In The Hunt for Red October, Captain First Rank Marko Ramius, the Soviet Navy's top submarine commander, takes command of the Красный Октябрь ( Red October ), the newest Typhoon class submarine, with which he plans to defect.

His first published work was " Typhoon off the Coast of Japan ", an account of his sailing experiences.

* October 31 – During heavy rain caused by Typhoon Xangsane, the flight crew of Singapore Airlines Flight 006, a Boeing 747-412, attempts to take off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, using the wrong runway.

Shipping companies owned include: Conwick Investment Ltd ; Far East Hydrofoil Company Ltd ; Hongkong Macao Hydrofoil Company Ltd ; Sunrise Field Ltd ; Tai Tak Hing Shipping Company Ltd ( this was the company, then independent, that owned the steamship ferry Fat Shan, which sank off Lantau in Typhoon Rose in 1971 with the loss of 88 lives, en route from Macau ); Wealth Trump Ltd ; Shun Tak-China Travel Macau Ferries Ltd ( formerly known as Hong Kong-Macau New World First Ferry Services ( Macau ) Ltd ); Companhia de Serviços de Ferry STCT ( Macau ) ( formerly known as New Ferry-Transporte Maritimo de Passageiros ( Macau ))

* 2009's Typhoon Lupit ( T0920, 22W, Ramil )-Another powerful Category 5 super typhoon that formed northwest of Kwajalein, and recurved off Luzon, becoming extratropical northeast of Japan.

Turning to a northerly track, Typhoon Nock-ten passed closest to Taipei during the afternoon of October 25, lying just off the northeastern tip of Taiwan by evening.

* 1985's Typhoon Gay ( T8503, 03W, Bining )-A Category 3 Typhoon that remained well off the coast of Japan in May 1985.

The physical audio and video products of the label have been distributed in South-East Asia by Warner Music since December 2008, while new EMI releases in China and Taiwan, were distributed under Gold Typhoon which was previously known as EMI Music China and EMI Music Taiwan, respectively.

A third Panavia Tornado F3 Squadron, No. 56 ( Reserve ) Squadron, was disbanded in April 2008 in preparation for the arrival of the Eurofighter Typhoon, in 2010.

56 Squadron was based there until March 2003 but relocated to RAF Leuchars and in 2008 to RAF Waddington to allow airfield improvements required for the arrival of the Typhoon.

On 1 July 2008, the Typhoon was declared by the RAF as being combat ready.

Typhoon of No. 11 Squadron ( seen at Nellis Air Force Base in June 2008 )

* Typhoon fully combat ready in July 2008

The RAF announced that No. 6 Squadron was to be the fourth operational front line squadron equipped with the Typhoon and the first with Tranche 2 aircraft, initially scheduled to reform in 2008 at RAF Leuchars in Fife.

In June 2008, at his personal request, Allingham was taken on a guided tour of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire, as part of the National Veterans ' Day celebrations.

Recent additions include Eurofighter Typhoon DA4, one of seven Typhoon development aircraft, which was gifted to the museum by the Ministry of Defence in 2008 and went on display in June 2009. Notable civil aircraft include the Duxford Aviation Society's Concorde and Comet described above.

* FPV F6 Tornado / Typhoon, GT / GT-P 2004 – 2008

In 2008, Typhoon Lagoon admitted approximately 2. 06 million visitors, currently making it the most visited water park in the world.

The railway line was severely damaged by rains associated with 2009's Typhoon Morakot and,, an unrepaired section from 2008 typhoons required tourists to disembark at one point and climb about 500m.

In June 2008, when the City of Iloilo and the other surrounding provinces hit by Typhoon Frank, Central main campus was devastatingly hit by a flood.

* Typhoon Fengshen ( 2008 ) ( T0806, 07W, Frank )

* Typhoon Hagupit ( 2008 ) ( T0814, 18W, Nina )

But even on these, the palette often takes over while the shotgun cools off!!

Max, in a fit of despair, takes Alicia and runs off for two marvelous weeks in Burbank ( Fink calls it `` the most wonderful and lovely fourteen days in my whole life '' ), at the end of which Alicia tragically contracts Parkinson's disease and dies.

His matchmaking is, naturally, incidental, and it only serves Flynn right when a determined widow takes him by the ear and leads him off to matrimony.

The Schuman `` Chester '' takes off from an old William Billings tune with rousing woodwind and brass effect.

* 1989 – Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.

* 1914 – Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval / air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.

* 1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

Importantly, the convention only comes into force if the aircraft takes off or lands in a place different than its country of registration.

* In the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Abergavenny is mentioned by Stan Shunpike, the conductor of the Knight Bus when the bus takes a detour there to drop off a passenger.

Instead the runner takes two or three large shuffles off the base when the pitcher goes to the plate.

" He takes it as obvious that we can detect the presence of consciousness and dismisses these replies as being off the point.

* in the Forward Group ( Group 1 ), the diver takes off facing forward and rotates forward

* in the Back Group ( 2 ), the diver takes off with their back to the water and rotates backward

* in the Reverse Group ( 3 ), the diver takes off facing forward and rotates backward

* in the Inward Group ( 4 ), the diver takes off with their back to the water and rotates forward

Reproduction takes place by the budding off of small motile cells, usually with two flagella.

There are many types of jumps, identified by the way the skater takes off and lands, as well as by the number of rotations that are completed.

One sub-type adds to one end, and takes off from the other, its opposite takes and puts things only on one end.

Mothra takes off and flies at him.

Hector takes it off, embraces his wife and son, and for her sake prays aloud to Zeus that his son might be chief after him and become more glorious in battle than he.

According to Anthony Harkins in Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon, the term first appeared in print in a 1900 New York Journal article, with the definition: " a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.

Eldol takes his sword, draws Hengist out of the city, and cuts off Hengist's head.

VFR flight into IMC is distinct from " VFR-on-top ," an IFR procedure in which the aircraft operates above IMC but remains in contact with ATC, and " VFR over the top ," a VFR procedure in which the aircraft takes off and lands in VMC but flies above an intervening area of IMC, both of which are legal in the United States.

* 1700 – The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.