Sentences with phrase «jet aircraft in»

Through the persistent efforts of dignified Col. Bullard (played by Terrence Howard in Richard Widmark mode) who pressures military brass stateside to deploy the segregated unit, they advance to escorting grateful bomber crews, dogfighting in technically advanced P - 51s, and eventually confronting German jet aircraft in a decisive battle.

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Bombardier hopes the fuel - efficient aircraft that's been in development for a decade will be a game - changer for the company, whose regional jets face an uncertain future amid increased competition.

We are also investing in this field ourselves: one of our airlines, Virgin Australia, is working in partnership with Dynamotive Energy Systems and Renewable Oil to develop an alternative jet fuel that will enable our global aircraft fleet to transition to clean energy.

PARIS, April 25 - Boeing has found new homes for jets it hoped to deliver to Iran this year, further clouding the prospect of quick deliveries as U.S. Boeing agreed in December 2016 to sell 80 aircraft to IranAir under a deal between Tehran and major world powers to reopen trade in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear activities.

The jet was converted from an RAF A330 Voyager refuelling aircraft in a # 10 million refit for its new role under former Prime Minister David Cameron in an effort to save money on official trips.

It may be a moot point in the end because European aerospace giant Airbus, Boeing's chief rival, last year agreed to take a majority stake in the jet program and the two plan to build the aircraft in Alabama, where Airbus makes narrowbody passenger planes.

A PLA Navy fleet including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, submarines, vessels and fighter jets take part in a review in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018.

The jet seats between 13 and 14 passengers and unlike its sibling, the Legacy 500, this aircraft has its own private cabin in the back.

The rise of a Chinese aircraft manufacturer is «a real plus» for Honeywell, which makes everything from jet engines to software systems used in planes, a company executive told CNBC Thursday.

The state - owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or Comac for short, has secured more than 700 orders for its 168 - seat C919 passenger jet, expected to have its first delivery in 2021.

But as jet engines replaced turboprops, the island airport's runway was simply too short to handle the aircraft, leaving Pearson International Airport, located a 40 - minute drive from downtown, to capture the growth in air travel.

Slattery called Embraer's E-Jet E2 — its series of medium - range twin - engine jet airliners — a «profit hunter,» and wants to deliver that aircraft to more airlines in Asia.

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.

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.

Textron wrote down $ 2.3 in its backlog this year after it cancelled a new jet design, and demand for its other aircraft - related offerings has plummeted.

It said its fuel warning does not extend to aircraft that use jet fuel, also known in the industry as «Jet A.&raqjet fuel, also known in the industry as «Jet A.&raqJet A.»

Airbus jumped into the fray by taking a 50.1 % stake in the C Series program and announced it would produce US - bound C Series jets at its plant in Mobile, Alabama thereby making the plane a domestically produced aircraft.

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.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly nearing a deal to buy Precision Castparts, a maker of aircraft components, like blades in jet engines, and energy production equipment as well as other industrial components.

Made up at Netheravon on Feb. 14, 1915 the unit contributed in developing daylight bombing tactics (their motto «Lead the Field» reflects this expertise) and the fin of their jet was painted with the emblem of the fox, received from Fairey Fox aircraft that the squadron flew in 1926.

In response to these US Air Force allegations, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major - General Igor Konashenkov told Russian media on Saturday that «most close - midair encounters between Russian and US jets in the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.&raquIn response to these US Air Force allegations, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major - General Igor Konashenkov told Russian media on Saturday that «most close - midair encounters between Russian and US jets in the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.&raquin the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.&raquin the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.»

In an attempt to force the Russian aircraft to change course, the American stealth jet cut across the front of the Russian jets, and released flares (a tactic known as «head - butting,» meant to send a strong warning to an opposing warplane).

In 2017, Boeing delivered a record 763 commercial jets, and its backlog of orders stands at close to 6,000 aircraft, valued at $ 488 billion.

In June, a U.S. Navy F - 18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian fighter jet, the first time in 18 years the U.S. military has downed an enemy aircraft in air - to - air combaIn June, a U.S. Navy F - 18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian fighter jet, the first time in 18 years the U.S. military has downed an enemy aircraft in air - to - air combain 18 years the U.S. military has downed an enemy aircraft in air - to - air combain air - to - air combat.

Our technologies are used in aircraft ranging from the most used single aisle aircraft and the largest passenger planes in the world to business jets and the world's advanced 5th generation fighter aircraft.

Commercial passenger aircraft and business jets operating in the region will benefit from high - speed broadband and wide range of inflight communications and operational applications

Dealing with the F / A -18 E / F Super Hornet fleet, four aircraft were lost (fortunately resulting in 0 fatalities) including the one lost last week: two VFA - 211 F / A -18 F jets from NAS Oceana collided and crashed 25 miles E of the Oregon Inlet, Nags Head, NC on May 26, 2016; earlier this year, on Apr. 21, 2017, a VFA - 137 F / A -18 E crashed during a landing attempt on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Celebes sea, between Indonesia and the Philippines.

Meanwhile, in his spare time, Musk draws up plans for revolutionary transport systems, such as the Hyperloop and VTOL supersonic jet aircraft known as the Musk electric jet.

Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., or Comac, is hoping to pitch its C919 jet as a homegrown competitor to Boeing's 737 and Airbus» A320, and it announced last month that it would make its first delivery in 2021.

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But as shown in the figure below, the speed of an aircraft does not always equal more time saved, and the TriFan completely trumps conventional business jets and helicopters in this regard.

CARDIFF, Wales (Reuters)- The head of Qatar Airways said Boeing's 777X aircraft program was experiencing delays, but he was sure that Boeing (BA.N) would catch up and deliveries of the jet would start on time in 2020.

The number of fast - jet aircraft squadrons is at an all time low — from 33 at the time of the first Gulf War in 1990 to just eight today.

The S - 300 sale is potentially a threat to intervention by air in the Syrian Civil War by the U.S. or its allies (the U.K. and France, for example, also participated in the chemical weapons retaliation strike in April of 2018, and Turkish aircraft have intervened in parts of the Syrian Civil War as well, for example, shooting down a Russian jet fighter which was intruding into its air space).

Negotiations were already in place to sell the Indians an aircraft carrier and a bunch of fighter jets.

The most controversial decision in the review, scrapping the Harriet Jet early and leaving Britain's aircraft carriers without fighter planes until around 2020, was rejected by most respondents.

Some of the aircraft that took part in the display include the Alpha Jet, L - 39ZA, F - 7Ni,...

Consumer drones pose far less of a threat to high - flying commercial aircraft; a jet airliner is in drone airspace only during takeoff and landing, and is very fast - moving target for a quadcopter.

She noted that Australia is a world leader in quantum computing, Ireland is a leader in software development for financial services, Brazil's Embraer builds regional jet aircraft, and the Czech Republic is coming on strong in development of low - cost electric vehicles.

Called Taranis, the wedge - shaped, 8 - tonne stealth jet will be able to fly regular drone missions in regions of conflict — but it will also be able to seek and destroy enemy aircraft in dogfights.

To make this possible, Boeing has looked to the design of aircraft carrier jets in hopes of building planes with fold - up wings.

Then last summer, Aaron Parness and Christine Fuller, of the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Hao Jiang of Stanford took the full gripper hand, which includes several patches of gripping material in a specific arrangement, on a microgravity flight in NASA's Weightless Wonder aircraft.

Boeing has tested two such «vegetable - based biofuels» with this antifreezing property in the General Electric jet engines used on many of its 747 aircraft, Daggett says.

Of the 20 or so research aircraft at Dryden, only its two Gulfstreams, lightweight executive jets, were in the center's hangar.

In September, ThunderFish Alpha got its first hit, locating the first and shortly after even a second model of the Arrow jet — a huge success, since people have been looking for wreckage of the supersonic aircraft for 50 years.

The reason we think the sound of a jet aircraft is really loud has more to do with the sensitivity of our remarkable auditory system than with the energy in the sound wave itself.

Imagine a future in which jet fighters can navigate and land on aircraft carriers autonomously and search - and - rescue teams can pinpoint a person's exact location even in the remotest spots on or below the Earth.

The Navy wants to be able to land its jets safely on an aircraft carrier while on autopilot, even in dangerous conditions.

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

The previous unmanned endurance record was set in 2001 by a jet - powered U.S. Air Force Global Hawk surveillance aircraft, which flew for more than 30 hours.