Mid-month, the parties wind down as celebrities jet off to warmer climates like St.
Mr Obama was due later to jet off to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
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Carbon offsetting allows consumers to quell their eco-guilt even as they jet off to distant climes on holiday, and drivers of sports-utility vehicles to argue that they have atoned for the emissions produced by their gas-guzzling cars.
"They'll jet off to the other side of the world where they will then continue to hold down two jobs and do exactly the same thing -- admittedly, probably with a warmer climate, and maybe with a nicer view, " Hurst says.
Back in the 1960s there was an officer, Captain Charlie Plumb, who flew jet fighters off the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk.
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Even with all the work LaBarbera put in, it was like a fighter jet catapulting off the deck of an aircraft carrier once the real games started.
We stepped off the jet yesterday to a cold snap, a surly stock market and kids who see Marji and me as waiters, dishwashers and ATM machines.
After turning off the jet and rocket he will deploy an air brake at 800mph, parachutes at 600mph and finally put his foot on a car-type friction brake at 250mph any faster and the brakes could explode.
Executives attribute the drop-off to rising jet fuel prices, combined with declining air travel.
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Having the three Henderson brothers has obviously helped attract a lot of attention to the team, but I was amazed to see all the cameras and newspaper reporters waiting to see 24 jet-lagged athletes step off the flight.
Malawi's government has invited bids for its 14-seat presidential jet, which is being sold off as part of cost-cutting measures.
He also wants to build a vertical take-off and landing commercial jet.
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So if the decision to use the short take off version of the jet makes sense, why on earth did the incoming coalition government decide to change the plan?
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If a camera detects a blemish on a chip, it sends a signal to one of the airhoses under the conveyor, and a jet of air blows the chip off onto the floor.
Studies have shown that eating late at night, working night shifts, and jet lag all throw the food clock off, resulting in overeating and weight gain.
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With its convenient location above the Kowloon transit center and the adjoining upscale shopping complex Elements, the Kowloon-side W hotel and the Ritz make for good meeting spots for jet-set travelers before they rush off to check in downstairs for their next flight.
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It performs a feat equal to a supersonic jet's circling the globe six inches off the ground.
The more sophisticated missiles are programmed to steer towards heat (such as that given off by a fuel-burning jet).
It includes ground troops with supporting artillery, amphibious assault vehicles and light armour, plus transport and attack helicopters and perhaps AV-8B Harrier jet fighter-bombers, capable of taking off and landing vertically.
This aircraft, which has been called the most important aviation development since the invention of the jet engine, has the ability to take off and land like a helicopter yet fly horizontally at speeds far in excess of those possible for helicopters.
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Because airfares are set by the operating costs of the least efficient planes in service, buyers of new jets are counting on the higher fares resulting from high jet fuel prices to allow them to pay off the loans taken out finance the new planes.
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To celebrate, Jerry and the gang take off to Paris in a private NBC jet.
The engine allows a spaceplane to take off from a runway like any normal jet, and go as fast as Mac 5.5 on a jet-like engine.
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The supersonic jet was grounded soon after it crashed after take off in Paris last July, killing all 109 on board and four on the ground.
Schweitzer was the navigator during an accident in which a E-A Prowler jet sliced a a ski cable gondola after taking off from the Aviano NATO air base.
Officials shut down the race for nearly two hours after Juan Pablo Montoya careened into the back of a jet dryer that was being used to blow debris off the track during a caution flag.
He bought a beach house, vacationed in Mexico, used a private aircraft to jet around, went to the Super Bowl, paid off debts and made some investments.
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