Sentences with phrase «aircraft carrier which»

Illustrated plans of Amze Emmons's fantasy purchase of a decommissioned British aircraft carrier which he proposes to convert into a community for climate refugees.

For most of the game your squad is separated from the American aircraft carrier which from which you were deployed, and likewise the carrier is separated from the rest of the American forces, leaving you completely isolated and caught up in the middle of a shitstorm.

France, for example, was in the process of building an aircraft carrier which was to be sold to Russia.

Not exact matches

It was the first battle in naval history in which aircraft carriers engaged each other.

The US lost the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown — which was repaired after it was damaged in the Coral Sea — a destroyer, and 145 aircraft.

Among the key players are Cascade Aerospace, which is licensed to maintain C - 130 Hercules transport aircraft (including the Canadian Forces» fleet), CHC Helicopter, contract carrier Kelowna Flightcraft, and MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates, which recently acquired a California satellite maker.

The ship has a number of new technologies, like the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, which is intended to replace the current steam - powered launch system on current aircraft cAircraft Launch System, which is intended to replace the current steam - powered launch system on current aircraft caircraft carriers.

Twitter promptly seized on the statement, drawing comparisons to an infamous May 2003 speech in which President George W. Bush proudly declared the end of a major US presence in Iraq while standing on an aircraft carrier in front of a banner that said, «Mission Accomplished.»

Another article detailing the events states specifically that he was not shoved out of a helicopter — that there was an hour - long service aboard an aircraft carrier, from which his body was cast.

Writers who misquote him can usually expect a personal and pointed note from Captain Harry, as he is called by many who still recognize the naval rank with which he was retired in 1945 after active duty on an aircraft carrier.

Most of the name - calling on the subject embroils the major airlines and general aviation's commercial segment: the corporate aircraft, air - taxi services and commuter carriers which claim their right to use the same crowded airspace as the airliners.

Committee members, publishing their report into the MoD's equipment programmes, also criticise delays to the Joint Strike Fighter programme which will see two new aircraft carriers operating without air support when they enter service in six years.

In the event, it would have cost the exchequer more to cancel the projects because of punishing penalty clauses than to complete the carriers - which may not be able to carry any British fixed - wing aircraft until 2019.

Lord West said it was ridiculous that UK aid to India, which currently stands at # 1.6 billion, has allowed the country to build its own aircraft carriers but deprived the Royal Navy of similar funds.

«The money that Brown intends to spend on renewal could be diverted instead to aircraft carriers, cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft, all of which have awesome destructive power and almost certainly will get used.

This July the Navy intends to demonstrate a «Great Green Fleet» in Hawaii, which will include a nuclear - powered carrier and submarine but also all aircraft and surface ships burning a 50 - 50 blend of biofuels and petroleum - derived fuels.

Imagine a future in which jet fighters can navigate and land on aircraft carriers autonomously and search - and - rescue teams can pinpoint a person's exact location even in the remotest spots on or below the Earth.

One rooster's crows reached more than 143 decibels, which is more like standing in the middle of an active aircraft carrier.

That is, tests for which it was separated from the carrier aircraft.

Closing out the presentation, the developers also gave a sneak peek of the home base which they likened to a childhood «G.I. Joe aircraft carrier» toy that only the rich kid on the block could afford.

When he was in first grade, Max did a project about the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier on which his grandfather had served.

A few years ago, I had the privilege of spending a few days learning about the US Navy's training programs which included 24 hours on the USS Stennis, one of ten Nimitz class aircraft carriers.

Let's just say I went very fast, very quickly, before nailing the brakes, which decelerated the Panamera like a fighter jet snagging the arrest wire on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

This consent order concerns reporting delinquencies that constitute violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41708 and the accounting and reporting requirements in Part 241 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR Part 241) by Transmeridian Airlines, Inc. (Transmeridian), a certificated air carrier which operates large aircraft.

«[E] ach policy of aircraft accident liability insurance... shall specify that it shall remain in force, and may not be replaced, canceled, withdrawn, or in any way modified to reduce the minimum standards set forth in this part, or to change the extent of coverage by the insurer or the carrier, nor expire by its own terms in regard to coverage for the carrier in its common carrier operations in air transportation, until 10 days after written notice by the insurer (in the event of replacement, by the retiring insurer), or by the insurer's representative, or by the carrier to the Department... which 10 - day notice period shall start to run from the date such notice is actually received at the Department.»

Which is to say the boat has been an aircraft carrier, at times.

Virgin will operate the service using a new Airbus A320 aircraft, which the carrier has named Pineapple Express.

Condor, Germany's third largest carrier, is known for its excellent customer service, low fares and modern fleet of Boeing 767 - 300 aircraft which offers business, premium and economy classes of service.

The carrier's entire long - haul fleet, which consists of 11 aircraft, will be refitted by next spring.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has teamed up with Toyota Boshoku Corporation, part of the Toyota Group, to develop a new economy class seat, which the Japanese carrier will introduce on domestic aircraft in June 2015.

The aircraft will be placed into service at Spanish flag carrier Iberia, which operates an all - Airbus fleet.

Situated in downtown San Diego, the popular Seaport Village is nestled between the historic USS Midway Aircraft Carrier and the San Diego Convention Center, which hosts the original Comic - Con.

If you don't want to spring for business class, you can try the carrier's AM Plus service, which is offered on both aircraft.

The aircraft is 20 feet longer than the 787 - 8, which allows for the addition of a first class cabin, a first for the carrier on its 787s.

United Express flights are served by regional partner carriers using smaller aircrafts which means that they often have less overhead bin space.

As the airline continues to take delivery of its Dreamliner aircraft, it will begin transferring its Boeing 767 and Airbus A319 planes, which are currently used for mainline service, to its subsidiary carrier, Air Canada rouge.

AFFRA's recognition that «Air Seychelles has been one of the successful African airlines over the past several decades» is timely encouragement for the airline, which is an integral part of the «Seychelles brand» of tourism, national pride, and tradition, and with its 3 aircraft, it has a distinct advantage as the primary long - haul, non-stop carrier, which offers travelers the comfort of arriving directly on Seychelles» shores from Europe.

German carrier Lufthansa's newest business class seat product is still a way's away from entering service, namely because it will be reserved for use on the yet - to - launch Boeing 777 - 9 aircraft, which it expects to receive in 2020.

The carrier launched a new B / E Aerospace Super Diamond business class seat on its A350 - 900 aircraft, the first of which has begun operations between the airline's HKG hub and Los Angeles.

The Gulf carrier prefers to invest in high - density aircraft, and introduce more destinations in which it sees long - term potential in — full story»

In the first chapter, Xiao Yu takes the craft model ofThe Liaoning — China's first aircraft carrier — as a primer and sample to be a metaphor of the era of consumption: when the most advanced weapon been made into a craft model with the nature of exchange as gifts, its practicality had been transformed into aesthetics and consumptions; meanwhile, it enters into a rapid cycle which was internalized in its status as a consumable — it is this «quick update», together with «rapid abandonment / oblivion», that consist the paradoxical dialectics of contemporary life.

The US Navy's interest is to use the nuclear aircraft carriers nuclear power to make 100,000 gallons of jet fuel per day so they don't have to be dependent on supplies from tankers which are the most vulnerable part of the logistics to support the navy.

The US Navy plans that its new Ford - class aircraft carriers will remain in service to the year 2100 and beyond... foreseeably in a strategic environment in which the Arctic ice is gone, and the Greenland and Antarctic ice is melting at a pace sufficient to flood vast tracts of America's coastal states.

Airports and carriers have invested countless millions in tanks, pipelines, and under - tarmac fuel delivery, so jet biofuels must be compatible with petroleum - based kerosene, able to mix with the existing fuel supply, and be used interchangeably in existing aircraft — which makes them «drop - in fuels» in the argot of aviation experts.

California - based Virgin America (which is an entirely separate company than Virgin Atlantic, by the way...) has announced that it has become the first US airline to join The Climate Registry, committing to report all of its greenhouse gas emissions: Young Fleet Helps Lower Emissions Founded in 2007, Virgin Atlantic touts its fuel saving measures: It operates a very young fleet of aircraft (Airbus A320s) which on a fleet - wide basis means that Virgin America emits about 25 % fewer emissions than other domestic carriers on the routes it flies.

«From the days of the mainframe, which was like owning an aircraft carrier, as time moved on, the computer power you received per dollar just plummeted dramatically in a positive sense,» Jay Troutman adds.