Sentences with phrase «of jet plane»

Black once more, with the sound of some night bird and yet higher into the sky the thin thrum of a jet plane passaging from nowhere to nowhere.

The important thing is not getting Al Gore out of his jet plane; the important thing is solving the world's problem.

Details such as the turbine - look air vents and air conditioning controls seem to be straight out of a jet plane.

It was to study such atmospheric γ - rays that Dwyer, then at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, fitted a particle detector on a Gulfstream V, a type of jet plane typically used by business executives.

Bernoulli's principle helps keep the wings of a jet plane aloft.

According to the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association, «When held directly to the ear, as children often do, a noisy toy actually exposes the ear to as much as 120 dB of sound, a damaging dose — the equivalent of a jet plane taking off.

Designed by adidas, the uniforms take inspiration from Houston's rich aeronautical history and the speed of the jet planes that dot its skies.

Speaking of jet planes, aerial combat is huge in Warshift.

from Philip Armour's «Of Jet Planes and Zeppelins» (related to software development, I don't have a link) 0th Order Ignorance: Lack of Ignorance I (probably) know something 1st Order Ignorance: Lack of Knowledge I do not know something 2nd Order Ignorance: Lack of Awareness I do not know that I do not know something 3rd Order Ignorance: Lack of Process I do not know a (suitably effective) way to find out that I don't know something 4th Order Ignorance: Meta - Ignorance I do not know about the FiveOrdersOfIgnorance Philip goes onto explain that you can only have a process for something you already know how to do

Not exact matches

In the summer of 2016, Boeing suggested it could end production of the original jumbo jet — the Boeing 747 — as airlines eschewed the plane in favor of more fuel - efficient models.

Boeing is reportedly considering the conversion of used 777 passenger jets into cargo planes in order to capitalize on the boom in e-commerce-related shipments.

One thing (prop planes) led him to another (corporate jets) and then to another (surplus military jets), culminating in 2012 with the founding of Draken International, a Lakeland, Florida, military contractor that operates one of the largest fleets of privately owned fighter jets in the world.

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.

Because of that familiarity, Kumar thinks the public, charter plane operators and companies looking for a new corporate jet will feel comfortable flying in a hybrid electric plane.

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 case stems from an April 2016 sale of 75 CSeries jets to Delta Air Lines Inc. (dal) Boeing claims Delta paid $ 20 million per plane, well below an estimated cost of $ 33 million and what Bombardier charges in Canada.

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.

It arrived on the heels of earlier large business - jet sales to VistaJet and NetJets, and firmed up Bombardier's leadership in the long - distance luxury plane market.

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.

Lockheed Martin Corp's new F - 35 fighter jet has completed over a third of its planned flight tests, but it is still facing problems with the helmet needed to fly the plane, software development and weapons integration, according to a report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester.

So Marquis Jet signed a deal that put planes in four episodes of the show and allowed the company to use the Donald's name in its print advertising.

Though it is unclear where the buyer of the jet lives, the plane will have to be disassembled to be shipped.

Tom Price had cost taxpayers more than $ 1 million between his use of private planes for domestic travel and military jets for recent trips to Africa, Europe, and Asia, Politico reported.

In 1958, Trippe was the first airline executive to add jet airplanes to his fleet; the switch to larger, more efficient jets allowed Pan Am to reduce prices, making plane travel affordable to a much larger segment of the public.

The two models of the narrow - bodied single - aisle plane are quiet and 20 % more fuel efficient than other similar - sized jets, while also offering decent leg room, unlike other planes of the same size.

Like China, the majority of Russian jets flying near Japanese territory are a combination of bombers like Tu - 96 / 142, and spy planes like the Russian Il - 38.

On his way out the door, Immelt found himself defending the company's practice of having an empty business jet follow his corporate plane on several trips around the world.

the company's practice of having an empty business jet follow his corporate plane on several trips around the world.

DALLAS (AP)-- The pilots of a Southwest Airlines jet struggled to handle the plane after an engine blew apart at 32,000 feet over Pennsylvania last month.

J - Air, a Hiroshima - based regional airline and subsidiary of Japan Airlines, will acquire two 50 - passenger Bombardier CRJ - 200 jets to replace its existing fleet of smaller prop planes.

A pair of fighter jets had to escort two commercial planes to Atlanta's Hartsfield - Jackson International Airport after authorities deemed bomb threats made on Twitter credible.

The pilots of a Southwest Airlines jet struggled to handle the plane after an engine blew apart at 32,000 feet over Berks County last month.

ST. LOUIS — An old fighter jet being refurbished at a hangar in Missouri is the first of several planes being sent to the Boeing facility as the Pentagon spends the biggest budget in its history.

Southwest Airlines Co. is stepping up inspections on its jet fleet after investigators said they discovered evidence of metal fatigue on an engine that exploded Tuesday, sending shrapnel into the plane and killing a passenger seated near a window.

Southwest has been under intense scrutiny since April 17, when a fan blade on the Boeing 737's CFM56 jet engine broke apart mid-flight, shattering a window and nearly sucking a woman out of the plane.

The relational essence of turquoise blue vis - a-vis any four - sided plane figure is not unique to turquoise blue, but is the same as that of pea green and jet black.

We heard these jet engines coming, and all of sudden, we saw the plane coming across the sky there and landing on the runway.

A desire for mastery and power also motivates people to drive powerful cars, to fly in powerful planes (especially corporate jets, which they «control» more directly), to carry impressive brief cases (a symbol of social power), and to engage in «power» breakfasts.

The only solution is to replace that plane with a new one — a Gulfstream G650, to be precise, described by Bloomberg as «the holy grail of private jets.»

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.

Before the game, four Air Force jets flew over Arrowhead Stadium, and an officer presented Thomas with a yellow bandanna that had a pattern of fighter planes printed on it.

The jet planes and the rockets are part of us when we think of what we are and what we can do.»

It might not measure up to the fully kitted out pair of jets the Patriots will use this season, but it's far more memorable than any polished, corporate planes.

The growth of pleasure flying owes much to the presence of a remarkable variety of sturdily built private planes that are, mercifully, more comfortable than a 1947 Luscombe and quite a bit easier on the pocketbook than a Lear - jet.

Paulson routinely jets between various farms and homes and to racetracks around the world in his own Gulfstream IV — the same plane that he piloted to two round - the - world speed records in 1987 and» 88 — usually traveling in the company of his wife, Madeleine, and the planet's two most contrasting dogs, Frosty, a regal white poodle so intelligent that he does everything but fasten his own seat belt during takeoff, and Lido, a 14 - pound Chihuahua with Peter Lorre eyes and aspirations to be the William Perry of his species.

It has been revealed that the Gunners have decided to risk getting jet - lag this weekend by taking a plane from Luton Airport to Norfolk ahead of this Premier League fixture, and it may affect our players co-ordination in the match.

The high cruising altitude of jets and planes may increase motion sickness, vomiting, or even jettison a woman into early delivery.

He questioned why jets were not scrambled to shoot down the planes, and why thermite was detected in the rubble of the towers.

A spokesperson for SL Green said that the in - kind contributor of a plane trip (SLG Air L.L.C., which shares a mailing address with SL Green) is legally distinct from SL Green, and the plane was thus not SL Green's corporate jet.

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