Sentences with phrase «in light aircraft»

As well as accommodation, it offers a range of four - wheel drive trips and tours in light aircraft.

This morning you are transferred to the Campbell River Float Plane dock, for a short journey in a light aircraft to the Knight Inlet Lodge.

There's also a place called Flyer's Bar where, after you've enjoyed some wonderful food, you can ask to take a trip in their light aircraft!

11h00 Depart in light aircraft for 1 - hour flight to Sossusvlei for lunch, desert drive, bush dinner and overnight.

11h00 Depart in light aircraft for 1 - hour flight to Sossusvlei Lodge for lunch, desert drive, bush dinner and overnight.

Humans in costume reared captive chicks and flew in light aircraft to guide the cranes» migration, but now the population has grown it's back to nature's way

McEwan captured the excitement as Bland, with the help of a colleague flying overhead in a light aircraft, located the rock just as the rains came.

Police have not yet identified the deceased in the light aircraft crash.

Not exact matches

US losses were extremely light in comparison — one battleship damaged, 130 aircraft destroyed, and a little over 100 killed.

While the force is not yet set on acquiring a new light - attack aircraft that could fly alongside the vaunted A-10 Thunderbolt, it carried out tests with four candidates in August.

The Air Force plans keep the A-10 Thunderbolt, the force's premier close - air - support platform, in service, but a light - attack aircraft would allow high - end fighters like the F - 16 to focus on more complex missions.

Hawkins and his co-founder, designer Steen Strand, founded Icon in 2006, after the FAA created a new category of airplanes called «light sport aircraft,» designed for recreational aviation.

For example, graphene's flexibility could lead to breakthroughs in wearable devices, and its feather - light weight could yield more streamlined, fuel - efficient aircraft.

«This is a concerning rate,» Dedrone CEO Jorg Lamprecht told CNBC, «especially in light of international incidents where drones have crashed into other aircraft, and been used by terrorists, and used in other illicit activities.»

The system seems especially important today in light of big cases where the US is trying to unilaterally impose tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber and Canadian aircraft for allegedly violating rules governing fair trade.

The leader of the Conservatives in Europe gets above the political fray by flying a light aircraft

Incompetence is when NPP claims that the patching of cracks on the Kumasi Airport runway in 2008 to allow for landing and take - off of light aircraft (maximum of 737 aircraft with limited load) during CAN 2008, is the equivalent of the complete runway overlay that the NDC has done.

The General Aviation Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society has continued to focus on encouragement and support for design engineering and manufacture of light aircraft, particularly sport light aircraft, in the UK.

The flamboyant MEP reckoned himself «lucky to be alive» after the light aircraft he was in got tangled up with a UKIP banner it was towing.

One suggestion had been to build a compacted snow runway at the South Pole Station, to allow lighter wheeled aircraft to land — but that may prove to be more expensive in the long run, NSF's response notes.

In - flight gadgets are already used as forensic tools for light aircraft, says Matthew Greaves of Cranfield University, UK.

Photographs and videos can be easily doctored, and lights in the sky have many prosaic explanations (aerial flares, lighted balloons, experimental aircraft, even Venus).

Ian Bentley, a director of a rival light aircraft maker, Cirrus Design of Duluth, Minnesota, says pilots are interested in anything that improves aircraft performance even by a few per cent.

Much like traffic signals at a railroad crossing, red lights embedded in the pavement will warn aircraft to stay clear of occupied lanes; so far the system has reduced runway incursions where it has been deployed.

Engineers at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California have developed and flown an aircraft that needs no fuel: It is powered entirely by laser light beamed from the ground.

A pilot sits in the cockpit of a Diamond DA42 light aircraft, mentally working through the steps needed to safely land on the runway ahead.

But Fossett's death the following year in a light - aircraft accident set the project back until July 2014, when European aerospace group Airbus became a major sponsor and contributed its research expertise.

The batteries tend to be light compared with conventional lithium - ion cells, which should encourage their use in applications such as powering unmanned aircraft and underwater robots.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials & Manufacturing Directorate (ARFL / RX), based at Wright — Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, has been investigating applications for carbon nanotubes for at least the past decade, mixing them with polymers in search of stronger, lighter materials that could replace aluminum and even copper wiring, which can represent as much as a third of the aircraft's total weight.

According to Greg Monk, the telescope operator in the building below the telescope, he heard a crack and «a low rumble like an overhead jet aircraft» before a chunk of steel pierced the ceiling, smashed the toilet, and wiped out power to all of the lights.

In a small aircraft the checklist might include: Flight controls - Free and correct; Instruments and radios - Checked and set; Landing gear position lights - Checked; Altimeter - Set; Directional gyro - Set; Fuel gauges - Checked; Trim - Set; Propeller - Checked; Magnetos - Checked; Engine idle - checked; Flaps - As required; Seat belts / shoulder harnesses - Fastened; Parking brake - Off.

The fact that the throttle (which I'll come back to in a second) needs pumping vigorously while you turn the key and wait and wait for the engine to catch only adds to the similarities with getting a light aircraft going.

More hot rod influences can be found in the interior, with the aircraft gauges mounted on top of the dash's face (rather than behind it), the light bar and Vintage Air AC controls hidden inside the glovebox, and nine more toggle switches mounted in three panels above the driver attached to the SO - CAL fab'd six - point roll cage.

Airport development means --(1) Any work involved in constructing, improving, or repairing a public airport or portion thereof, including the removal, lowering, relocation, and marking and lighting of airport hazards, and including navigation aids used by aircraft landing at, or taking off from, a public airport, and including safety equipment required by rule or regulation for certification of the airport under section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and security equipment required of the sponsor by the Secretary by rule or regulation for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport, and including snow removal equipment, and including the purchase of noise suppressing equipment, the construction of physical barriers, and landscaping for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on any area adjacent to a public airport; (2) Any acquisition of land or of any interest therein, or of any easement through or other interest in airspace, including land for future airport development, which is necessary to permit any such work or to remove or mitigate or prevent or limit the establishment of, airport hazards; and (3) Any acquisition of land or of any interest therein necessary to insure that such land is used only for purposes which are compatible with the noise levels of the operation of a public airport.

Like a light aircraft, it feels as if there's no weight apart from the engine in front of you, while the optional auto» box in this car simply slurs the gears and maintains the heady, unshackled rush towards the next corner.

Automotive displays and Aircraft displays are the most challenging displays because the positions of the viewer (driver or pilot) and the display are both fixed and are not adjustable like on all other displays, they must be readable inspite of being unadjustable in high ambient light including direct sunlight, and operate with large viewing angles that affect brightness, contrast, and color.

The aircraft grade aluminum is light in weight.

Tranquil seclusion in paradise is matched by convenient access, just a 45 minute light aircraft transfer from Pemba International Airport, which can be reached from Mozambique's capital Maputo or international flights from Johannesburg or Dar es Salaam.

«These aircraft will add resilience to our flying programme in light of an industry wide shortage of Trent 1000 engines used on our Boeing 787 aircraft.»

These include: Jacob's Creek Visitor Centre - set in the heart of the Barossa; The Louise — luxury culinary tourism and accommodation also in the Barossa; Chinta Tours — tailor made air safaris in private light aircraft and 4WDs to stunning outback locations; Exceptional Kangaroo Island — good food, wine, wildlife sightings and creative itineraries; Gawler Ranges Wilderness Safaris — Kangaluna Camp, a boutique tented camp that caters for up to 12 guests in an iconic Australian setting; Kangaroo Island Wilderness Tours — local guides (most of whom have lived on the Island all their lives) take guests into one of the world's leading wildlife destinations; Kingsford Homestead — an award winning luxury country retreat among rolling hills on the edge of the Barossa; Rawnsley Park Station — guided walks and 4WD tours to experience the wildlife and landscapes of the Flinders Ranges; The Tailor — off the beaten path specialists for private tours with a luxury edge; and Southern Ocean Lodge — Australia's first true luxury lodge, located on Kangaroo Island.

Fifty - six of Delta's Boeing 757 - 200 aircraft will be receiving in - seat video, personal power access, upgraded galleys, new LED cabin lighting, revamped lavatories, and redesigned overhead bins with a larger capacity.

All year round, flights in fixed wing, micro light and ultra light aircraft or helicopters provide an incredible aerial view of the falls and white water rafting on the Zambezi is world class!

Travel in style and comfort in Elewana's Cessna Grand Caravan light aircraft, with nine executive club class seats.

Light aircraft flights in Costa Rica operate on a daily timetable and are the most economical option.

In Streaky Bay, board a light aircraft to fly along the coast to Port Lincoln.

In Streaky Bay, board a light aircraft to fly along the coast to Kangaroo Island.

In Ceduna, change to a light aircraft and fly west to the Head of Bight.

In most cases meals, accommodation, airport pickups, in - country transfers (by boats, horses, 4x4, busses, helicopters and light aircrafts), community donations, guides, safety measures, in - country coordinators, 24/7 emergency service, excursions and orientations are includeIn most cases meals, accommodation, airport pickups, in - country transfers (by boats, horses, 4x4, busses, helicopters and light aircrafts), community donations, guides, safety measures, in - country coordinators, 24/7 emergency service, excursions and orientations are includein - country transfers (by boats, horses, 4x4, busses, helicopters and light aircrafts), community donations, guides, safety measures, in - country coordinators, 24/7 emergency service, excursions and orientations are includein - country coordinators, 24/7 emergency service, excursions and orientations are included.

Being an experienced frequent flyer of the 777 and 767, the expectations for the 787 were higher in Business Class, as the 787 is a superior aircraft in its air quality, lighting and lower engine noise.

- your Reactor now has a drone feature that lets you control at distance - thanks to that remotely controlled aircraft, you can explore areas in the field without going there yourself - use it in order to surprise monsters, who sometime drop items when they flee - send your Drone in holes that are way too small for you, where you'll find strange containers inside - it can also be used to grab mysterious balls of light that float in the air - if a monster touches one of these balls, it starts glowing and can defeat monsters with ride attacks even if it's weak - defeat as many as monsters as you want as long as the effects of the ball of light are active - ride giant monsters in the field - these giant monsters are really powerful, and their ride attacks can defeat enemies without even triggering a battle - each monster has its own ride attack to be used, allowing you to perform specific actions - when you defeat enemies while riding a giant monster, your monster will also get some XP