Sentences with phrase «aircraft takeoff»

• Updated aircraft takeoff and landing performance data for aircraft type.

The impacts of rising temperatures on aircraft takeoff performance.

«Surging heat may limit aircraft takeoffs globally: Study sees widespread effects on aviation.»

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According to the report, this caused an, «uncommanded 30 degree nose - high pitch - up on takeoff, causing the aircraft to stall and its subsequent crash.»

Moisture in the aircraft's Port Transducer Units during air data calibration distorted the information in the bomber's air data system, causing the flight control computers to calculate an inaccurate airspeed and a negative angle of attack upon takeoff.

Terrafugia is a small American corporation that has developed a roadable aircraft called the Transition, best known for its ability for a vertical takeoff and landing and the fact that the cars are approved for both the road and air.

The crash was caused by moisture in the sensors that created bad readings to the flight control computer that consequently forced the aircraft to pitch up on takeoff.

Just before takeoff, the flight attendant, who is White, asked if we would mind moving to the back of the aircraft to better balance the plane's weight.

Its PAT200 personal air taxi is a hybrid - electric aircraft that features vertical takeoffs and landings and is optimized for quiet, efficient operation in urban environments.

Two people were killed when a civilian - owned and operated vintage warbird aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Naval Air Station Kingsville.

The East Hampton Town Board renewed the push to regulate takeoffs and landings at East Hampton Airport at its meeting on Tuesday, as an attorney described the potential ways to restrict, or even ban, aircraft deemed noisy, including helicopters.

Consumer drones pose far less of a threat to high - flying commercial aircraft; a jet airliner is in drone airspace only during takeoff and landing, and is very fast - moving target for a quadcopter.

It was morphology that had guided him during the war years, when he was director of research for Aerojet Engineering and helped develop (among numerous other innovations leading to dozens of patents) the engines that allowed jet - assisted takeoff, the ingenious solution to the problem of how to get a plane off the short runway of an aircraft carrier.

A better understanding of these phenomena could improve flight safety and also increase airport capacity by optimizing the separation between aircraft during takeoff and landing.

Over the course of a few days, the bug team put the coatings through a series of real - deal takeoffs and landings on NASA Langley's HU - 25C Falcon aircraft.

STRAIGHT UP — «Active research on vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft is in progress both here and abroad.

This superefficient aircraft travels slower than a moped, averaging just 50 kilometers per hour on most trips, with its four electrical engines capable of putting out the maximum 10 - horsepower each, solely for takeoff and landing.

The shape - changing wings are also predicted to help decrease aircraft noise during takeoff and landing.

Pilots, air traffic controllers, aircraft designers, and other aviation experts are being charged to solve this incoming category of issues by designing fuel - efficient vehicles, overhauling takeoff and landing schedules, and raising the price of air travel.

Airline pilots have a pre-flight checklist that the go through that helps them not only check the aircraft, but ensures they are mentally ready for takeoff.

Modeled after systems in combat aircraft, this high - tech takeoff enables the driver to keep an eye on his speed without taking it off the road.

In June 2017, a heat wave grounded more than 40 airline [flights of small aircraft, with American Airlines reducing sales on certain flights to prevent the vehicles from being over the maximum weight permitted for safe takeoff.

A Saratov Airlines aircraft crashed southeast of Moscow shortly after takeoff, reported Russian state news agency Tass.

on safety, they are one of few carriers where one of the captain will get on the ground and walk around the aircraft before takeoff and do an inspection.

And as the mercury rises, those aircraft that are cleared for takeoff may have been forced to take off a dozen protesting passengers, to lighten the load and get the rest of them safely off the ground.

If I was setting up an airport thermometer with a bias I'd be sure to make it read high, because reading low could be dangerous in terms of aircraft performance on takeoff (denisty altitude and such).

This study research provides the first estimate of premature deaths attributable to aircraft emissions at cruise altitudes; current regulatory practice is to account only for landing and takeoff cycle (LTO) emissions — conventionally up to an altitude of 3000 ft or approximately 1 km.»

Indeed, «even though 90 % of aircraft fuel is burned at cruise altitudes, only the pollutants that are emitted during takeoff and landing are regulated by measuring emissions during tests.»

In a 1992 New York federal court decision about glide paths for aircraft on county property (County of Westchester v. Town of Greenwich, Connecticut), the court wryly observed: «Aircraft regularly passing overhead during their landings and takeoffs are hard aircraft on county property (County of Westchester v. Town of Greenwich, Connecticut), the court wryly observed: «Aircraft regularly passing overhead during their landings and takeoffs are hard Aircraft regularly passing overhead during their landings and takeoffs are hard to miss.

Then, after takeoff, a loud banging noise was heard, the aircraft lost 10,000 feet in altitude, and the pilot had to return to the airport in Varadero, Cuba.

There is already a system of air traffic controllers and government agencies who can monitor takeoff, landing, and flight paths to ensure autonomous aircraft don't collide.

By then, the company claims, passengers will be able to book trips on electric vertical takeoff and landing (or e-VTOL) aircraft through the Uber app, at roughly the fare of an UberX ride, the company's cheapest private car option.

These VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing, pronounced vee - tol) aircraft would operate using fixed wings with tilt prop - rotors.

Earlier this month, the United States announced the first deployment of its cutting - edge F - 35B vertical takeoff Joint Strike Fighter — by far the most sophisticated aircraft of its type — to an amphibious assault ship in the region.

However, during April last year at the Uber Elevate Summit, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft were presented as a means to bringing profound changes to our cities and our lives.

Calling it an «unmanned electric vertical - takeoff - and - landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype,» the aerospace giant said it could serve as a precursor for future autonomous flying aircraft.

Bell, one of the largest manufacturers of commercial and military vertical takeoff vehicles in the US (it produces both the V - 22 Osprey and the forthcoming V - 280 Valor), said it hopes to have a hybrid electric aircraft built and ready for flight by Uber's target demonstration date of 2020.

And perhaps because the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft we're talking about are just now starting to appear, there's still time to turn the tide against «flying cars.»

On Monday, XTI Aircraft Company and Bye Aerospace, Inc. announced they have entered into an agreement to develop a hybrid / electric prototype of XTI's revolutionary TriFan vertical takeoff airplane.

Vahana is an autonomous, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL).

Performed various tests on aircrafts in order to define climb, takeoff and landing performance

Take into consideration ALL things affecting the safety of the flight, i.e., weather, aircraft maintenance, fuel load, aircraft weights, takeoff / landing performance, hazmat, etc..

Flight Attendant, Middle Eastern AirlinesMay 2014 — August 2016 • Greeted passengers to the aircraft and fluently communicated with them in more than eight languages • Ensured all 350 passengers were evacuated from an airplane that made an emergency landing • Assisted disabled or elderly passengers by providing pre-boarding services • Showed passengers where each exit was located and explained how to use the seat belt Flight Attendant, Dubai AirNovember 2009 — May 2014 • Delivered special meals and drinks to VIP passengers aboard a private jet service, with 99 percent satisfaction rates • Discussed topics of interest to VIP passengers by researching details about them before service • Checked that all passengers were seated and buckled during takeoff and landing • Reassured passengers when the flight experienced turbulence or weather events and calmly explained what was happening

There is no way an aircraft can be given permission for takeoff without the go - ahead of an aircraft maintenance engineer.