Sentences with phrase «wing aircraft»

Perform minor sheet metal and structural repairs on general aviation fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.

Trained in airborne infiltration techniques from both fixed and rotary wing aircraft utilizing the T - 10D, MC1 - 1C, and SF - 10A parachute canopies

Performed in - flight data recordings via aircraft instrumentation system of next generation infrared countermeasure system for fix - wing aircraft.

Designed a dynamic simulation test matrix and planned flight profiles to predict next generation infrared countermeasure system effectiveness for fix - wing aircraft.

Depot level repair, troubleshoot, modified, overhauled, and maintained complex electrical and avionic systems on UH - 60 rotary wing aircraft.

Maintained and serviced the ground support equipment of rotary wing aircraft to ensure they are mission capable.

It depends on the specialty, but usually an aerospace engineer has to work on a fixed - wing aircraft, missiles, weapons, helicopters, flight simulators or space vehicles.

Rebuilt defective pumps, under - wing aircraft refueling nozzles, bottom loading and overfill protection equipment.

According to Moller, «The Skycar combines the high - speed capabilities of a fixed wing aircraft with the vertical take - off and landing capabilities of a helicopter.

It could be a fixed wing aircraft or the more common rotary drone.

Our practice includes fixed - wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned vehicle systems, space vehicles, engines, navigation systems and component parts.

Air Tours also extend to fixed wing aircraft that are also wonderful sightseeing vehicles including sea planes.

They have a fleet of fixed high wing aircraft which can also land on the water, to ensure you get the most from your experience.

He developed the idea of ailerons, which allow «banking» of fixed - wing aircraft around the fuselage's longitudinal axis and are essential in making turns when aloft.

Soar overhead with gsl aviation aboard a high - wing aircraft, with guaranteed window seats for everyone on - board.

You can drive to Pumphouse Point from most cities across the state, but the best way to arrive is on a helicopter or fixed - wing aircraft from Hobart with Par - Avion Wilderness Tours.

Your scenic flight options can be in a helicopter or a fixed wing aircraft and they can take you to exotic places like Lizard Island, an outback cattle station, the Undara Lava Tubes or even up to Cape York for some Barramundi fishing or to see Cooktown for the day.

Dunk Island is just off the coast of Mission Beach and is accessible by boat, seaplane, helicopter and fixed wing aircraft from Cairns city.

Lockheed's moat is especially wide in manned combat fixed wing aircraft, where it's likely to be the U.S. military's sole supplier by 2025, thus ensuring a steady stream of high margin sales and cash flow.

Also designs ship and submarine mission and combat systems, including mission systems and sensors for rotary and fixed - wing aircraft, sea and land - based missile defense systems as well as radar systems, the Littoral combat ship, simulation and training services, and unmanned systems and technologies.

A zero emissions electric vehicle, its design is inspired by swept - wing aircraft.

With it's new platforms (fixed - wing aircraft, guided - missile frigate and it's accompanying multi-mission helicopter, and a stealthy diesel submarine) Dangerous Waters is a true anti-submarine warfare simulation.

Air support in Antarctica includes LC - 130, Twin Otter and Basler Turbo 6 fixed - wing aircraft, and A-Star and Bell 212 helicopters.

«We have found the rotary wing aircraft to be more useful than fixed wing, because they can hover at lower altitudes and perform agile maneuvering, which makes them well suited for field inspections.»

The EagleRay is the first unmanned, fixed - wing aircraft capable of traveling through the air and underwater — transitioning repeatedly between sky and sea.

The federal agency provided a fixed - wing aircraft for surveillance of the coastal brushlands on April 14, and on April 18 an FBI helicopter joined the search as well.

Among aerodynamically lifted aircraft, most fall in the category of fixed - wing aircraft, where horizontal airfoils produce lift, by profiting from airflow patterns determined by Bernoulli's equation and, to some extent, the Coanda effect.

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.

Rotary - wing aircraft, such as Apache and Chinook helicopters, play vital combat and logistical roles across the U.S. military services, but new research in the Wildlife Society Bulletin reveals how vulnerable these aircraft are to wildlife strikes.

Many types of aircraft are vulnerable to strikes, estimated to cost the aviation industry $ 1.2 billion worldwide per year; however, to date no assessment of strikes to military rotary - wing aircraft has been conducted.

Drogue parachutes are also sometimes used to aid horizontal deceleration of a vehicle (a fixed - wing aircraft or space shuttle after touchdown, or a drag racer).

The first powered, fixed - wing aircraft ever to fly was an uncontrolled steam - powered drone built by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley.

The US military — which part - funded this research — is keen on drones that flap like birds because they can be far stealthier than faster, fixed wing aircraft.

The same phenomenon is a hallmark of delta wing aircraft such as the Concorde or the space shuttle.

Rabies vaccine baits distributed over rural areas by five fixed - wing aircraft and one helicopter will begin no earlier than August 17th and will take approximately 3 days to complete, based on weather conditions.

Rabies vaccine baits will be distributed by five fixed - wing aircraft over rural areas starting on August 19th and will take approximately 3 days.

It cites health issues and studies that «have shown that aviation noise can be harmful to human health and wildlife and that helicopter noise can cause disturbance at lower decibel levels than fixed - wing aircraft.»

Additionally, the United States Air force C5, C17, UC - 35, KC - 10, C - 9 and C130 fixed wing aircraft as well as U.S. Army Rotary wing, OH - 58D, UH - 60 and CH - 47D & F Aircraft have been fueled at Griffiss.

Five fixed - wing aircraft are distributing baits through August 20.

In the event, it would have cost the exchequer more to cancel the projects because of punishing penalty clauses than to complete the carriers - which may not be able to carry any British fixed - wing aircraft until 2019.

«And six rotary - wing aircraft from the Utah, Nebraska and North Carolina Army National Guard are en route to the area.

«Seven fixed - wing aircraft from the U.S. Coast Guard and Air National Guard are in support, he added, and the Texas National Guard is using about 200 Humvees, 218 high - water vehicles, 15 wreckers and 19 fuelers.»

«And Department of Defense has prepositioned a search and rescue unit that includes two search and rescue planners, nine search and rescue rotary - wing aircraft, two fixed - wing aircraft, pararescue teams and associated command - and - control... elements,» Mann added.

Critical Care Transport Worldwide, Cleveland Clinic's critical care transport fleet comprises mobile ICU vehicles, helicopters and fixed - wing aircraft, and serves children and adults.

He went on to serve three tours in Vietnam, and, according to his son Ray flew more air hours (in both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft) than any pilot in any service.

With more than a little intestinal fortitude, the Wrights fearlessly followed their vision all the way to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and history's first successful flight of a fixed - wing aircraft.

Binns said there was strong interest in the new aircraft, which are far quieter and produce far less carbon dioxide than fixed - wing aircraft, but he declined to predict when the companies would be able to announce a launch customer.

«My fear is that public tolerance for a bad outcome is not like it was when we introduced the public to regular flight in fixed - wing aircraft.

In all, 20 aircraft carriers can carry and launch fixed - wing aircraft are currently in service around the world.

They pilot and navigate the flight of fixed - wing aircraft on nonscheduled air - carrier routes or helicopters.