Sentences with phrase «of jet aircraft»

The thousands of jet aircraft flying at any one time are discharging tons of CO2 and other pollutants directly into the upper atmosphere.

Fly white - knuckle missions against a variety of jet aircraft armed with advanced missiles and mini guns.

«As a new highlight of the ambient lighting, the illuminated air vents are reminiscent of jet aircraft turbines.

But even at the speed and altitude of jet aircraft, the effects of relativistic time dilation are tiny — in the Hafele — Keating experiment the atomic clocks differed after their journeys by just tens to hundreds of nanoseconds.

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.

Not exact matches

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 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.

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.

The company also announced that it will order 14 new 747 jumbo jets from Boeing for added capacity on top of the 14 it purchased from the aircraft manufacturer last September.

The engine of a SkyWest passenger jet caught fire moments after the aircraft landed at Denver International Airport on Sunday, but all 63 people aboard exited the plane safely, an airline spokeswoman said.

The engine of a SkyWest passenger jet caught fire moments after the aircraft landed at Denver International Airport on Sunday.

Airbus has pinned hopes of continuing production of its double - decker jumbo jet on Emirates, the world's largest operator of the aircraft which took delivery of its 100th A380 earlier this month.

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.

That will more than triple the price of the new jet, chilling Bombardier's future sales and potentially giving Boeing more space to expand into the market for smaller aircraft.

The two companies compete on almost every type of aircraft, from single - aisle jets to widebody aircraft that can fit close to 400 passengers.

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.

Unlike private aviation companies that offer fractional ownership, where each aircraft is owned or leased by multiple people, Flohr owns 100 percent of his company and its fleet of 60 silver - and - red jets.

Boeing said the deal represents the largest - ever single - aisle jet order, by both value and number of aircraft, from any Middle East carrier.

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.

«A Russian Su - 35 fighter jet, performing an air cover mission at an altitude of 10,000 meters, swiftly approached the F - 22 from the rear, forcing the American aircraft to leave the area.»

On January 25, a Russian fighter jet also conducted an «unsafe and unprofessional» interception of a US reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, according to US European Command.

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.»

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).

Four aircraft were adorned with a special centenary painted tail fin commemorating the 100 th anniversary of each individual squadron with the fifth jet's tail fin celebrating 40 years of the Tornado.

As late as 1969, Western Australia's «major» internal airline MacRoberston Miller Airlines (MMA) had a tiny fleet of just six prop jet aircraft and eight DC - 3s to serve the entire State.

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.

The prototype of what is believed to be the China's second stealth fighter jet performed its maiden flight on Oct 31, when it took off at 10:32 AM Local Time from the runway of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation facility.

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

No traditional jet, helicopter or other aircraft can offer the same world of possibilities, because not one of them can provide true door - to - door travel with the speed, range or operational flexibility needed for true efficiency.

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.

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.

Blending work and play, and sometimes confusing the two, Kevin is a commercial - rated jet pilot and enjoys flying a variety of aircraft, a skill that serves both his business needs and his adventurous nature.

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.

Religious people have been known to blow themselves up to kill heathens, or van bombs, or jet aircraft, or lots and lots of IEDs and guns.

Can you imagine how much we could cut the military budget if we didn't have to order thousands of armored vehicles, big jets and other types of «snooping» aircraft??

The list can grow long very rapidly — atomic energy generating plants, supersonic transport planes (SST), jet aircraft, oral contraceptives, tranquilizers, television, communication satellites, space vehicles that take men to the moon and cameras to Mars and beyond, hundreds of synthetic fabrics, the aerosol can, direct long - distance dialing, heart transplants, advanced computers, and so on and on.

The Alpha Jet aircraft acquired and attacked the target with bombs, neutralising many of the BHTs.

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).

Consequently, a combination of NAF fighter aircraft namely the F7 - Ni, Alpha Jet and L - 39 ZA aircraft was detailed to carry out air interdiction on the BHT gathering.

The Presidency on Tuesday confirmed that newspaper advertisements for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000 were duly authorised by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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

With less than 300 flying hours (instead of 500 to 700 required to fly certain categories of aircraft), and no jet experience, very few airlines are attracted to freshly licensed pilots,» a chief operating officer said.

Clinton, who has abstained from the common campaign practice of flying on the same aircraft as her traveling press corps, has landed a new ride — a large jet dubbed Hill Force One — and welcomed reporters on board.

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