Goode's con artist father, Jack, turns up, on the run again, she is swept back into the maelstrom of his life.
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Lockheed Martin often combines virtual reality with real - world equipment when training pilots to fly fighter jets.
Ahead for Midshipman Kane lay a distinguished career of duty well done — as fighter pilot, fighter group leader and Pacific war ace, as postwar skipper of the carrier Saipan — until the day, last February, when the electrical system of his TV - 2 jet failed and he crashed to his death.
Tammie Jo Shults, the heroic pilot who guided her Southwest Airlines jet to safety, said she and her fellow crew members were merely doing their jobs, and «our hearts are heavy» that a passenger in died when an engine exploded in midair.
About three years ago when the oil market was booming, and with about 200 private jets in the airspace, the ratio of expatriate to local pilot was three to four, with at least 1,000 foreign pilots in Nigeria.
Jet streams occur at very high altitudes — 30,000 to 40,000 feet — which is why they were not definitively identified until World War II, when pilots noticed intense headwinds during long - distance military missions.
When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot with a drinking problem must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing.
The pilot jet typically can deliver no more than 15 % of the overall fuel when the throttle is wide open.
As those familiar with the franchise know both the helicopters and the jets take considerable time and skill to master, and attempting to learn how to fly when your team are counting on you isn't exactly conducive to becoming a good pilot, so the Range gives you that opportunity.