In this update of the Flying Saucers concept, giant tires float on a cushion of air supplied by a bunch of small air jets.
The traffic is outgrowing the small air terminal, but never mind, a new and larger facility, built with South Korean money, will be finished later this year.
Two thick birch partitions and a small air cavity create a well-insulated enclosure inside the cabinet, separating the midrange and tweeter from the woofers, further isolating woofer back-radiation.
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However, an oil price crash in 1986 led to questions over whether such a sophisticated aircraft was affordable and suitable for a small air force such as Oman's, and the contract was cancelled.
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AeroVironment has entered four bidding contests for small unmanned air-vehicle defense contracts since 2003 and has won all four.
But now there's hope for us poor suckers: small jets and air taxis.
When the rubber sack makes contact with an object, whether a glass, a pen, or other hard item, a narrow inner tube sucks a small percentage of air out of the sack, making it contract and conform to the shape of the object it touches.
According to the International Air Transport Association, this is because upper-class passengers, although a small minority among international air travelers, account for almost a third of airline revenues.
One version of the Black Hawk also has the ability to dispense small mines from the air.
That's only one small part of the Air Defense Artillery's planning, which has really been going on for weeks.
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His bikes are equipped with a Rigidaire pneumatic seat suspension system developed by Cox that absorbs vibrations using a small compressor and two air shocks under the seat.
While rats can swim or float for up to four days, they may get trapped without air in small pipes and crannies as they seek higher ground, Leirs told LiveScience.
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Bhoja Air is a small commercial airline that started domestic flights in 1993.
Still, while this pay-as-you-weigh method may prove effective for a small commuter operation like Samoa Air, some analysts question whether the model would make business sense for large commercial carriers.
It sells them directly to a local steel fabricator, Blue Star Steel, which uses them to stamp out small brackets for heating and air conditioning equipment for other industries, skipping the foundry altogether.
Their combined income was two hundred dollars a month, and they lived in a small barracks apartment on a local air-force base.
The Sports Council for Wales has recognised the need for an Olympic standard range for air gun, air rifle, and small bore rifle shooting.
The agency said it had no choice but to subject most of its 47, 000 employees, including tower controllers, to periodic furloughs and to close air traffic facilities at small airports with lighter traffic.
But the traffic increase has slowed progress in reducing emissions further, and people in many areas still suffer from nitrogen-related air pollution, including small particulates that get sucked deep into the lungs, and ground-level ozone - a strongly irritant gas formed by the action of sunlight on reactive nitrogen.
If you are small and light, getting into the air from land is fairly easy.
Comverge in New Jersey has created a business focused on tapping air conditioners in homes and small businesses.
For an island nation, that would require only a modest navy and air force, and a small army.
More small airplanes require more pilots and more air-traffic controllers -- and these people are in great shortage in Asia.
Those particles are small enough to stay suspended in the air for hours, and can enter into the airways of a person's lungs, Dr McNerney said.
Dyer oversees a small team that shoots television spots that air on the Freedom Channel, an Afghanistan-specific American Forces Network channel, and helps run an FM radio station.
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In the past few years several ships have struck the bridge because its 151 foot air draft is simply too small for the larger class ships that are calling on the port.
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The centrifugal force required to compress the air is too great for small wind turbines to cope with, so much larger turbines will have to be installed for the project to realize its goals.
According to the Air Transport Association (ATA), the industry group that represents commercial airlines, corporate jets and other small planes use about a third of the nation's creaky air traffic control system but pay for only about 6% of it.
This eliminates the need for an air pump, resulting in a small inhaler the size of a Magic Marker.
Opponents in Minisink worry about air emissions of acidic gases and small particles that would fall on nearby farmland.
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