Sentences with phrase «first aircraft carrier»

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.

With China having recently launched its first aircraft carrier it's not like they can take a hack saw to the budget.

History: Liaoning is the Peoples Liberation Army Navy's first aircraft carrier.

History: Italy's first aircraft carrier, the Garibaldi was commissioned in 1985.

Some nations, like India and Spain retired aircraft carriers, while China commissioned its first aircraft carrier, and the UK returned to the rather exclusive carrier owners club.

Not exact matches

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

The new USS Gerald R. Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers.

It is the lead ship of its class, and is planned to be the first of 10 new aircraft carriers.

The US commissioned its newest aircraft carrier in 2017 — the USS Gerald R. Ford — the first in the Ford - class.

Tonight's matchup between Michigan State and North Carolina not only pits two of the nation's most successful programs against each other, but also marks the first time a college basketball game is being played on an aircraft carrier.

On specific programmes he added: «It is disappointing that the first of the navy's two new aircraft carriers will not have new aircraft to operate from it when it enters service because of delays on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft programme.

First of all, aircraft carriers are EXPENSIVE!!!! (and I am understating it).

It had begun with the first minister at a school in Edinburgh (reading from the children's book, We're Going on a Bear Hunt) and the prime minister visiting the Rosyth Dockyard with the none - too - subtle backdrop of a half - constructed aircraft carrier «This is a success story that the whole of the United Kingdom can take great pride in»).

A family - man first, Gerry (Brad Pitt) escapes Philly, I mean Newark, I mean some hell - hole, finding sanctuary on an aircraft carrier where the best and brightest and the Declaration of Independence are secreted to wait out the early days of the blight.

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

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The aircraft used for the delivery was the first to feature LATAM Airlines» new logo and the aircraft also featured a special trademark identifying it as the carrier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay.

This is the first time a baby has been delivered on - board an aircraft operated by the carrier.

The Philippines» largest carrier, Cebu Pacific, has received the first of its 39 A321 aircraft - ushering the entry of a new Airbus model into its fleet.

Delta will operate flights to Medellin using Boeing 737 - 700 aircraft, equipped with 124 seats, including 12 in first class, 18 in economy comfort, the carrier's premium economy lite section, and 94 in economy.

The carrier is the first European airline to take delivery of the new aircraft.

Routes: LAN, the first Latin American carrier to adopt the Dreamliner, flies the aircraft from Santiago to Lima, then on to Frankfurt, New York and Los Angeles.

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.

First on our list of San Diego attractions was the USS Midway, a de-commissioned aircraft carrier that looms high from her berth in San Diego Harbour and hosts thousands of visitors each day.

While BA's B787 - 8 has three classes (Economy, Premium Economy, and Business), the national carrier of the UK has utilized the additional 20ft (6 m) on its 787 - 9 to add a First Class cabin at the front of the aircraft.

It has 158 aircraft in its fleet, and it was the first Gulf carrier to join the oneworld alliance.

When Air New Zealand took delivery of a 777 - 300ER aircraft earlier this month, it became the first carrier to benefit from all of the new processes.

Delta has officially taken ownership of its first A350, becoming the first carrier in North America to take delivery of the aircraft.

The section will first be available on the carrier's Montreal - Paris flights on July 11, with additional routes progressively offering the section as new aircraft are integrated into the fleet.

Delta Connection carrier Compass Airlines will operate the new flights using Embraer 175 aircraft equipped with 12 first class seats, 12 standard seats in Delta's premium economy lite section, and 52 standard seats in coach.

Earlier this month, WestJet announced the launch of WestJet Plus, a new tier of premium seating located in the first three rows of the carrier's 737 aircraft.

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 end of the first level has you temporarily trading your vehicle for a helicopter so you can rain destruction on an immense enemy aircraft carrier.

For the first time in the IL - 2 series, players can engage aircraft carriers in combat and utilize them to take off and land.

In 2009, United was the first North American carrier to perform a two - engine aircraft demonstration flight using sustainable biofuels.

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.