Sentences with phrase «twin engine plane»

Schafer recruits Seal to take reconnaissance photos of guerillas operating in Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, wooing him with a super-fast, super-nimble twin engine plane.

However, it should be noted that twin engine planes like the Airbus 330 are designed to be able to fly and land with just one engine.

Not exact matches

The A380 superjumbo has struggled to make money for Airbus as the airline industry trend switched to smaller, twin - engine planes that still have the ability to fly long distances.

The twin - aisle plane is coming into service as Delta phases out its last Boeing 747s, the four - engine plane that some airlines have ditched in favor of more fuel - efficient twin - engine planes.

You won't expect it, because you prepared for the long haul,» she writes, «but then all of the sudden, midst the puffy clouds and blue skies, your little twin engine Entreprenairplane will sputter, the needle on the gas gauge unexpectedly plummeting to zero, and you will have only one choice... land your plane on the wild, abandoned air strip called Bank Balance: Fourteen Dollars.»

Five people, including four members of one family, were killed when their twin - engine plane crashed during takeoff Sunday morning at a small airport about 40 miles east of Tampa.

One was a Texan who habitually flew a twin - engine Beechcraft Travel Air between his men's clothing store in Dallas and a branch in Bryan, Texas, 150 miles away, which he had opened partly to justify a tax write - off for the plane.

If the bigger twin - engines and turboprops belong in the limousine class, then such practical workhorses as short takeoff and landing (STOL) planes and seaplanes must be likened to jeeps and dune buggies.

They had left Columbia in midmorning in three twin - engine planes.

Now that Beth has his attention again, Freeway is less in demand as a surrogate for the doctor's wife to pour her extraneous love on, evidenced by her boarding of the twin - engine plane after calling the search party off, leaving behind the dog to fend for himself in the Rockies.

The job is to fly a twin - engine plane over and taking photographs of communist rebel bases in various Central American countries.

Five people died when a twin - engine plane crashed Sunday morning at Bartow Municipal Airport, authorities said.

When you fire up the McLaren M838T V - 8, this engine with its flat - plane crankshaft and twin IHI turbos has more presence than an Audi V - 8, yet it never tries to overpower you like a Ferrari V - 8.

Early on, Ford decided to use the GT to push the technological envelope, so it opted for a fuel - efficient twin - turbo EcoBoost engine rather than the throwback flat - plane V - 8 found in the new GT350.

Destinations: Private flights to and from Beef Island Airport (EIS) from Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas - US Virgin Islands, St Maarten, Antigua, Anguilla and other destinations, via twin engine Piper Navajo prop planes.

These twin engine Franco - Italian planes are used in over 60 countries and are ideal for short haul flights.

Available vehicles include the CH47 Chinook twin - engine helicopter, the supersonic F - 5 Tiger fighter plane, the Russian off - road GAZ 69 (Gorki» y Automobil Zavod), and the famous UHD1 «Huey» helicopter.

In her new work, How I Roll, a twin - engine plane, supported by vertical steel posts at the wing tips, rotates in the center of Doris C. Freedman Plaza.