This creates a jet of hot air which passes over an airfoil-shaped ramp channelling its direction.
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The firefighter told jurors at Lambeth Town Hall that he told a colleague to direct a jet of water at a fire on the west side of the building.
If a camera detects a blemish on a chip, it sends a signal to one of the airhoses under the conveyor, and a jet of air blows the chip off onto the floor.
Given the relatively low costs of drones -- already far cheaper than the costs of a fighter jet and of training a fighter jet pilot -- armed drones will play a key role in future conflicts.
NetJets fractional aircraft ownership allows individuals and companies to buy a share of a private business jet at a fraction of the cost of whole aircraft ownership, and guarantees availability 365 days a year with just a few hours' notice.
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It would also need to be only half the size of a conventional jet of similar power, says Dr Lior.
The vehicle will be the size of a small business jet, capable of making several flights a day, the company said.
Airsafe.com, a not-for-profit venture that compiles airline-safety statistics, notes only four cases in which a flight crew intentionally landed a commercial jet into a body of water.
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When the passengers for D301 reached the platform, they encountered a vehicle that looked less like a train than a wingless jet: a tube of aluminum alloy, a quarter of a mile from end to end, containing sixteen carriages, painted in high-gloss white with blue racing stripes.
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Among BAE Systems' plans, for example, is the co-operative control of drones, which would allow a pilot in a jet to fly with a squadron of the robot aircraft on surveillance or combat missions.
Under cover of darkness, and dressed in a thin grey hooded top, jeans and a pair of white trainers, he clambered into a tiny space inside the wheel housing of a passenger jet bound for London.
And unlike pilots at the scene, these remote observers are unaffected by the physical toil of flying a jet or the adrenalin rush of combat.
Xu Xin, president of Deer Jet, a subsidiary of the Hainan Airlines Group, told China Daily that he is very optimistic about the Chinese business aviation market due to the increasing number of rich people in China and their willingness to spend more on business jets.
Most recently, a Boeing 747 hit a regional jet at O'Hare airport in Chicago in May, a 767 hit a regional jet in Boston in July 2011 and an A380 hit a regional jet in April of 2011 at New York's JFK airport.
Most recently, a Boeing 747 hit a regional jet at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in May, a 767 hit a regional jet in Boston in July 2011 and an A380 hit a regional jet in April of 2011 at New York's JFK Airport.
"I'd traveled the world and had never found the perfect limo to move around in"--that is, he says, one that combines the comfort and intimacy of a family room with the corporate trappings of a private jet.
The house stood on top of a high hill, and the view was like being in the cockpit of a jet coming in for a landing.
The satellites would be launched like a ballistic missile from a jet, only instead of heading for a target, it would head into orbit.
Wandering among the turbines, we passed some Ping-Pong tables, where a competition was under way, and stopped in front of a shiny white dome that looked like the nose of a passenger jet.
With a fuel burn 30% less than a typical light jet and a cruise speed of more than 345 mph, the King Air 250 really zips along.
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As soon as Airbus announced it was to embark on a project to develop the first "super" jumbo in 2001, it received an order for a private variant of the jet (then known by its codename of A3XX) from a client in the Middle East.
But it's not because there's a proliferation of jet-setting billionaire tax dodgers these days.
Reports from Iraq say that a number of jet fighters have been attacking PKK rebel hideouts close to the Turkish border.
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The ground-based system offered by Gogo, which connects a Wi-Fi hot spot installed in a jet to one of 135 antennas Gogo has on the ground in North America, has been running on commercial aircraft since 2008.
Plans also include the suspension of a Meteor and a Jaguar jet from the ceiling of the building with an elevated viewing gallery for visitors to see the planes hanging in mid-air.
The configuration of the jet stream, a band of high-altitude westerly winds, also contributes, although its current position, to the far north above the continent, is not uncommon for summer, according to Mike Brewer, a physical scientist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rolls-Royce, for instance, had to put up with investors dismissing it as a fragile maker of jet engines while it was in fact transforming itself into a global engineering, energy and services group.
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The showroom also has a lifelike replica of an Airbus Corporate Jet Interior so he can show customers a top-of-the-range interior or just host a small reception when he closes a deal.
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