Sentences with phrase «flight distance at»

Not exact matches

Pairs of cyclotrons could be set up at three different distances, or baselines, around the same detector, which would measure how many antineutrinos from each beam morph into a different type during flight.

For the past 10 years, the Camera Culture group at MIT's Media Lab has been developing innovative imaging systems — from a camera that can see around corners to one that can read text in closed books — by using «time of flight,» an approach that gauges distance by measuring the time it takes light projected into a scene to bounce back to a sensor.

«We found that the flight initiation distance for the swans at the urban environment was only 13 meters, and on average at the non-urban environment it was 96 meters.

Together with Murdoch University's Associate Professor Trish Fleming the research team measured alert distance, flight initiation distance, and distance fled to see if they could discriminate between pedestrians who look directly at them and those that did not, as well as how they reacted when pedestrians left the footpath.

According to the research, only five per cent of squirrels showed signs of being alerted if the human remained on the footpath and did not look at them, while 90 per cent of squirrels moved away, with longer flight distance, when approached by a pedestrian that moved off the footpaths and looked at them.

After several successful flights of a kilometer in a closed circle, made during the last few days of 1907, in which he managed to cover this distance, though not without the wheels of his machine lightly touching the ground at one or two places.

One key improvement to allow for longer - distance flight will be a form of computer monitoring, so that the human pilot will be able to rest during the at least five - day and five - night Pacific Ocean overflight while the autopilot keeps the airplane stable.

His Hyperloop would be limited — at distances over 900 miles, he maintains, supersonic flight would be faster and cheaper.

A baby can make a short flight as early as one week of age, and at 3 - 4 weeks, it can make a medium or long distance flight.

Through this new way of learning, I explained at the event, students would not only be able to fire pumpkins in homemade cannons, but they would also be able to predict the distance, speed and velocity during flight.

The cost of rewards flights are based on the distance you fly, with off - peak, short - distance trips (650 miles or less) starting at 4,000 Avios miles.

When redeeming Etihad miles for flights on Royal Air Maroc, you'll be looking at a distance - based award chart.

On flights within Australia, upgrades start at 4,900 points for Freedom fares traveling a distance of 600 miles or less.

Like I said, domestic flights are always a good way to go when traveling long distance, just make sure to book them through travel agents or at the airport as sometimes you won't be able to book them online without a local credit card.

For example, domestic AA flights that show availability at the Saver Economy level of 17,500 AAdvantage miles on AA.com will be bookable using Avios, though the number required will vary based on distance.

This 2 part series outlines how to exploit the distance based ANA Award Flights to combine many short trips into a single award redemption, by taking the stopovers «at home».

At 1,734 flown miles (for a roundtrip) vs. the 13,700 flown miles of the LA to Zakynthos flight (for a roundtrip), it's almost an 8th of the distance, but only a little less than half the price.

One - way flights within Japan start at 5,000 Mileage Club miles, but the actual redemption rates are based on the season and the distance between cities.

Others who book at the last minute will still have a reason to choose less convenient routings that travel farther vs. competitor's nonstop flights — combine the full - fare multiplier with a longer distance and they'll be rewarded for both revenue and loyalty.

The new chart is distance based with flights shorter than 700 miles starting at only 5,000 miles each way.

American is adding a shorter - flight MileSAAver awards because «a much greater percentage» of its flights are at shorter distances, Rubin said.

Short flights on Alaska Airlines, however, start at 5,000 miles for flights under 700 miles in distance — perfect for hopping between Alaskan cities.

Flights up to 700 miles in distance now start at just 5,000 miles!

American Airlines will award RDM based on the fare you book (if you book through AA) while you'll earn miles equal to at least 25 % of the distance flown if you book through BA and credit the flights to AAdvantage.

So let's take a look at the top seven longest flights by distance and see how you can use a frequent flyer award to make the journey possible.

They have a single distance threshold below which discounted awards are available, and any flights above that will price out at the standard 25K round trip price.

Looking at Flight Centre's Top 10 Destinations only for this past year, Aussies have travelled the equivalent of distance of Mars and back... 68 times.

Cathay Pacific is increasing the rate at which passengers will earn Club Points (similar in structure to British Airways Executive Club Tier Points) for many fare classes and flight distances.

The title of longest distance flight will fall to the Qantas Sydney - Dallas route at 8,500 miles, and Delta's flight between Atlanta, Georgia and Johannesburg, South Africa will hold the title of longest duration flight at 17 hours.

Domestic flights now start at just 5,000 miles one - way, depending on distance.

Prices for flights are based on distance, and the cheapest awards in North America start at 7,500 Avios (4,500 Avios elsewhere).

On international flights, it's eight times the distance traveled, beginning at 56,000 miles.

In all fare categories on flights operated by Aegean, domestic flights are priced at a fixed rate regardless of destination, while international flights are priced according to distance traveled, beginning at 56,000 miles in the Go Light category.

Adding stopovers doesn't increase the cost of an award because the program only looks at the number of flights and the distance traveled, not how long you spend at each connecting point.

For example, with Qantas» distance - based chart, you'll redeem the same 180,000 miles for a flight between New York and Milan, but in the case of Qantas, that's round - trip — yes, you can book a round - trip award via Qantas at the same rate Alaska charges for a one - way.

Avios is also a distance - based mileage redemption program, so short - haul awards require fewer miles than long - haul awards, with redemptions starting at just 4,500 Avios each way for flights under 600 miles, such as those between New York and Montreal.

At the same time, American has lowered the cost of flights less than 500 miles in distance to 7,500 AAdvantage miles itself.

Last year, Delta and United each announced a radical transformation of their frequent flier programs, switching from awarding miles based on the distance flown to fare based, rewarding business travelers paying top dollar for first class and last minute flights at the expense of other fliers.

So in the example below, a flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, with a stop in London for a week before continuing on to Dusseldorf, Germany, is priced at 4,500 Avios, since the total distance flown is under 650 miles.

The flight between LAX and SIN will set the new distance record for any airline operating a flight to or from the United States, at 8,700 miles.

That might sound odd, but you can use British Airways miles to fly on American Airlines with a pretty good distance - based reward chart that starts at just 4,000 frequent flier miles one way for flights of less than 650 miles.

This looks like an unannounced sale, with short haul flights under 700 miles in distance pricing at 8000 MileagePlus miles each way (instead of 10,000) and other domestic flights pricing at 10,000 miles (instead of 12,500).

I am at this a lot longer than you have been, and I knew that BA rewards were distance based, but I didn't appreciate the implications of that for actual flight paths on a round globe, and that it could mean that booking a flight with BA miles could be «cheaper» than booking the flight with the miles of the airline that actually operated the flight.

Homing — At rank 2 and 3 Homing Missiles will now stop and explode after a short duration if they reaches their max flight distance.

There were no flights into or out of my town for at least a month, so we had to rely on boats or long - distance travel by car.

78 Next, the amount of compensation, fixed at EUR 250, 400 and 600 depending on the distance of the flights concerned may still be reduced by 50 % in accordance with Article 7 (2)(c) of Regulation No 261/2004, where the delay is — in the case of a flight not falling under subparagraphs (a) or (b) of Article 7 (2)-- less than four hours (Sturgeon and Others, paragraph 63).

The aerial platform consolidates with the new A3 flight controller onboard and sports the latest Lightbridge 2 video - transmission technology that provides high frame rates and HD live - streaming capability at distances up to five kilometers.

If your battery's at 50 percent and you have a long - distance flight ahead of you, for example, then Sense Companion will remind you to charge your smartphone.