A minimum interval takeoff (MITO) is a technique of the United States Air Force for scrambling all available bomber and tanker aircraft at twelve- and...

aircraft right before takeoff, when they are in close formation. Often, it takes place right before a minimum interval takeoff. The term elephant walk...

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California, crashed upon takeoff.[m] The crew was performing in a local training mission consisting of a Minimum Interval Takeoff and Landing (MITO) mission...

base – METAR – Meteorology – Maintenance, repair and overhaul – Minimum interval takeoff (MITO) – Mobility – Mobile Air Traffic Control Tower (Mobile ATC/MATC)...

aircraft would perform an elephant walk to the runway, where a Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) might be performed. Over the course of their construction...

off. Seven men were killed, including six crewmembers, during a Minimum Interval Takeoff drill. On 4 October 1989 a KC-135 crash killed all 4 crewmembers...

the aircraft were to be launched as quickly as possible, then a Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) would be performed, in order to lessen the chance that the...

C-130 aircraft depart in a minimum-interval takeoff at Dyess during a mass airdrop exercise, December 1988....

In aviation safety, master minimum equipment list, or MMEL, is a categorized list of on-board systems, instruments and equipment that may be inoperative...

established military terms ACCS Baltic Air Policing Cold War II Minimum interval takeoff NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NADGE, or NATO Air Defence...

463rd get airborne as the remaining 16 aircraft wait on the runway during a Minimum Interval Takeoff at the start of a mass airdrop exercise at Dyess...

grief five miles E of Chennault Air Force Base. 4 January During Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) from Pease AFB, New Hampshire, Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-4244...

runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete...

April 1960 the division conducted Exercise Open Road, testing Minimum Interval Takeoff of its KC-97s, with the planes departing every fifteen seconds...

463rd Operations Group 463rd C-130 Hercules aircraft on a Minimum Interval Takeoff at the start of a mass airdrop exercise at Dyess Active 1943–1945; 1953–1957;...

runway in just 75 seconds before the Yak-40. Tashkent Airport had a minimum takeoff interval of only one minute, regardless of aircraft type, leading to the...

as plyos, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength). This training...

aircraft was to possess Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capabilities, which it was to perform while carrying a minimum payload of 35,000 pounds (15,900 kg)...

enforces traffic separation rules, which ensure each aircraft maintains a minimum amount of 'empty space' around it at all times. It is also common for ATC...

Crews were trained to perform "Minimum Interval Take Offs (MITO)", one bomber following another into the air at intervals of as little as 15 seconds to...

The Allies countered by attacking the aircraft on the ground and during takeoff and landing. One of the most advanced World War II combat aircraft, the...

strengthening the landing-gear and extending the time before overhaul interval from 10 to 12 years. On 31 March 2021, Corsair took delivery of the first...

crashed into Boston Harbor shortly after takeoff, with 62 fatalities out of 72 passengers. Subsequently, minimum bird ingestion standards for jet engines...

2021, the aircraft was damaged when its tail struck the runway during takeoff from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, causing structural damage to...

a minimum of three points and with one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nmi (93 km) between the takeoff and...

780 kg), which was 2,144 pounds (973 kg) less than the maximum allowed takeoff weight, and the center of gravity was within approved limits.: 1  The aircraft...

improvement, and longer aircraft maintenance intervals with less downtime. The A380plus' maximum takeoff weight would have been increased by 3 t (6,600 lb)...

just after takeoff from the airport: On September 17, 1961, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed upon takeoff, killing...

code is assigned to the aircraft by the air traffic controller before takeoff. Controllers use the term "squawk" when they are assigning a transponder...