Sentences with phrase «flight maneuvers of»

Although these approaches can effectively analyze the joint kinematics of bat wings in flight, they can not help understand how specific wing movement patterns contribute to a particular flight maneuver of a bat.

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Your Pilot, armed with years of safely maneuvering our balloon flights amid the winds and a mountain of information to share about your flight and the wine world below you, will gauge the wind direction and speed and pick the perfect launch site.

It uses a fully stabilized 3 - axis gimbal to maneuver and is capable of 20 minute flights, giving you ample time to photograph or record scenery or events.

It uses a fully stabilized 3 - axis gimbal to maneuver and is capable of 20 minute flights, giving you ample time to get the best shots.The compatible app allows live streaming and complete camera control from your phone or tablet, so don't worry about mastering a separate remote controller.

The moths, which are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds due to their nimble flight maneuvers and ability to hover, are known for foraging among wind - tossed flowers during the twilight hours of dawn and dusk.

During the past year and a half, Scaled Composites has completed successful test flights involving both the mother - ship drop and SS2's use of what its creator, Burt Rutan, soothingly calls «feathering,» an ingenious wing - raising aerodynamic maneuver that softens its potentially violent reentry into the atmosphere.

WHAT TO WATCH The fast turns of hummingbirds have inspired a massive motion - tracking study of the birds» flight maneuvers.

On page 653 of this issue, Dakin et al. (5) probe the evolution of flight maneuverability in hummingbirds, which can hover with precision and skillfully use a wide range of acrobatic maneuvers (see the photos).

They show that a small number of underlying traits can explain much of the diversity of maneuvering flight in hummingbirds.

The Valsalva maneuver leads to changes in blood pressure through «fight or flight» brain responses, which are controlled by a part of the nervous system called the «sympathetic» nervous system.

When the researchers compared flight patterns among species, they found that each one tended to stick to the maneuvers it was best at (something especially true of turns).

Passive soaring — meaning no specific maneuvers are attempted to catch thermals — was still allowed, to let the aircraft turn the motor off if altitude increased because of an updraft along the aircraft's pre-defined flight path.

To allow simultaneous ground - based observations, flight operations engineers at Ball Aerospace and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder will perform a maneuver turning the spacecraft around to point the telescope in the forward velocity vector.

«The Walk,» Zemeckis» account of Phillippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers of the old World Trade Center, would seem to be the ultimate Zemeckis set piece, rivaling the awesomeness of the plane crash and island sequences of «Cast Away,» the upside - down jet maneuver in «Flight,» the intergalactic wormhole trips in «Contact,» and the small - scaled relentlessness of the suspense sequences in his under - appreciated 2000 thriller «What Lies Beneath» (which wrung tremendous excitement from the question of whether a nearly paralyzed woman could use her big toe to remove the stopper from a bathtub drain).

Step - by - step, the flight of Apollo 11 is detailed — from the countdown and the daily routine to the tricky spacecraft maneuvers and the drama.

While Prophecy introduces a new alien race to shoot at, their sense of superiority and obsession with honor is too similar to the Kilrathi from previous games, and some of their evasive maneuvers appear to be lifted straight out of the Kilrathi flight manual.

The flight deck pilot and commander seats go to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and orbital maneuvering system engines go to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center of Huntsville, Ala., National Air and Space Museum in Washington, and Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AMERICAN AIRLINES, Bethany Beach, DE Mar 2012 — Present Pilot • Successfully thwart a potential terrorist attack from one of the passengers while onboard, by recognizing the signs and alerting the authorities before landing time • Maneuver the aircraft away from harm by avoiding the path of a hurricane which descended without warning • Manage pre-flight checks of instruments and engines to ensure compliance with set aviation rules • Ascertain that all safety systems are up and running and that any glitches are taken care of • Determine best route to reach destinations based on weather reports and other concrete information from air traffic controllers • Oversee fueling duties to ensure that they are properly being carried out • Prepare aircraft for take - off and communicate status of flight to crewmembers and passengers • Monitor in - flight data and make adjustments to deal with changing weather patterns • Handle flight emergencies by ensuring passenger safety first and ensure that no panic is created onboard • Create flight plans detailing altitude, routes and amount of fuel needed • Communicate with ground staff to obtain clearance for landing • Ascertain that noise regulation is handled properly during take - off and landing

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