On that fuel burn, we saw 320 knots of true airspeed, or 368 miles per hour.
By Sunday night, despite predictions of light wind, Outrageous was surfing on 25 knots of wind.
It resembles a woodland, in which isolated knots of trees surround a few dense thickets of forest.
At that fuel burn we saw 320 knots of true airspeed, or 368mph.
As these knots of plotting schemers at the city centers were becoming bloated with sudden wealth, the producing classes of the country .
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The reality of American prisons, this argument runs, has nothing to do with the knots of procedural justice or the perversions of Enlightenment-era ideals.
We sailed over Klamath Falls, Oregon, showing 196 knots of groundspeed.
Where much historical fiction gets entangled in the simulation of historical authenticity, Mantel bypasses those knots of concoction, and proceeds as if authenticity were magic rather than a science.
But in recent years knots of people often gathered there to watch an odder creature creeping, by feet and hands alone, across the high sheer face of boulder, buttress or cliff.
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On Southend Pier, the world's longest, which ends after 1.34 miles in water so deep that flounder, mackerel, cod and plaice can be caught in it, a grey August day finds knots of anglers at every shelter.
Another common type of massage, so-called deep tissue, tends to be more targeted to problem muscles and includes techniques such as acupressure, trigger-point work (which focuses on little knots of muscle) and "deep transverse friction" where the therapist moves back and forth over muscle fibers to break up scar tissue.
Sailing at 12-15 knots instead of 20-24 knots brings enormous savings on fuel - but it does mean that extra ships are required to transport the same volume of goods in the same timescale.
There are any number of knots in that tangle of associations that can be traced back to his profession.
Guernsey's met office recorded a southerly wind of 18 knots, gusting to 28 knots at the time of Wednesday's high water.
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Storm systems were moving in from either side, but there was a lull between them that let us barrel through at a considerable average speed of 11 knots, returning so far ahead of schedule that the captain detoured to give us a view of Cape Horn.
The boat, called Route 66, cruised at more than 20 knots and frequently hit speeds in excess of 30 knots, or 35 miles an hour.
The dull roar of the wind, rushing past at a speed of eight knots, punctuated by the occasional pop of the canvas sail that billows and gusts below my dangling feet.
The boat, called Route 66, cruised at more than 20 knots and frequently hit speeds in excess of 30 knots, or 55 kilometers an hour. (Note that America's Cup racers max out at 16 knots, and they're basically empty shells with nary a cushion to sit on.) Route 66 boasted a full luxury interior with air-conditioning, desalination equipment and even an air compressor for underwater breathing hoses.
But despite its streamline design, the shark-shaped ship travels at an average speed of just 7.5 knots -- about that of a large ocean liner.
Celtic knew a win would wrap the title and began the match at a furious rate of knots.
Like sailing, fishing, and mountaineering, dog sledding has a complicated vernacular of knots.
Meanwhile, foreign banks operating in Cyprus will probably head for the hills, knowing that an economy already in recession will probably now contract at a rate of knots - causing penury to many.
Several of the niftier knots and straps that made their way into the factory-made riggings of the 19th century are identical in function and name to those of earlier British seafarers.
Under any conditions, 340 knots on 53 gallons of fuel per hour is an impressive performance.
For instance, Mr. Isom said, at one airport, winds of 10 knots required a slowdown.
VLJs, with a cruise speed of 420 knots and space for up to six passengers.
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The Eclipse reaches its top cruise speed of 370 knots at 33, 000 feet and can fly to 41, 000 feet.
They also give the boat a top speed of 25 knots, eight knots faster than the current boat at Montrose.
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