The engine had been running at high temperatures for four times longer than a normal F-35 flight, causing a separation of the "grain boundary" on one blade, Mr Bates explained.

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Highlights include the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, the food court and gift shop at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a "windshield tour" near the flight line where F-16s, KC-135s, F-22s, F-35s, B-1s or C-17s might be visible, said the spokesman.

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The man was arrested after the flight arrived at John F.

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When comparisons are adjusted to remove this disparity, the cost per flight hour of the F-35 is only about ten percent higher than that of legacy planes for a fighter that is far more survivable and effective.

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Climbing to 17, 000 feet was bumpy, and I turned the controls over to Terry Tomeny, a former F-16 jock and now chief of flight-test engineering for Eclipse.

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The American Airlines flight had taken off from John F.

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We took it for a quick flight through some canyons in an F-16 and, though we nearly blacked out a few times and came close to losing our cookies thanks to the over-sensitive head tracking setup, we have to admit the HOTAS was quite a joy to use.

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The shuttle was on display at a Smithsonian Institution museum before being flown from Virginia's Dulles International Airport on April 27 and making its final flight to New York's John F.

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New York (CNN) -- A Delta flight to Madrid from New York returned to John F.

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Earlier this month, a Air France plane clipped a Delta Connection flight on a runway at New York's John F.

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The restrictions over New York City prohibit any aircraft that is operating under visual flight rules from flying within 30 nautical miles of John F.

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"In a worst-case scenario, you could eject from a fighter jet, " says senior CAL flight instructor Chou Yu-sen, who once trained F-104 and T33 combat pilots.

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Waiting to board my overbooked flight back to Boston, I came across an intriguing quote by Robert F.

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