Sentences with phrase «of flight controllers»

If English is the universal language of flight controllers, then Mooney's Scottish accent is the universal voice of health economics.

«It's been an incredible ride,» Ferguson radioed NASA astronaut Dan Tani and the room of flight controllers working at NASA's Mission Control room in Houston.

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Over the course of the summer, air - traffic controllers in the U.K. will likely manage 770,000 flights, which is 40,000 more than last year.

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 bottom of the controller features useful buttons for functions such as auto takeoff and landing, automatic return home, and quick flight assist which essentially stops the drone mid-air.

«There was a little bit of competition... between flight controllers in the MOCR and the occupants of the MER: «We thought we were hot shit, and they thought that we weren't!»

A recent NTSB report revealed that sleep - deprived air traffic controllers played a role in at least four near - fatal incidents on the nation's runways since 2001, and the controller on duty in one of the worst U.S. accidents in five years — the 2006 crash of a Comair flight that killed 49 people in Lexington, Kentucky — was working on only two hours of sleep.

On top of the greater safety this offers airlines if a plane gets into trouble, say, it will also let controllers pack planes in closer together along optimal flight paths, which will cut carbon emissions.

Suddenly, flight controllers found themselves working blind, unable to access key information on the dozens of aircraft in the sky above them.

By taking the software out of the loop, and falling back on fail - safe procedures, flight controllers skillfully avoided disaster.

It's hard to keep track of everything like flight direction and telemetry read - outs while also thinking about what your fingers are doing on the controller.

In November and December 2013, the team of engineers, technicians and pilots completed two series of test flights to assess the adaptive augmenting controller software planned for the rocket on a modified NASA F / A -18 at NASA Armstrong.

Flight controllers for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express probe halted plans to deploy the second boom in a series of antennas that comprise the spacecraft's subsurface radar instrument after detecting an anomaly on May 7.

While flight controllers at ESA's European Space Operations in Darmstadt, Germany had hoped to deploy all three booms by May 12, the unfurling of the remaining antennas will not resume until engineers fully understand the current anomaly, as well as its implications to future boom deployment.

Soon afterward, Paul Maley, a former NASA flight controller turned amateur astronomer, captured a video of what appeared to be an out - of - control Hitomi, spinning wildly in orbit.

Principal Investigator Alan Stern celebrates with New Horizons flight controllers after they received confirmation from the spacecraft that it had successfully completed the flyby of Pluto.

Hundreds of flights were delayed this week after the FAA furloughed air traffic controllers, setting off a political storm.

April 26, 2013 • Following a week of complaints about sequester - caused flight delays, Congress quickly pushed through a bill letting the FAA shift around its budget to end furloughs for air traffic controllers.

Eastwood doesn't give up the goods easily, holding back the sequence until nearly an hour into the film's lean 96 - minute runtime, but he revisits the harrowing event multiple times, revealing new details and the different perspectives of everyone involved, from the pilots, to the passengers, to the flight crew, to the air traffic controller, to the U.S. Coast Guard rescue teams.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in the early hours of March 8, local time, which was midday March 7 on the East Coast of the U.S. Bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers and crew, it was over the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Vietnam when the last message from the cockpit to air traffic controllers was heard.

Part I of the transcript Malaysian authorities have released of the conversations between the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and air traffic controllers.

Ms. Gilligan leads the organization responsible for setting, overseeing, and enforcing safety standards for all parts of the aviation industry — airlines, manufacturers, repair stations, pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, and any person or product that operates in aviation.

Specifically, we need a smart, new generation of air traffic controllers and flight data coordinators, as our generation begins to retire.

Free NASA e-book offers inside look at space station flight controllers 15 April 2018 (The Statesman) For every hour of 6,371 days and counting, a team of people on the ground has been watching over the space station's crews and systems from the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The airline group will also benefit from Flight Plan Manager's integration with other software from the Sabre AirCentre operational suite, including Movement Manager, which enables operations controllers to easily monitor the status of flights, and Flight Explorer, which provides data for real - time fleet monitoring.

Best of all, the planes will get the newest version of Singapore's excellent Krisworld in - flight entertainment, which will feature touch screen hand controllers.

Here, Space Harrier supports the analog sticks present on the Dual Shock and Dual Shock 2 controllers, as well as two of Hori's USB flight sticks (break out your limited - edition copies of Ace Combat 5!).

The premise here is simple — you play the role of an air traffic controller, who also seems to have the god - like power of redirecting planes at your will by simply drawing their flight paths so that they can land safely at the proper landing strip.

Whether you are a Flight Simulator X, and Star Citizen gamer, you'll want to improve your flight gaming — beyond the use of a controller, classic simulators or keyboard and Flight Simulator X, and Star Citizen gamer, you'll want to improve your flight gaming — beyond the use of a controller, classic simulators or keyboard and flight gaming — beyond the use of a controller, classic simulators or keyboard and mouse.

Eagle Flight is played using a combination of head movements and the PlayStation 4 controller.

The controls are well mapped to the DualShock 4 controller with the control scheme consisting of pressing X to jump or double tapping X quickly twice to roll when playing as an on - foot character or pressing X to flight evade when piloting a ship; pressing O to interact with an object or to use the Force, build, use or activate; pressing triangle to switch from controlling one character to a nearby character; pressing square or R2 to perform an attack, holding square or R2 to aim; pressing L1 or R1 to cycle through characters; pressing L2 to dodge roll when playing as an on - foot character or pressing L2 to boost when piloting a ship; changing the direction of the left analogue stick or alternatively pressing up, down, left or right on the d - pad to move your selected character or ship; changing the direction of the right analogue stick to move the camera; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

In the Wii U version of the game, players can control their ship from inside the cockpit using the Wii U GamePad controller, as well as create flight plans with the touch screen and steer with motion controls.

When I say «renewal of interest» I know, of course, that the PC flight sim market has existed for years, creating a small but enthusiastic market for aviation controllers.

I'm ignoring two glaring errors, of course: first, the guy playing Skyrim on the plane is using his controllers wirelessly, meaning he hasn't engaged flight safe mode — he's a monster — and second, I've not been invited to any rooftop parties, probably because they're all sloped residential roofs around here.

The FAA is generally charged with the responsibility of establishing and enforcing safety standards for flight operation, air traffic controllers, pilots and aircraft manufacturers.

The union of German air traffic controllers recently cancelled a threatened strike which could have affected thousands of flights.

There is already a system of air traffic controllers and government agencies who can monitor takeoff, landing, and flight paths to ensure autonomous aircraft don't collide.

The controller works by replacing the standard dual - thumbstick setup with two touch - sensitive pads that work sort of like a flight stick for your fingers, where the left handles what would normally be a WASD movement setup, while the right handles aiming and precision.

Five months later, the company shelled out $ 13 million to purchase the Saitek brand and line of flight, space and farm simulation controllers from Mad Catz for $ 13 million in cash.

Whether you have your heart set on becoming a member of an air cabin crew, managing the flight of aircraft on the ground as an air traffic controller, or joining one of the leading graduate schemes in your chosen business area, there are plenty of jobs for graduates to choose from.

The Air Force, of course, offers the greatest number of training and employment opportunities to fly as a pilot or to work as an aircraft mechanic, air traffic controller, electronic technician flight nurse, or meteorological technician, to name a few.

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