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take-off and was
Initially, ice on the wings was blamed, but a later inquiry declared that slush on the runway had made a safe take-off almost impossible.
A different British VTOL project was the gyrodyne, where a rotor is powered during take-off and landing but which then freewheels during flight, with separate propulsion engines providing forward thrust.
The Short SC. 1 ( Belfast, Northern Ireland ) was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing ( VTOL ) aircraft.
The SC. 1 was designed to meet a Ministry of Supply ( MoS ) request for tender ( ER. 143T ) for a vertical take-off research aircraft issued in September 1953.
This first take-off was founded on rural forges, textile proto-industries and sawmills.
The first officially authenticated regularly feasible take-off and landing of a human-powered aircraft ( one capable of powered takeoffs, unlike a glider ) was made on 9 November 1961 by Derek Piggott in Southampton University's Man Powered Aircraft ( SUMPAC ).
The C10 turned over on take-off at the airfield in Yate and was taken to Hamble for repair at which time it was modified to incorporate an engine-driven rotor-starting device.
The regional airport service was introduced in the 1960s, with 30 airports being served by short take-off and landing aircraft.
On October 20, 1944 Burcham was killed in the flame-out on take-off of the engine of third production prototype YP-80 from Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
The aircraft was designed for vertical take-off and landing which was thought to be hazardous and required an electronic flight-stabilization system, then not-yet available.
Tragically, he was himself killed in the crash of an airliner, possibly due to a stall at take-off.
The first model was designed shortly after World War II to be used in agriculture as a self-propelled machine providing a power take-off to operate saws in forests or harvesting machines on fields.
Etihad Airways was also reported to be considering a deal, and Willie Walsh, Chief Executive of International Airlines Group, stated that they would be interested in the airline, but only for the lucrative take-off and landing slots it holds at London Heathrow Airport.
* Winston Churchill, who took extensive flying lessons at Croydon and was nearly killed during a crash at take-off in 1919.
* On 23 July 1968, El Al Flight 426 operated by a Boeing 707-358C on route from London to Tel Aviv via Rome, was hijacked by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine shortly after take-off from Rome-Fiumicino airport and forcibly diverted to Algiers.
" Finger later publicly acknowledged that " my first Batman script was a take-off on a Shadow story " and that " Batman was originally written in the style of the pulps.
His take-off was delayed for several hours when the owners of the plane appeared and declared Julian still owed them $ 1400.
It was later established that the crash had been caused by the build-up of slush on the runway, which had resulted in the aircraft being unable to achieve take-off velocity ; Thain's name was eventually cleared in 1968, ten years after the incident.
At 14: 19 GMT, the control tower at Munich airport was told that the plane was ready to take off, and they were given clearance to attempt take-off due to expire at 14: 31.
* On February 6, 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 was bound for Frankfurt, Germany, but crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata Airport into the Atlantic Ocean 26 kilometres off-shore.

take-off and moved
The take-off was moved further back and higher.
To allow for longer jumps, the take-off needed to be moved back, and the lake dug deeper, with new concrete stands being built into the sides.

take-off and 1910
The hill has been rebuilt 19 times ; important upgrades include a stone take-off in 1910, an in-run superstructure in 1914, and a new superstructure in 1928.
The site's connection with aviation can be traced back to 1910 when pioneer pilot Edwin Rowland Moon used the meadows belonging to North Stoneham Farm as a take-off and landing spot for his monoplane, Moonbeam Mk II.

take-off and built
Holmenkollbakkken in 1904, after the stone take-off had been built

take-off and tall
The take-off is tall.

take-off and structure
Often, the required velocity ( delta-v ) for a mission is unattainable by any single rocket because the propellant, tankage, structure, guidance, valves and engines and so on, take a particular minimum percentage of take-off mass that is too great for the propellant it carries to achieve that delta-v.
The first, a Meteor VIII piloted by Flight Lieutenant Gordon McDonald of 41 Squadron, crashed shortly after take-off, corkscrewing as pieces of structure fell from the aircraft.

take-off and .
The control tower gave him immediate take-off permission, and the clean roar of the engine that took him off the rough strip spoke well of the skill of Donovan.
The tower cleared the plane for take-off at 8 a.m., and Captain Rickards began taxiing toward the runway.
`` How The Kooks Crumble '' features an amusingly accurate take-off on sneaky announcers who attempt to homogenize radio-TV commercials, and `` The Watchers Of The Night '' is a veritable waking nightmare.
In a raucous take-off on radio commercials, Singer Ray Stevens hawks a cure-all for neuritis, neuralgia, head-cold distress, beriberi, overweight, fungus, mungus and water on the knee.
The plane clipped the fence at the end of the runway on its next take-off attempt and a wing tore through a nearby house, setting it alight.
Seven of his teammates had perished at the scene, including Taylor and Pegg, with whom he and Viollet had swapped seats prior to the fatal take-off attempt.
In these events, the diving is judged both on the quality of execution and the synchronicity – in timing of take-off and entry, height and forward travel.
At the moment of take-off, two critical aspects of the dive are determined, and cannot subsequently be altered during the execution.
Dives in the straight position are hardest, since there is almost no scope for altering the speed, so the angular momentum must be created at take-off with a very high degree of accuracy.
* 1999 – Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error.
* The Moller Skycar M400 is a prototype personal VTOL ( vertical take-off and landing ) aircraft that some refer to as a flying car, although it cannot be driven as an automobile.
In this style, the bar again is approached on a diagonal, but the inner leg is used for the take-off, while the outer leg is thrust up to lead the body sideways over the bar.
Notably, most French historians argue that France did not go through a clear take-off.
* 2010 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on board.
Maule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing ( STOL ) aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, USA.
It has thus been replaced by other mechanisms, such as power take-off and hydraulics.
Today's pole vaulters benefit from poles produced by wrapping pre-cut sheets of fiberglass that contains resin around a metal pole mandrel, to produce a slightly pre-bent pole that bends more easily under the compression caused by an athlete's take-off.
The faster the vaulter can run and the more efficient his / her take-off is, the greater the potential energy that can be achieved and used during the vault.
It is common for vaulters to gradually increase running speed throughout the approach, reaching maximum speed at take-off.
Each leap raises the center of gravity during take-off and lowers it on landing as the knee bends to absorb the shock.
This continual rise and fall of bodyweight expends energy opposing gravity and absorbing shock during take-off and landing.
Rocket launch vehicles take-off with a great deal of flames, noise and drama, and it might seem obvious that they are grievously inefficient.

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