In the background still, however, are the security and hassle factors associated with standard air travel.
Or when Virgin Atlantic set a new standard in air travel, offering manicures, massages and limo rides to the airport for first-class passengers and giving economy travelers seat-back entertainment systems with a choice of movies and videogames.
The EPA sets a standard for clean air at no more than 35 micrograms.
The Sports Council for Wales has recognised the need for an Olympic standard range for air gun, air rifle, and small bore rifle shooting.
Running an AC unit without a low-pressure cutoff switch when it's colder than about 60 degrees might damage it, says Troy Gregory, president of Standard Heating and Air Conditioning.
The above graph shows that 67 percent of large cities that fail to meet the European Union air quality standard are in Asia.
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While Environmental Protection Agency clean air regulations such as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) can explain some of the future expected displacement of coal by natural gas, shale gas economics is a significant reason for the displacement.
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The new satellite air interface technology developed by Qualcomm is a 3G-based standard referred to as Enhanced Geostationary Air Link (EGAL).
Air circulation patterns aboard standard commercial aircraft are side-to-side (laminar), with air entering the cabin from overhead, circulating across the aircraft and exiting the cabin near the floor.
This device will include a standard over-the-air DTV tuner, along with a mobile TV tuner that is compatible with Dyle(TM)mobile TV, a service that enables consumers to watch live, local TV while they are on the go.
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These include metric to standard conversions, fuel consumption, air speed and distance calculations, and more.
More apps would work with Multi Window and Air View if they were standard features, not ones app makers have to adapt for one by one.
And rather than relying on salt caverns, SustainX uses standard steel pipes to store the compressed air, allowing its systems to be installed wherever they are needed.
One result was that Raytheon was able to develop a new version of the Standard Missile used by the Navy for air defense engagements designated the SM-3 that was designed specifically to intercept ballistic targets.
Both are wheeled carts that attach to a cable and have mounts for various cameras, including standard tripod mounts for shuttling DSLRs through the air.
For the fifth time out of six attempts, Navy ships successfully tracked, intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile in-fight, using their existing AEGIS fleet air defense systems and a new Standard Missile, dubbed the SM-3.
The new extenders support more video formats--like DivX--and use the faster and sturdier Wireless N standard for streaming high-definition video over the air.
This is 10 knots slower than "book, " but on this leg the outside air temperature was 5 degrees Celsius higher than standard.
The debate surfaced a policy difference on the so-called mercury standard, EPA regulations to limit mercury and other air pollutants from power plants that have been linked to childhood asthma and other health problems.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the U.N. body that oversees air travel recognizes facial recognition as its primary biometric standard, with iris and fingerprints accepted as the two optional identifiers.
The air resources board adopted a low-carbon fuel standard to carry out the legislation, but a judge blocked the state from enforcing the standard last month in order to allow lawsuits that challenge it to proceed.
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The reason for the faster book speed was outside air temperature that was 5 degrees Celsius lower than the standard for 40, 000 feet.
"The projected growth in air traffic we see, together with the totally new standard in terms of passengers comfort and economics that the A3XX will introduce in the very large capacity market will be extremely environmentally friendly, has convinced us, " Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta said.
Tony Concil, a spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) admits that implementing this global standard will not be easy.
In fact, thanks to Al, business aircraft flown by two-pilot, simulator-trained flight crews have achieved a standard equal to or better than the impeccable safety record set by scheduled air carriers.
This means sealing air leaks around windows and doors, properly insulating attics, replacing standard light bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps and giving your heating and cooling systems an annual checkup to ensure they're running properly.
But with fuel prices rising, there's a concern that, like the Air Discount Scheme, the discounted fares will catch up with the current standard fares all too quickly.
Only next year will laws require frontal air bags and antilock braking systems on all cars, safety features that have been standard in industrial countries for years.
If you're wondering what working group these guys are going to side with, that much is still up in the air -- it's remaining "agnostic towards the selection of an ultimate standard" for now.
BA, bereft of its standard-bearer, is looking for ways to cosset passengers forced to spend seven hours in the air between New York and London, not three and a half.
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