There is no requirement for us to be close to the runway to receive a takeoff clearance. |
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What is an astronaut feeling as he's sitting on the rocket launch pad strapped into his pod at the brink of takeoff? |
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It's a photo of the space shuttle Columbia on the launch pad, before the first-ever shuttle takeoff 22 years ago. |
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Then 50 minutes after takeoff, the spacecraft separated from White Knight and rocketed into the stratosphere. |
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If you perform the roll on takeoff well, you'll still see some of Runway 10 ahead of you. |
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Minutes after takeoff in the close confines of an airline cabin, a loud-mouthed passenger demands a beer and shoves an attendant. |
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Without the Nomex gloves, required for takeoff and landing because of the fire risk, the ladder rungs and safety pole are like burning embers. |
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During initial takeoff, Redman who was in the front seat, performed a normal engine run-up and brake release. |
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If you have been taxiing under conditions conducive to icing, do a static run-up prior to takeoff to assure normal engine operation. |
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It's hard to fight off the sense of vertigo as the ground drops away on takeoff and mountains rush beneath your feet during low-level flying. |
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He said before takeoff that they would perform a daring low-level pass 200 meters above ground at a speed of 900 kilometers per hour. |
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As the tailwheel lifts during the takeoff run, gyroscopic precession tries to turn the plane left of centerline. |
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The autopilot can fly an airplane once in the air and land it, but it cannot be used during takeoff. |
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Incidentally, once the plane is taxiing out for takeoff, similar noises you hear are most likely the flaps and slats being extended for takeoff. |
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Prior to any takeoff, it's also important to be aware of the contamination on the taxiways and runways. |
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At takeoff power when the throttle is wide open, the RPM and fuel flow are at a maximum. |
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The fun starts in a Viking the instant you push the throttle full forward for takeoff. |
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After the Cessna pilot reported the jet in sight, the tower cleared the Cessna for takeoff. |
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Operating right at 2,000 pounds over gross, the airplane was sluggish in responding to takeoff power, a good thing as it turned out. |
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Visibility below one half mile is a no go for takeoff, at least for exercise purposes. |
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The ship was capable of doing a completely vertical takeoff, when she was on her feet. |
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This also improved visibility from the flight deck during taxiing and takeoff. |
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Preparing for all these people, and buttressing runways for a plane that can weigh 544 tonnes on takeoff, is not cheap. |
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Our fears that we had confused a similar call sign with clearance to break for our own takeoff clearance began to grow. |
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So, flight planners must schedule the takeoff for a precise interval when the station is orbiting directly overhead. |
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Also, at takeoff the two outboard auxiliary tanks were full with 412 gallons each. |
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She climbed up the ladder of the small craft and awaited clearance for takeoff. |
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A pilot can obtain clearance on a screen in the cockpit before calling ground control to get taxi instructions for takeoff. |
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They are very stable, slow to takeoff and land and very responsive in pitch and roll. |
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One button starts and configures the aircraft for taxi and takeoff, and off he goes. |
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On intercontinental flights that last as long as 20 hours, four pilots rotate with only one takeoff and one landing to hone their flying skills. |
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Seven passengers aboard a sight-seeing helicopter survive when it plunged into New York's East River just after takeoff. |
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The autopilot can fly an airplane once in the air, and land it, but it cannot be used during takeoff. |
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She discovered the knife and turned it over to a flight attendant before takeoff. |
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She'd had to explain her complete breakdown during takeoff to an anxious flight attendant. |
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The flight crew reported a loss of engine power approximately six minutes after takeoff. |
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Even if someone force-feeds me Valium, even if I chase it with vodka, even if I'm punched in the face before takeoff, I remain petrified. |
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The movements and procedures came back without a flutter and soon the ship was powered up and ready for takeoff. |
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Training will include deadstick landings, crosswind take-offs and landings, go-arounds, and engine failure after takeoff. |
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But spending an hour in a pressure suit in late June with temps in the 90s before takeoff will wear on anyone. |
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Due to these weather conditions, the crew de-iced the aircraft prior to takeoff. |
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This time, immediately after takeoff, the right prop governor failed and the prop feathered. |
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Hundreds of passengers already on planes waiting for takeoff were obliged to deplane. |
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The transmission derates the outputs of both engine types to 450 shp for takeoff and 380 shp for max continuous thrust. |
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This would have permitted much more flexibility in basing since the B-52 is limited by its heavy gross weight and long takeoff ground roll. |
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My body definitely wouldn't handle 7.5 Gs if I didn't adjust my gross weight before takeoff. |
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The tips are canted up to give more ground clearance on takeoff and landing. |
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The expert workmanship of the ground crew team allowed for an on-time takeoff despite all the encountered setbacks and delays. |
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Buy an e-ticket, and you can check in from your home or office computer up to 30 hours before takeoff. |
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When maintenance finally downed the aircraft, it was an hour after the problem occurred and 30 minutes past our scheduled takeoff time. |
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He climbed aboard the aircraft, started the engines, and was cleared for takeoff. |
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Pilots can avoid wake turbulence by allowing greater distance behind the heavy aircraft and their own, or by delaying takeoff for a few minutes. |
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Most takeoff and landing accidents would never have happened if the pilot had made a timely abort. |
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Because of the heavy ordnance load, he continued with the takeoff, instead of executing a highspeed abort. |
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Witnesses said the takeoff roll was long and the airplane went almost the entire length of the runway before lifting off. |
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Plan your takeoff, so you'll lift off before the rotation point of the other aircraft. |
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We learned to takeoff, land, spin, stall, perform precision turns, lazy eights, pylon eights and aerobatics. |
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The aircraft then flies over its customers, airdrops its supplies, and returns empty to the source takeoff site for another mission. |
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With all four of the downed airmen safely aboard, the flight crew made preparations for takeoff. |
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They were limited only by the takeoff time appointed by air traffic control, and could well have anticipated a delay of, say, half an hour. |
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Early testing cleared the Seafire 47 at an all-up weight of 11,100 lb but for takeoff it could weigh as much as 12,900-lb. |
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The landing zone is nothing more than a dry lakebed graded to provide demarcated aircraft landing, takeoff and parking areas. |
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I couldn't wait to jump into the cockpit and takeoff into the wild blue yonder! |
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Even so, there's no guarantee of receiving a takeoff clearance. |
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The NTSB said that the crew of the GIII had received the notam before takeoff from California, but it is investigating why ATC at Aspen did not get a copy. |
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There was the lurch of takeoff and the coffee and pastries I'd had during the meeting got friendly with parts of my body I'd rather they stayed clear of. |
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The captain and one co-pilot will be in the pilots' seats for both takeoff and landing, but during the flight all crewmembers take turns at the controls. |
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From takeoff to landing, we're barraged with an array of tasks. |
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Pilots are being advised to touch their planes' wings before takeoff. |
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Camel pilots had to give the aeroplane full right rudder while bumping across the field on takeoff or the torque of the rotary engine would cause the craft to ground loop. |
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The direction of landing is what is critical here as landing a perfect trick requires the player to land at a perfect 180 degrees to their angle of takeoff. |
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I saw two fold-out seats used by flight attendants during takeoff, landing and turbulence. |
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The delay and the extension of the takeoff rates of transport planes carrying paratroops and airborne force equipment disrupted the flight schedule and airdrop procedure. |
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Prepare for takeoff, because quality vacation time will certainly boost your mood. |
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She started her takeoff run, easily outdistancing her pursuers. |
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During takeoff and landing, I mumble a short prayer that I learned long ago in Sunday school. |
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When we were cleared for takeoff, the flight lead checked us in on the new frequency from the tower and gave the flight a verbal engine run-up command. |
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Remember the harrier jump jet, the vertical takeoff and landing craft the British designed and Hollywood made famous? |
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Just a day earlier, an Australian transport plane took ground fire shortly after takeoff, fatally wounding an American passenger and forcing pilots to abort the flight. |
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Passengers on qantas Flight 32 from Singapore to Sydney heard a loud bang soon after takeoff and saw smoke coming from one engine. |
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Airplanes taxiing for takeoff, for instance, must wait for departing aircraft to take off, or for landing aircraft to arrive and clear the runway. |
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The authors find that takeoff is driven by culture and wealth, in addition to product class, product vintage and prior takeoffs. |
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The origin is the shockwaves originating at the supersonic fan blades at takeoff thrust. |
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In practice this means that normally aircraft land from the northeast over Stockport, Cheadle and Heald Green and takeoff towards Knutsford. |
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Testing was cut short on 23 May, when, during a rejected takeoff test, the left side main wheels broke through the runway surface. |
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These include considerations for safety margins during landing and takeoff. |
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When a plane is ready to takeoff it will stop short of the runway, at which point it will be turned over to Tower Control. |
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Air control clears aircraft for takeoff or landing, ensuring that prescribed runway separation will exist at all times. |
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Bird strikes, also referred as Avian ingestion when sucked into the plane's engine, commonly occur during takeoff and landing. |
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The hybrid aircraft have a vertical takeoff and landing capability. |
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Don Cattell, Outrider TUAV program director, said the objective of the flight was to verify performance of the SAS during takeoff and landing. |
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With the planned roadability of the Skycar these takeoff and landing spots would be within easy driving distance of Moller's roadable aircraft. |
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As the pilots prepared for takeoff, Breman sensed their unease. |
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The self-lubricating chains are available on new takeoff equipment from Periplast Equipamentos Industriais Lda. |
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Four hours after takeoff, as Brenci's MC-130 neared Desert One, they had passed the haboobs. |
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In the United States, this form of homogamy is intensifying over time, a development that contributes to the takeoff in inequality. |
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Lead started the takeoff roll, with Dash 2 following 10 seconds later, followed by Dash 3 taking the runway. |
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The jumper's body pivots up and over the take-off foot, during which time the takeoff leg rapidly flexes and extends. |
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According to him, the process of de-icing planes before takeoff is the cause of the delays. |
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They had to move the plane back from the runway to de-ice the wings before takeoff. |
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And we're always looking for ways to make certain that our solution fits the needs of the construction professionals who rely on PlanSwift for their takeoff and estimating. |
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A major problem with the autogyro was driving the rotor before takeoff. |
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The earliest aircraft takeoff and landing sites were grassy fields. |
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On Center Software's On-Screen Takeoff is a construction estimating and takeoff application that uses electronic plans to digitally complete construction takeoffs. |
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On May 20, 1927, at New York's Roxy Theater, Fox Movietone presented a sound film of the takeoff of Charles Lindbergh's celebrated flight to Paris, recorded earlier that day. |
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Strict rules governed the aircraft designs, with the key constraints being engine selection, total area, payload volume, and takeoff and landing distances. |
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Bird strikes are not uncommon and the issue drew worldwide attention in January when a US Airways jet struck a flock of geese shortly after takeoff. |
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He has patents on wing and airfoil design concepts for efficient transonic transports, powered high-lift concepts, and short takeoff and landing configurations. |
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Massport has announced plans to install a Category III landing system at ORH to combat takeoff and landing problems caused by routine fog at the airport. |
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A jet plane at takeoff registers about 120 decibels, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and other organizations that care about such things. |
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The rotor clutch was then disengaged before the takeoff run. |
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At a gross takeoff weight of 275 tonnes, of which 220 tonnes is propellant, the vehicle is capable of placing 12 tonnes into an equatorial low Earth orbit. |
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