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    Continuous descent approach (CDA), also known as optimized profile descent (OPD), is a method by which aircraft approach airports prior to landing. It...
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    landing procedure, called continuous descent approach at the Worldport, replacing the traditional holding pattern and step-wise descent. CDA is used to reduce...
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  • the orchid genus Cochlioda, a synonym of Oncidium Continuous descent approach, an aircraft approach method designed to reduce fuel burn and noise Controlled...
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    nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) apart. Considerable use is made of continuous descent approach techniques to minimise the environmental effects of incoming...
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    Initial approach segment: This segment provides a method for aligning the aircraft with the intermediate or final approach segment and to permit descent during...
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    to the airline's pilots’ precise landing technique using the continuous descent approach (CDA) procedure. On 24 January 2020, the owner of LOT, the Polish...
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    callouts supplied by the Air Traffic Controller. On both runways, a continuous descent approach is used to minimise the environmental effects of incoming aircraft...
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  • circuit mixed gas rebreathers CCRs constant current regulators CDA Continuous descent approach CDCCL critical design configuration control limitation CDI course...
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    high-density A330neo". Flightglobal. Basic Principles of the Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) for the Non-Aviation Community (PDF), Civil Aviation Authority...
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  • older designs such as the De Havilland Comet and V bombers. Continuous descent approach Stealth aircraft Cloaking device Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary...
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    aircraft at a higher altitude during landing. This is called a Continuous Descent Approach (CDA). Many proposed PAV aircraft are based on electric batteries...
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  • Stochastic gradient descent (often abbreviated SGD) is an iterative method for optimizing an objective function with suitable smoothness properties (e...
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  • Shivashankara; Kwok-On Tong; Anthony W. Warren; Joseph K. Wat Continuous Descent Approach: Design and Flight Test for Louisville International Airport...
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  • monitor message, route clearance uplink, 2-4 D trajectories, continuous descent approaches, and constraint coordination also. All CPDLC deployments must...
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    performance of the aircraft and Arlanda is experimenting with Continuous Descent Approaches and landings, often referred to as "green landings". Jet fuel...
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    edges or 'chevrons' on the back of the nacelle reduce noise. A Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) is quieter as less noise is produced while the engines...
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  • use only PBN approach procedures. RNAV STAR procedures can provide a continuous descent approach, also known as an optimized profile descent, from cruising...
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  • participated in the MINT-Project to fly "green approaches", also known as continuous descent approaches to reduce fuel burn and noise. Novair also leased...
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  • approach, independently of ground-based navigation aids in the context of an approach and a form of vertical guidance in the context of climb/descent...
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    final approach had fallen well below its target approach speed. A preliminary review of FAA radar return data did not show an abnormally steep descent curve...
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    may depend on which type of extinction is considered. The causes of the continuous "low-level" extinction events, which form the majority of extinctions...
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    Towards the end of Descent of Man, Darwin said that he believed man would "sink into indolence" if severe struggle was not continuous, and thought that...
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  • and decision height/minimum descent altitude vary depending upon the approach and runway lighting, obstacles in the approach corridor, type of aircraft...
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    of the landing site. As the craft approached perilune, the descent engine was started again to begin powered descent. During this time, the crew flew on...
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    Coordinate descent does a line search along one coordinate direction at the current point in each iteration. Some versions of coordinate descent randomly...
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  • N=\{-2,-1,+1,+2\}} . In continuous bag-of-words, the histogram is multiplied by a matrix V {\displaystyle V} to obtain a continuous representation of the...
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  • released under the title Descent Maximum. It is the second installment in the Descent video game series and the sequel to Descent. The player controls a...
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    This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) in elevation)...
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    architect of Palestinian descent whose works are based on a methodological approach in defining Architecture as a continuous dialogue between contemporary...
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    The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (or, in its Akkadian version, Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld) or Angalta ("From the Great Sky") is a...
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