They envisioned employing a fleet of drones with a two kilogram payload capacity and a six mile flight-range.
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The EP-3 is capable of a 12-hour flight and has a range of 3, 000 nautical miles.
It is the 40th anniversary this October of the final Black Arrow flight from the Woomera range in Australia and the UK's abandonment of its satellite launch capability.
There are now at least a dozen space tourism endeavors worldwide, offering experiences that range from a flight to the fringe of space to astronaut training on a tropical island.
And the Sea Harrier's range is limited to a few hours of flight.
Other flight operators pride themselves on taking the opportunity to showcase their national range of wines.
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The original jumbo jet could carry twice as many passengers as the next largest plane then flying and had a greater range, allowing, for example, a long transatlantic flight without refuelling.
On October 30, 1935, at Wright Air Field in Dayton, Ohio, the U.S. Army Air Corps held a flight competition for airplane manufacturers vying to build its next-generation long-range bomber.
With most Afghan roads too dangerous to drive, military and diplomatic operations in Afghanistan are supported by a range of contract aviation firms, often staffed by expatriate pilots and flight assistants.
It took four searches over the course of nearly two years to locate the bulk of Flight 447's wreckage and the majority of the bodies in a mountain range deep under the ocean.
"Understanding how our bodies prepare for fight or flight is just one of the applications of their work, which has also opened the door for a wide range of new, more effective drug treatments with fewer side effects, " Poliakoff added.
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