The technology also can sit in DC-to-DC devices, which are designed to adjust the voltage and minimize power losses.
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To achieve this power savings, rivals need to add external dc-to-dc converters, increasing both the size and cost of their products.
For the next 45 minutes, Haynes, First Officer Bill Records, engineer Dudley Dvorak and instructor Dennis Fitch would need all their strength and good ideas to re-invent how to fly the DC-10.
She would quit her high-paying, high-pressure job as a DC-based financial lawyer to travel the world.
Legend Airlines, a Dallas-based startup, met a similar block when it tried to fly DC-9s -- modified to seat 56 -- from Love Field to New York City and other major destinations.
Then I drove the five-and-a-half hours from DC to the Catskills.
But today's 11-hour junkets from San Francisco to Tokyo eclipse the DC-7-era's San Francisco-New York routes by just three hours, and come with a lot more comfort (though no doubt the players' union would have plenty to say about such trips).
Many companies have abandoned final-salary or defined-benefit (DB) pensions for new staff and switched to defined-contribution (DC) schemes, in large part because of the high cost of the former.
After two years, my teaching contracts ended, so I said hasta luego to my life on the Iberian Peninsula and moved back in with my parents to work a nine-to-five desk job in Washington DC, dealing with financial reviews, company deadlines, terrible co-workers and fax machines that never worked.
Simulated tests using a cargo bay from a scrap jetliner similar to the DC-9 were completed Thursday at a Federal Aviation Administration technical center in Egg Harbor Township.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made two urgent recommendations for changes to the DC-10's cargo doors and Douglas assured the authorities that the changes could be made during regular maintenance checks.
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While no official cause of the crash has been named, sources have told CNN that 150 of the oxygen generators -- improperly packed and stowed in the DC-9's cargo hold -- are believed to have ignited the fire that brought down the plane.
They needed a Douglas DC-8 to lease.
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It thinks that nearly half of employers whose schemes are still open to new joiners will close them, with a defined-contribution (DC) scheme being offered to the staff instead.
Siegel and Shuster had an on-again, off-again relationship with DC, often suing over their rights, but ultimately returning to work for DC each time.
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But more ambitiously, Amtrak recently hired consulting firm KPMG to develop a plan for high-speed rail service from Washington, DC to Boston by 2020.
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But even later when my magazine reading went on line, for years in DC my go-to time-killer was to spend some time in a Borders flipping through graphic novels or books.
And there was an outcry from fans in 1997 when Desperate Dan was supposedly to be retired after heading off into the sunset with the Spice Girls - although DC Thomson later admitted the storyline had been a publicity stunt to generate attention for its 60th anniversary.
When it goes on sale next summer, the Spark EV is expected to have among the best EV battery range in its segment and be the first electric vehicle to offer SAE Combo DC Fast Charging capability, enabling the Spark EV to reach 80-percent battery charge in just 20 minutes.
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Obama is the only president in recent memory never to have successfully placed a nominee on the DC Circuit, which handles many high-profile appeals, including executive authority to fight terrorism and broader congressional power.
In 1979, an Air Zealand DC-10 flying from Auckland to the South Pole hit Mount Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard.
As someone who has driven the car, and liked it a great deal, I was surprised by how badly it fared during the Times test drive up I-95 from Washington, DC to New York City (it failed miserably according to author John Broder).
Washington DC is expected to see 3-8 inches of snow, weather officials said.
The DC-9 pilot faced 8- to 15-foot seas in the 1970 ditching and the Ethiopian jet was dealing with offshore waves.
It is thanks to this co-operation, says DC Sadler, that month on month, almost without exception, the number of people receiving drugs treatment across the North East has gradually increased.
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After a fan write-in campaign, DC revised the issue numbers to reflect the original starting date of the title, resulting in the next issue being numbered 600.
The source of the fire has still not been pinpointed, but it was widely speculated that a group of oxygen generators in the cargo hold may have caused or contributed to a blaze in the cargo hold of the DC-9.
The DC-9 crashed shortly after takeoff on a Miami to Atlanta flight, killing all 110 people aboard.
The DC said people still like to use chip pans - despite the fact deep fat fryers have a thermostat and are safer.
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