Sentences with phrase «of light aircraft»

A large pterosaur may have had a wingspan of 11 meters, «which made it the size of a light aircraft,» she says.

The General Aviation Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society has continued to focus on encouragement and support for design engineering and manufacture of light aircraft, particularly sport light aircraft, in the UK.

We've all had those days when someone vandalises your fleet of light aircraft...

Incompetence is when NPP claims that the patching of cracks on the Kumasi Airport runway in 2008 to allow for landing and take - off of light aircraft (maximum of 737 aircraft with limited load) during CAN 2008, is the equivalent of the complete runway overlay that the NDC has done.

Not exact matches

«Some of our aircraft are equipped with mood lighting and while this was not a company - wide initiative, at times, our flight crews will adjust the lighting for a customer or group of customers traveling on their flight.

Goldfein reiterated this month that the force was looking at the light - attack aircraft program, known as OA - X, to produce a plane that fits into that networked battlefield, where all of a force's assets are connected.

Hawkins and his co-founder, designer Steen Strand, founded Icon in 2006, after the FAA created a new category of airplanes called «light sport aircraft,» designed for recreational aviation.

Therefore, it gives an idea of the g - forces on André Brännström, Saab test pilot, as he performs extreme aerobatics with the JAS - 39 Gripen C light single - engine multirole fighter aircraft.

«This is a concerning rate,» Dedrone CEO Jorg Lamprecht told CNBC, «especially in light of international incidents where drones have crashed into other aircraft, and been used by terrorists, and used in other illicit activities.»

Some of our aircraft are equipped with mood lighting and while this was not a companywide initiative, at times, our flight crews will adjust the lighting for a customer or group of customers traveling on their flight.

The system seems especially important today in light of big cases where the US is trying to unilaterally impose tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber and Canadian aircraft for allegedly violating rules governing fair trade.

McLaren Vale is only 40 kilometres south of Adelaide - the capital of South Australia, and is highly accessible by a variety of safe public and private transport options, including light aircraft, bus, car and bicycle.

The chassis is made of aircraft grade aluminum which makes it light but sturdy and durable.

Maclaren used high - tech, lightweight, aircraft grade aluminum to create one of the lightest, full - featured strollers on the market.

The leader of the Conservatives in Europe gets above the political fray by flying a light aircraft

Incompetence is when a running mate does not know and does not bother to verify that the previous sealing of cracks on the runway of the Tamale airport and the provision of basic equipment ahead of CAN 2008 is not same as the recent runway extension from 2,400 metres to 3,400 metres, the provision of new Aeronautical ground lighting systems and modern navigational equipment to ensure safe operations, coupled with the pavement reconstruction and strengthening to cater for wide bodied aircraft such as Boeing 747 — 700 which is capable of carrying 500 passengers at a time as demonstrated during the recent Hajj uplifts.

A rehabilitation that now enables the Kumasi airport to accommodate heavier aircraft and also handle night flights on full basis due to the installation of the Aeronautical ground lighting system

Vice Chairman of the RAeS General Aviation Group, John Robertson, reports on the Group's annual conference at which a significant announcement was made concerning the development of new UK light aircraft designs.

Similarly, the troops also neutralized 2 Hilux vehicles belonging to the insurgents and recovered the following; a Hilux vehicle, 1 Browning Machine Gun (BMG), 1 Anti Aircraft Gun (AAG), 2 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), 1 Light Machine Gun (LMG), 2 Rocket Propelled Guns Seven (RPG 7) tubes and bombs, 5 AK - 47 Rifles and 550 Rounds of Anti-Aircraft Gun ammunition.

Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, suggests that by midcentury aircraft skin could alternate between transparent and opaque, somewhat like today's light - sensitive eyeglasses, giving passengers a wide - angle view of the clouds.

An instrument - laden light aircraft penetrated the towering smoke plume of the fire, registering an 80 mile per hour updraft of hot, buoyant air, followed by a turbulent downdraft.

McEwan captured the excitement as Bland, with the help of a colleague flying overhead in a light aircraft, located the rock just as the rains came.

A new class of laser weapons 10 times smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power could protect U.S. aircraft from ground - based threats

«Light - based method improves practicality and quality of remote wind measurements: Innovative technology could aid hurricane forecasting, aircraft safety and wind energy generation.»

In - flight gadgets are already used as forensic tools for light aircraft, says Matthew Greaves of Cranfield University, UK.

The Farnborough F1 will be one of the new breed of super-smooth aircraft made from light composites.

Ian Bentley, a director of a rival light aircraft maker, Cirrus Design of Duluth, Minnesota, says pilots are interested in anything that improves aircraft performance even by a few per cent.

Much like traffic signals at a railroad crossing, red lights embedded in the pavement will warn aircraft to stay clear of occupied lanes; so far the system has reduced runway incursions where it has been deployed.

They came up during litigation over automobile patents and again with the advent of the telegraph, electric lighting, aircraft, lasers and microprocessors.

A pilot sits in the cockpit of a Diamond DA42 light aircraft, mentally working through the steps needed to safely land on the runway ahead.

And the race to build the first working laser — a ruby crystal that emitted pulses of light at 0.69 microns — was won that same year by Theodore Maiman of Hughes Aircraft Co..

Far safer than the Hindenburg, whose tragic 1937 docking remains an icon of aerospace gone wrong, these modern airships are a hybrid of lighter - than - air and fixed - wing aircraft.

«Biology has an incredible diversity of species, which can provide us new design cues and synthetic routes to the next generation of advanced materials for light - weight automobiles, aircraft and other structural applications,» Kisailus said.

A NEW process for 3D printing could pave the way for lighter, faster aircraft that may fly further on the same amount of fuel.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials & Manufacturing Directorate (ARFL / RX), based at Wright — Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, has been investigating applications for carbon nanotubes for at least the past decade, mixing them with polymers in search of stronger, lighter materials that could replace aluminum and even copper wiring, which can represent as much as a third of the aircraft's total weight.

Examples of lighter - than - air aircraft include non-steerable balloons, such as hot air balloons and gas balloons, and steerable airships (sometimes called dirigible balloons) such as blimps (that have non-rigid construction) and rigid airships that have an internal frame.

Without the spatial confinement, the electric field associated with circularly polarized light behaves like the propeller of an aircraft whose axis is parallel to the direction of propagation.

According to Greg Monk, the telescope operator in the building below the telescope, he heard a crack and «a low rumble like an overhead jet aircraft» before a chunk of steel pierced the ceiling, smashed the toilet, and wiped out power to all of the lights.

It is important to point out at this stage that the VersaClimber is made of aircraft grade aluminum, which gives it extreme strength and durability while keeping the entire machine as light as possible.

Steve is the holder of the Blind Land Speed and Powerboat records and was the first blind person to fly a light aircraft around the UK.

More hot rod influences can be found in the interior, with the aircraft gauges mounted on top of the dash's face (rather than behind it), the light bar and Vintage Air AC controls hidden inside the glovebox, and nine more toggle switches mounted in three panels above the driver attached to the SO - CAL fab'd six - point roll cage.

Airport development means --(1) Any work involved in constructing, improving, or repairing a public airport or portion thereof, including the removal, lowering, relocation, and marking and lighting of airport hazards, and including navigation aids used by aircraft landing at, or taking off from, a public airport, and including safety equipment required by rule or regulation for certification of the airport under section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and security equipment required of the sponsor by the Secretary by rule or regulation for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport, and including snow removal equipment, and including the purchase of noise suppressing equipment, the construction of physical barriers, and landscaping for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on any area adjacent to a public airport; (2) Any acquisition of land or of any interest therein, or of any easement through or other interest in airspace, including land for future airport development, which is necessary to permit any such work or to remove or mitigate or prevent or limit the establishment of, airport hazards; and (3) Any acquisition of land or of any interest therein necessary to insure that such land is used only for purposes which are compatible with the noise levels of the operation of a public airport.

Like a light aircraft, it feels as if there's no weight apart from the engine in front of you, while the optional auto» box in this car simply slurs the gears and maintains the heady, unshackled rush towards the next corner.

Also underscoring their aircraft lineage, the 900's dashboard was curved to enable easy reach of all controls and featured gauges lit up from the front.

The inside of the car had many aircraft - like features such as pod mounted lighting, climate control and wiper controls.

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

Automotive displays and Aircraft displays are the most challenging displays because the positions of the viewer (driver or pilot) and the display are both fixed and are not adjustable like on all other displays, they must be readable inspite of being unadjustable in high ambient light including direct sunlight, and operate with large viewing angles that affect brightness, contrast, and color.

«These aircraft will add resilience to our flying programme in light of an industry wide shortage of Trent 1000 engines used on our Boeing 787 aircraft.»

These include: Jacob's Creek Visitor Centre - set in the heart of the Barossa; The Louise — luxury culinary tourism and accommodation also in the Barossa; Chinta Tours — tailor made air safaris in private light aircraft and 4WDs to stunning outback locations; Exceptional Kangaroo Island — good food, wine, wildlife sightings and creative itineraries; Gawler Ranges Wilderness Safaris — Kangaluna Camp, a boutique tented camp that caters for up to 12 guests in an iconic Australian setting; Kangaroo Island Wilderness Tours — local guides (most of whom have lived on the Island all their lives) take guests into one of the world's leading wildlife destinations; Kingsford Homestead — an award winning luxury country retreat among rolling hills on the edge of the Barossa; Rawnsley Park Station — guided walks and 4WD tours to experience the wildlife and landscapes of the Flinders Ranges; The Tailor — off the beaten path specialists for private tours with a luxury edge; and Southern Ocean Lodge — Australia's first true luxury lodge, located on Kangaroo Island.

The aircraft is composed of light - weight composites, and is the first mid-sized plane capable of flying long - range routes.