"The prompts come back every two seconds and it will tell me things like whether I'm flying level, whether I'm banking to the right, banking to the left, in a descent or in a climb, " he said.
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Diamond told the Associated Press that he was "flying way above sea level" when heard about the honour.
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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Senior-level women in all industries often find themselves flying solo at company dinners, cocktail hours, and award presentations because their husbands plead their own work commitments or find it awkward to play a secondary role.
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The level design is essentially an infinite, random stage full of spike pits, flying skulls, and different path choices telegraphed by icons and arrows.
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The air pressure is also now closer to what is normal in Denver, Colorado -- the mile-high city at 5, 280ft -- than the traditionally higher, and more mountaintop-like standard of 8, 000ft above sea level, sparing fliers from the mild altitude sickness that can be experienced when flying a long distance.
The large stretch of water being covered extends across 50 square miles over two loughs which attract a high level of leisure activity including fishing, sailing, canoeing and over-the-water flying.
He says that they can help deliver a superior level of customer service, strengthening the carrier's brand image and differentiating them from competitors flying similar routes.
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