In 1990, with more than 400, 000 domestic passengers nationwide, the country's on-time flight percentage was just under 80 percent.
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United said its Sunday domestic mainline flight punctuality of 77.1% exceeded its record on the same Sunday a year earlier, and it reported that as of mid-afternoon Monday its domestic mainline on-time flight performance stood at 90.6%.
Cheney was hired in 1985 and has more than 20, 000 hours of flight time, while Cole was hired in 1997 and has about 11, 000 hours of flight time, according to an NTSB report released Monday.
ET, the time when Flight 93 crashed into the ground after passengers battled with hijackers.
Since this time is subtracted from the overall time of flight, it appears to explain the early arrival of the neutrinos.
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With its manned operation, recallability, large payload useable for either nuclear or conventional missions, pinpoint accuracy and long-time of flight, the bomber force offers unrivaled flexibility and opportunities for selectivity of employment not found in the other components of the Triad.
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Students earn credit by doing community service, and cash it in for flight time and lessons.
Flight time was 3:14 to Phoenix at 11, 500 feet and 3:36 back at 10, 500 feet.
It also set a record for round-the-world flight time at 42 hours and 27 minutes.
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In full daylight, the Silent Falcon claims a flight time of between six and 14 hours.
Within an hour into our flight time of nine, I was seriously nauseous.
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Adding flight time to the craft is a matter of choosing longer wings that can hold more solar panels.
United had provided Ms. Rogers with an allocation of her income based on estimates of flight time over foreign countries.
An alternative design developed in South Korea, which clocks flight time rather than number of rotations, seems plagued by problems.
Thursday, a Soyuz capsule docked with the orbiting laboratory after less than six hours of flight time, setting a record.
The official advised travelers to allow for extra time before the flight.
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An enclosed bridge directly connects the hotel to the airport's passenger terminal, so being on time for your flight shouldn't be a problem.
The Air Force says it will cancel over 200, 000 hours of flight time, forcing whole units to stand down as early as May.
Flying enthusiasts with a Sports Pilot license can get into the cockpit of a Transition with a minimum of 20 hours of flight time.
Buckalew was the registered owner of the single-engine Socata TBM 700 and had more than 1, 400 hours of flight time, according to the report.
The flight time to Hong Kong is four-and-a-half hours, and it takes almost that long to get to Narita airport from my home in Tokyo.
"Customers are inherently more likely to choose PBC if they are going to use an aircraft heavily because they only pay for flight time, " says Wharton's Netessine.
Meanwhile, suppliers will generally be better off under PBC if they do manage to increase flight time so that they spend less money on parts and labor.
In addition, the device has the ability to measure, record and stream back in real-time data to flight controllers on Earth, giving doctors better insight into the crew's exercise.
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Getting there took hours upon hours of flight time, one thousand miles north of now oil-boom-town Edmonton, Alberta, flying over an unending expanse of trees, lakes and rocky mineral-laden terrain.
The review concluded the Customs and Border Patrol had "shortfalls of qualified staff and equipment, " which, together with flight limitations imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration, limited actual flight time.
The Transport Committee (at 10.05am) has a double-headed session covering road safety, with junior Transport Minister Mike Penning and then moves onto flight time limitations - the acceptable hours for pilots and aircrew.
With its flexible flight time, Mach 3 speed, and ability to fly at altitudes above 80, 000 feet, the SR-71 is able to photograph more than 100, 000 square miles of territory in a single hour .
"In addition, passengers who schedule their travel outside of peak flight schedules and plan to arrive close to their scheduled flight time may see their wait times reach 30 minutes or more, " the TSA said.
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