Sentences with phrase «in small aircraft»

On this tour you fly over the lines in small aircraft, with opportunities for photography as well as to view the immense scale and precision of the figures.

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 same panel can fit frame slots with different curvatures: the panels bulge more in small aircraft than they do large ones.

Boeing has experimented with them in smaller aircraft, in anticipation of using them on its 787 - 8, the current state - of - the - art electric airplane.

The reserve can be experienced from the air in small aircrafts and by balloon futher to the west.

Not exact matches

If brought on board, the battery can be left in, but passengers must have the option of removing it should the airline need to downsize to a smaller aircraft that lacks overhead bin space.

Rutan showed Gionta several sketches, and one in particular caught Gionta's eye: It showed the large aircraft with a smaller, rocket - powered craft latched to its belly.

In response to a trade case filed by the American jet maker Boeing, the United States Commerce Department ruled that Bombardier's CSeries aircraft, a smaller, regional aircraft that entered service last year, had received subsidies of 219.63 percent of the plane's sales price, and it said it would begin collecting duties equivalent to that amount.

He said Airbus supporting the C Series and Embraer working with Boeing isn't necessarily negative as long as a couple of competitors remain in the marketplace that allow smaller aircraft makers to continue innovating.

Because of their size, agility, and ability to be quickly disassembled and reassembled, these small aircraft were considered ideal for urban operations in tight spaces.

A Boeing - Embraer tie - up may give the Chicago giant a foothold to sell small regional jets in China, where the state - run Commercial Aircraft Corp of China is testing locally - built passenger planes, Edward Jones» Windau said.

But Air Canada's interest in buying 45 CS300 aircraft (along with the option to purchase up to 30 CS100 planes, a slightly smaller aircraft) marks an end to a 17 - month - long dry spell in which Bombardier was unable to drum up any serious interest.

The CSeries is Bombardier's new generation of aircraft for commercial airlines, in development for more than a decade as an alternative to smaller models of passenger jets built by rivals Boeing and Airbus.

Virgin America, a relatively small airline with a fleet of 58 aircrafts, went public in 2014 at $ 23 a share and branded itself as a chic, low cost airline.

The USAF EC - 130H overall force is quite small, consisting of only 14 aircraft, based at Davis - Monthan AFB (DMAFB), in Tucson, Arizona and belonging to the 55th Electronic Combat Group (ECG) and its two squadrons: the 41st and 43rd Electronic Combat Squadrons (ECS).

The Small UAV Coalition echoed Johnson's concerns in a November letter to the FAA that said, «State and local governments have no authority to govern or regulate the operation of aircraft, both manned and unmanned, in the National Airspace System.»

The keys are smuggled into Mexico and then on to the United States — by land, air, or sea — using methods as varied as they are ingenious: stashed under fresh produce, in cans of jalapeños, in the bellies of frozen shark carcasses, in trap compartments of cars, trucks, motor homes, container ships, small aircraft, even submarines; taped to the bodies of backpackers traveling by bus; catapulted over border fences; concealed in the trunks of corrupt local sheriffs; or trundled through underground tunnels (some so well constructed that they have air conditioning), a tactic purportedly devised by El Chapo himself.

Trump told advisers Thursday he was unhappy with China's decision to tax $ 50 billion in American products, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to a U.S. move this week to impose tariffs on $ 50 billion in Chinese goods.

Trump told advisers last week that he was unhappy with China's decision to tax $ 50 billion in American products, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to a U.S. move to impose tariffs on $ 50 billion in Chinese goods.

The move comes a day after China issued a $ 50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and small aircraft for possible tariff hikes in an escalating and potentially damaging dispute.

Regulators picked products China can get elsewhere when they made a $ 50 billion list including soybeans and small aircraft targeted for possible retaliation in a spiraling technology dispute with Washington.

Regulators picked products China can get elsewhere when they made a $ 50 billion list including soybeans and small aircraft for possible retaliation in a trade spat with Washington.

However, Airbus» move to take a controlling stake in the smaller CSeries aircraft program could change that equation.

«Initially we airlifted meals in small personal aircraft maxing at a couple hundred meals at a time» said Hays.

Moscow has attacked two small countries in continental Europe in the last five years (Estonia via a concerted cyber coercion campaign in 2007, Georgia via a major ground invasion in 2008); routinely drives strategic bombers around UK airspace; and parked an aircraft carrier group in the Moray Firth earlier in 2012.

US Senator Charles Schumer is urging more action to be taken in assuring the safety of small aircraft.

As a result, it has become ever - more expensive to operate smaller aircraft, which has tended to encourage a reduction in the number of UK domestic flight connections.

The small gray aircraft that has recently appeared in the Griffiss airport traffic pattern is an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufactured by Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) located in Warminster, PA..

Our region of small communities is rich in heritage and history while offering high - growth opportunities in high technology, logistics, advanced manufacturing, precision aircraft repair and research.

It supplies the Israeli Defence Force with components which are used in sniper rifles and small arms, as well as parts for F - 16 combat aircraft and Apache helicopters.

One of the RAF's Hercules C - 130 transport aircraft is believed to have come under small - arms fire as it landed in the Libyan desert.

Those questions, although important, are less interesting to aviation researchers than determining just how much damage increasingly common drones — like the 1.4 - kilogram quadcopter in the Staten Island incident — can potentially inflict on helicopters and small, low - flying aircraft.

Their goal is to have an unmanned aircraft that can be crumpled down and carried or stored in small spaces.

Most helicopters have a single rotor and, to stop the body of the aircraft spinning in reaction to the rotor's torque, they are also fitted with a small rotor on the tail.

While miniature helicopters already exist, without a flapping mechanism you can't make aircraft as small as insects, says Hod Lipson at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Some of the first uses of the technology may be to make small, robotic aircraft — «super-efficient long - range drones,» Gershenfeld says, that could be used in developing countries as a way of delivering medicines to remote areas.

This is partly because the air is thinner and partly because modern aircraft, with small swept - back wings, are designed for optimum performance in the stratosphere.

In addition, around the tropopause the air is close to saturation with water and a small increase of vapour from aircraft can create wide expanses of thin cirrus clouds that cause even stronger warming.

If Kirkby is right, and the cloud was smaller than Dwyer's team estimates, that could imply that the positrons were annihilating only in the immediate vicinity of the aircraft, or even on the craft itself.

Horner died in a plane crash, piloting a small aircraft that went down a day ago in California.

Adapted by a small army of screenwriters from the bestselling novel by Max (son of Mel) Brooks, the pic abandons its source material's choral «oral history» structure to hone in on the Lanes, who, after once again negotiating a narrow escape, find themselves ensconced in the relative safety of an aircraft carrier somewhere in the Atlantic.

I don't have a background in aviation, but I grew up around small aircraft and a local airport.

Confirm with airline that your wheelchair will fit in cargo hold if you are traveling on a small plane, like a commuter aircraft or a regional jet.

Although the captain and first officer were able to safely deplane the aircraft by air stairs in order to conduct external safety inspections of the aircraft, airline officials believed that deplaning passengers by air stairs may have been unsuitable due to the inclement weather, as well as the number of passengers requiring wheelchairs and the number of small children on board.

Critical Knowledge: Completely redesigned, 2010 Saab 9 - 5 luxury sport sedanNew look inspired by Scandinavian design, Aero X conceptWraparound window design evokes Saab's aircraft heritageAvailable in Linear, Vector or Aero modelsAll - turbo powertrain, including a 160 - hp, 2.0 - liter diesel engine; 220 - hp, 2.0 - liter gasoline engine; and a 300 - hp, 2.8 - liter V - 6 engine (offered exclusively with XWD, Saab's all - wheel - drive system) Shortly after launch, Saab promises a small, 1.6 - liter gasoline turbo with 180 hp will be introduced, together with a 2.

In other words, if you'd like to use your drone or unmanned small aircraft to move things from point A to point B, you probably need a commercial policy of some sort.

For in - cabin travel, hard sided or soft - sided; 17» x 11» x 7.5» Checked kennels must meet USDA and IATA requirements and other requirements outlined here (https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/policies/pets-traveling-with-pets) Kennel sizes allowed: extra small (100) 15» x 16» x 21», small (200) 19» x 20» x 27», medium (300) 23» x 22» x 32», large (400) 26» X 24» x 36», extra large (500) 30» x 27» x 40» only on certain aircraft.

Ideally, Delilah will be small enough to fit in the cabin of the aircraft, as that is the most comfortable place for a dog to fly.

Domesticated cats, small dogs, rabbits and birds may travel accompanied in the aircraft cabin on most flights within the U.S..

OTHER HAPPY SNAPS AT Big Pineapple in Bathhurst only 8 minutes away and in front of the small aircraft at 43 Air School en route.