Once airliners are airborne, pilots typically connect and then monitor the performance of autopilots and flight-control computers until close to landing.
To estimate the latter, one needs to know what fraction of the impactor was distributed globally, as opposed to being ejected to space or landing close to the crater.
But when the puffins get used to human presence, they return to their normal routine, landing close by, their beaks brimming with slivers of transparent- and silver-covered food that contrast brilliantly with the bright red of the beak.
The system has worked well in reviving the depleted species: This year recreational fishermen are reporting record tuna catches, with some landing fish close to shore as big as 260 pounds.
We end up landing and releasing close to 30 fish.
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The object of the game is to close all the categories by landing in them three times in a throw and once that is achieved you can score points in them before your opponents also close the category.
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Azra, the restive district where the helicopter made the forced landing, is close to the Pakistani border and local officials say that while there are some Afghan government forces there, the Taliban and other insurgents have a strong presence.
If you hang around long enough, a propeller-driven aircraft -- probably bringing holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Eilat -- will swoop in low for a landing, passing so close you may feel the urge to reach out and touch it.
The ringside punch totals were almost as close as the scoring, with Alvarado credited with landing 261 punches to 241 for Rios.
According to the SEC, almost immediately after landing at the Industrials Group, Femenia began conspiring with several close friends to exploit and profit from this insider knowledge.
Independent MLA Jim Allister wanted to know if this announcement was designed to provide a "soft landing" for what was intended to be a permanent decision to close the City accident and emergency department.
Small 10-seater planes make the hour flight to the falls, approaching up the river canyon and swooping down close to the lip of the cascade for the perfect photo op, before landing at the nearby Kaieteur airstrip.
Those two brief stretches of time when all electronic devices must be turned off -- after the doors to the plane close until it is at cruising altitude, and then again on approach for landing -- are being questioned.
From the CBS visitor centre in Bermudian Landing, local village guides lead short nature walks that provide an up-close introduction to a resident troop of black howlers.
With a grassy hollow guarding the left front edge and sand at the right front edge, to get close you must wriggle in between the traps or fly over and pray for a soft landing.
Harlequins made a superb start, fly-half Chris Malone landing a drop-goal after just 23 seconds while Guest drove in from the base of a close-range ruck.
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