Sentences with phrase «flight hours as»

The 55th ECG recently eclipsed 10,900 combat sorties and 66,500 flight hours as they provided U.S. and Coalition forces and Joint Commanders a flexible advantage across the spectrum of conflict.

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Folks, if you've ever flown in or out of San Francisco, you know what I'm talking about — the bitter resentment growing in your belly as the fog settles in once more and delays your flight for two hours.

Pilots and flight attendants plan to strike for four hours from 1 p.m. local time on Dec. 15, the Anpac union said in a letter to the airline, adding that they're campaigning for the right to negotiate collective labor agreements, as well as on issues including social security, health care and vacation planning.

Tokyo clocked the missile as traveling about 500 miles and reaching a height of 1,240 miles during its half - hour flight.

United is offering a nearly 18 - hour flight from Houston to Singapore aboard the Boeing 787, known as the Dreamliner.

In fact, as I write this, I'm on a 13 - hour flight from Detroit to Tokyo.

Industry experts say airlines informally have what's known as a «flat - tire rule,» allowing passengers who miss their flights by up to two hours the leeway to fly standby without a penalty.

Beginning March 1, the airline will require customers seeking to travel with a pet to provide additional documents that show the passenger's need for a support animal as well as proof of the animal's training and vaccinations 48 hours prior to the flight.

As of February 10, the SC100, the smallest plane in the series, had registered 967 flight hours.

«We remember Cajun as an airman, a warrior, a talented fighter pilot, and a great friend with more than 3,500 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft,» Walsh says in the video.

Travelers accustomed to riding in a full - size jet instead find themselves on planes with tighter seating, lower ceilings and fewer amenities for flights as long as four hours.

Staff of the House Oversight Committee met for several hours with Pruitt's former security chief, Pasquale «Nino» Perrotta, who oversaw much of EPA's spending on perks such as first - class flights, a $ 43,000 soundproof booth and round - the - clock bodyguards.

I've endured hostile flight attendants in premium cabins on 14 hour flights, overheard United Club supervisors making homophobic comments to other employees, followed news coverage of passengers being physically removed from planes and watched as Kirby has wrecked an otherwise improving operation.

With Air China set to launch a new direct route between Beijing and Athens at the end of September 2017 — just in time for Golden Week — we foresee Athens to rise in popularity with mainland tourists, especially as this new non-stop flight will slash flight time to merely 10.5 hours.15

Simon had a vet's check - up three hours before the flight and was fit as a fiddle,» Simon's breeder told the paper of the 10 - month - old bunny, adding that she's sent rabbits «all over the world» without something like this happening before.

As it happened, I was able to spend a couple of hours between flights with Bob Bork just ten days before he died, and I got to tell him of my gratitude for so much friendship and laughter over the past quarter - century, of my admiration for his depth, and» embarrassing him, as I knew this would» of my love for hiAs it happened, I was able to spend a couple of hours between flights with Bob Bork just ten days before he died, and I got to tell him of my gratitude for so much friendship and laughter over the past quarter - century, of my admiration for his depth, and» embarrassing him, as I knew this would» of my love for hias I knew this would» of my love for him.

As a model / actor i have been taking between 50 - 200 flights a year and sometimes i would fly 12 hours for one day.

So, though it made all of us a bit sad — as my mother said, «You think things will always be the same» — I suggested that we meet in New Orleans, an easy 2 1/2 hour drive from their home and a not - too - terrible flight from here.

We have a solo 3 + hour flight next week as we are bound for Utah for my other twin sister's wedding.

As I helped him pack his suitcase for his midnight 14 - hour flight, he handed me a grocery bag, saying, «Here, for when I'm gone.»

And now as I am learning, when your husband surprises you with a trip to Chicago 48 hours before the flight leaves, it's most definitely nice to know you have a jar of breakfast cookies for travel snacks.

Paloma has never yet been to Russia, and as hard as I imagine the 12 hour flight will be for her, I'm sure she'll love the train.

The Hawks spent Saturday hunched over their Game Boys in the Atlanta airport as rain held up their flight for four hours.

Few places can impart the faraway feeling as Nantucket does — even today when excellent commercial airline service (about 20 flights in and out daily during the summer) has brought it within little more than an hour from New York and less than an hour from Boston.

I don't care about our record against Swansea, I have a 7 hour flight later today and as soon as I reach my destination, all I want to see is 3 points.

Our flight to Lyon was only about an hour from Heathrow and on arrival we were greeted by a chauffeur who drove us the 2 hours to Hôtel Ibiza, the kids dozed at the beginning then then got more and more excited as we got higher and higher up the mountain, shouting excitedly every time we saw some snow.

Ten to twelve hours solid on a plane is daunting for a solo flight, never mind with a baby or toddler, so I'm not surprised Hawaii is listed as a «dream» for many families in my neck of the woods.

(As an aside, we travelled a couple times with our oldest, and he did great, except on one leg of a flight when he was 18 mos, where among other delays, we sat in the plane on the runway for 3 hours with no food / water service (we ran out of snacks)-- we got dirty looks because he was (understandably) crying, and then when I nursed him to calm him down, that got me looks too.

As we're based in the U.K., it's only a 4 - hour flight for us and was only a 20 - minute transfer when we arrived at the airport in Santorini.

This together with their odd booking process (your booking through their website is finalized before you pay, making it very difficult to cancel), and the initial trip to Orlando, which was booked as a 10 hour direct flight from Amsterdam, which turned into a 25 hour journey that included two stops and a five hour bus ride from Miami, means we won't be flying with them ever again.

Clearly I jinxed myself, as our flight home was delayed for over four hours.

-LSB-...] from Hint Mama: A while back, I shared how a toasted bagel served as a great toddler travel toy — my daughter spent about an hour gnawing on it during a flight.

After the eight - hour red - eye flight, an hour spent shuffling along in the passport queue to enter your own country — as we watch foreign nationals sail past in their almost empty lane — we finally face the sullen official from the UK Border Agency.

Surveillance aircraft from Baltic Sea countries record some 4,000 - 5,000 flight hours each year as they carry out surveillance of oil spills and ship traffic.

The Impulse averaged 24 miles per hour during the flight — about the same speed as the fastest human can run.

Airlines reroute polar flights when solar storms are predicted, as they did last week, adding hours of flight time and costing tens of thousands of dollars in extra fuel per flight.

Despite attracting attention as a new growth area, the biggest problem of drones is its small battery capacity and limited flight time of less than an hour.

At its Worldport hub in Louisville, Ky., the company handles more than 100 flights — most during a four - hour window from 11 P.M. to 3 A.M. With ADS — B, spokesman Mike Mangeot says, UPS could increase that traffic, and therefore the number of packages it delivers, by as much as 15 percent.

Fun fact: Kraft has served as a Flight Surgeon and Officer in the Air National Guard with over 100 flying hours in F - 15s and F - 16s, and was a finalist for NASA - Astronaut Selection.

LORETTA WHITESIDES has over five hours of weightless time in a 727 aircraft as a Flight Director for Zero - G Corporation.

We started the second phase on June 25 at Oliktok, and as of June 30, we'd logged another 12 flights with about 4.5 hours aloft.

NASA Television has begun coverage of today's spacewalk, as Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA prepare to work outside the International Space Station for approximately 6.5 hours.

I had a series of flights on the near horizon, one an eight - hour journey to Europe, and, months out, I was already lying awake at night, heart pounding, as I imagined them.

As I am writing this, I am in the Houston airport going on 4 hours now... my flight for work has been delayed for 3 hours and we aren't quite sure of the status....

If your flight is in the six to nine hour range, I think you really should be trying to sleep as much as possible as to help with jet lag, so you shouldn't have too much extra time to kill.

I'm always at least 2 hours before the flight at the airport to avoid the hassle and hurrying as much as possible.

As I am typing this, I am realizing that I need to wake up in less than 5 hours to catch my flight to Nashville.

Things pick up again around the one - hour mark, when Little Girl takes flight herself in Aviator's plane and ends up in a topsy - turvy alterna - universe where grown - ups rule the roost and the now - adolescent Prince (Paul Rudd) toils as a lowly nobody, having himself forgotten who he really is.

As my hour with Disney Infinity's Toy Box mode at the San Diego Comic - Con came to a close, producer John Vignocchi had dressed up The Incredibles» Dash in the wings from 1981's Condorman and was attempting to recreate the movie's flight scene.

Jenks notices Stirling glancing at his watch as they begin the Passo della Futa early in the afternoon, and knowing that Moss wants to do the next section inside the hour, he rubs his hands with glee at the thought of seeing Moss in full flight.