In contrast to the Predator, which typically flies at an altitude of 15, 000 feet, the Global Hawk is a high-altitude aircraft capable of flying at 65, 000 feet, beyond the reach of any ground-based weapon.
Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people ) Lunar Lander Challenge last year by flying an alcohol-fueled rocket 150 feet in the air to a landing pad 300 feet away.
Armadillo came close to winning the X Prize Foundation's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge last year by flying an alcohol-fueled rocket 150 feet in the air to a landing pad 300 feet away.
The Boeing 737-300 in question was only 15 years old when its skin peeled open along a riveted lap-joint while flying above 34, 000 feet (just over 10, 000 metres) with 118 passengers on board.
The heat has been so extreme that a portion of the Cimarron Turnpike in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, buckled on Sunday, creating a 2-foot ramp that sent a motorcyclist flying 150 feet through the air.
As the battery explosions earlier this month demonstrate, the idea that these computerized controls would make the lithium-ion batteries safe for a plane flying 40, 000 feet above sea level filled with passengers is inadequate.
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For recreational hobbyists, flying remote-controlled planes is only allowed by the FAA up to 400 feet, and within sight of the operator.
For recreational hobbyists, flying remote-controlled planes is only allowed by the FAA up to 400 feet in the air, and within sight of the operator.
At 29, 000 feet, by FAA regulation, I had to stop hand-flying the Mustang and switched on the autopilot.
The golf-course plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, was flying west at an altitude of 3, 500 feet when the second plane, also a Cessna 172, approached from the east after leaving Santa Monica Airport for a test flight.
The B-52s are long-range bombers capable of flying at subsonic speeds at altitudes of up to 50, 000 feet.
In September 2008, a high-pressure natural gas pipeline operated by BP ruptured, sending two segments of pipe flying 900 feet across the tundra.
Coeur managers cut road exposure down to a 10-mile stretch by flying into and out of a desolate gravel landing strip, which they extended 700 feet and will soon pave.
Flying at the end of 60-foot control lines, they generate enough lift to launch a sailor 40 feet in the air, with hang times that make the sea-level surfers green with envy.
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