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But Dr Dial wanted to be sure, so he compared the accomplishments of normal partridges with birds that had their wing feathers clipped to half their normal surface area, and to even less fortunate fowl whose main flight feathers were entirely plucked.
ECONOMIST: Birds that don't fly may be using their wings to run uphill
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Flight Lieutenant Williams, 35, and pilot Flight Lieutenant Kevin Main, from Staffordshire, were killed instantly.
BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | US 'must send inquest witnesses'
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The AAIB said that the captain had inspected the right main landing gear before the flight and had not noticed any abnormalities.
BBC: Flybe plane passengers 'saw wheel fall off'
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Adidas say altitude is the main factor affecting the way the ball behaves in flight and have blamed players for not practising enough with it before the tournament.
BBC: World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello slams 'worst ever ball'
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The main goal of this research was to understand how insect flight works, rather than to build a useful robot.
BBC: Robotic insect: World's smallest flying robot takes off
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Once all of the main ingredients are in order, heat things up with a flight to Bangkok.
BBC: Daily deal: A getaway in Thailand
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The main unions representing most of the airline's pilots and flight attendants have opposed the impending CAI deal and the contracts being offered.
CNN: Alitalia sale approved
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Beyond the Main Street investor that needs cash short term, Webman thinks they constitute a flight to liabilities, not a flight to safety.
FORBES: When Flight To Safety Is Risky
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All 50 of the Boeing 787s in use around the world remain grounded after an ANA flight on Jan. 16 made an emergency landing in Japan when its main battery overheated.
NPR: US Regulator Asks Boeing For Full Battery History
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For aircrafts to return to flight, the will have to install the containment and venting systems for both the main and the auxiliary batteries, along with replacing the batteries and their chargers.
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It included the black box flight recorder, the fuselage with the engines and rotor gearbox attached, the separated rotor head with the main rotor blades still attached, and the separated tail.
BBC: Crash report urges safety checks