His decision to testify and "admit" that he was to pilot a plane into the White House comes off as a teenage boast by someone who was never as important as he felt he should be.
It's the first model to feature an interface powered by the PS2's Graphics Synthesizer and Emotion Engine chips, too, and comes with a clamshell, joystick-equipped remote control that looks like you could use it to pilot a plane and solve complex equations while you watch.
"I wouldn't want to see a pilot turning up to fly a plane in shorts and flip-flops, and patients don't want to see a doctor dressed in the kind of thing he or she might wear down to the pub, " says Professor Colin Brown, a retired renal consultant from Sheffield.
If a pilot wants to bring a plane down, he or she can probably do it with bare hands, and certainly without weapons.
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While the Air Force based its decision on cost, aviation experts say there are advantages to a surveillance plane with a pilot in the cockpit.
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It is much harder for a pilot to achieve a soft landing if the plane is unevenly loaded even more so when the main engine appears to be overheating.
Smith-Barry, on the other hand, loved delighting - and frightening - onlookers with incredible aerial antics, and he soon earned a reputation as a pilot who was not afraid to push a plane to its limits.
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Amer El-Maati, an Al Qaeda member and a licensed pilot is believed to have discussed hijacking a plane in Canada and flying it into a building into the United States.
Stressing that it was too soon to speculate about the cause of Wednesday's crash, he said the pilot appeared to have control of the plane a long way down its approach to the airport.
The pilot of a Cessna Citation plane preparing to land at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank suffered "vision impairment that lasted for hours" after the incident, according to a statement from the Office of the United States Attorney Central District of California.
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Smidt then called 911, and a dispatcher told pilot and passenger to get out of the plane in life vests before it sank.
After this week's violence Thai Airways suspended a pilot who refused to carry parliamentarians from the ruling party on his plane.
Rob Reale of New York City started a Facebook group soon after the crash for the "Fans of Sully Sullenberger -- and the crew of Flight 1549" to celebrate the pilot who is being hailed as a hero for deftly landing the plane.
Substantially more complex than previous aircraft, the new plane required the pilot to attend to the four engines, a retractable landing gear, new wing flaps, electric trim tabs that needed adjustment to maintain control at different airspeeds, and constant-speed propellers whose pitch had to be regulated with hydraulic controls, among other features.
Having an exploration itch himself, Karlgaard became a small-plane pilot, promptly putting his new skills to use traveling around the country to see this latest generation of pioneers firsthand.
As a precaution, the pilot starts turning the huge plane in circles to see what the targets do.
This particular box would be installed in a fighter jet, permitting the pilot to upload video at a rate of 2MB per second, presumably fed from another plane, satellite or nearby ground troops.
Such was the case with, Jessica whose airplane was fitted with special controls and a booster seat to help the 4-foot-2-inch girl pilot the plane.
" It noted that Advani, in making his case, "glossed over" the fact that Lahore airport initially would not allow the hijacked plane to land and only did so after the pilot "nearly crashed it onto a road crowded with people.
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The plane routinely flies at altitudes over 70, 000 feet, requiring the pilot to wear a full pressure suit, much like an astronaut.
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He speculated about what might have happened to Flight 1549 after it collided with the geese if the plane had been controlled by a remote pilot.
Branson revealed former three-time F1 champion Lauda, a fully-trained pilot after owning his own airline, will also learn to fly the Virgin Galactic plane.
If the plane's lone engine were to punk out over the mountains, the pilot could pull a parachute that floats the airframe and occupants to earth at 10mph.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- An American Airlines pilot booted Alec Baldwin off a flight Tuesday because the actor refused to turn off his cell phone after the plane's doors were closed for departure, the airline said Wednesday.
Ideally, the car-plane combinations would not be expensive and would not require the skills of a trained pilot to fly.
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The plane took off from Slidell, Louisiana, en route to Sarasota, Florida, with a single pilot on board.
One camera provides the pilot a few from the plane, while another, on the belly of the gadget, is used to help keep the plane steady.
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