Sentences with phrase «mile figure eight»

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In 1959 British magnate Henry Kremer had offered # 50,000 to the first team to achieve human - powered flight on a figure - eight course around two poles half a mile apart.

A budget - pleasing feature is that once you ease off at cruising speed, the 300C's computer shuts off four of the hemi's eight cylinders to improve fuel economy (the EPA figures are 17 miles per gallon regular unleaded city and 25 mpg highway).

First, Carlos heads to the test track to put the reborn 460hp V8 - powered Stingray through the full barrage of Motor Trend's instrumented tests: 0 - 60 mph acceleration, quarter mile, 60 - 0 mph braking, lateral acceleration, and figure - eight.

ALTON, Va. — The fast and challenging 3.27 - mile, 17 - turn VIRginia International Raceway poses as a daunting figure to 100 entries this weekend (April 27 - 29) when all eight Pirelli World Challenge classes — GT / GTA / GT Cup SprintX, GTS / GTSA SprintX, TCR, TC and TCA compete in Rounds 3 and 4 doubleheader action in the PWC Grand Prix of VIRginia presented by Audi Sport.

Sergeant Jessica Aldridge is also eight thousand miles away, ten thousand feet in the air, and so near the figures on the ground below her that she might reach down and pick them up like dolls.

A 2 - mile trail makes a figure of eight around the islet, passing dramatic overlooks at Inspiration Point and Cathedral Cove.

So I had a very high incentive to figure out how to use technology to instantly substitute for the eight - mile undersea cable.

«It's easy to figure that many homeless people walk eight to 12 miles a day,» said Jans Christiansen, who works at the Chattanooga Community Kitchen.