• In aviation, the flight length or flight distance refers to the distance of a flight. Aircraft do not necessarily follow the great-circle distance, but...
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  • the longest flight occurs. The length of a flight can be defined in different ways. The most common standard flight length measurement is by great-circle...
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    flights from Papa Westray to Westray are available. The total distance covered by the flights is 1.7 miles (2.7 km), which is about the same length as...
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  • A Lévy flight is a random walk in which the step-lengths have a stable distribution, a probability distribution that is heavy-tailed. When defined as...
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    The zero-length launch system or zero-length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) was a method whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft could be near-vertically...
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    they most often support. These roughly correspond to the commercial flight length distinctions: Eurocontrol defines short-haul routes as shorter than...
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  • spent taxiing the first aircraft is still included in the total flight time. Flight length Endurance (aeronautics) Pilot licensing and certification Wragg...
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  • cities. Aviation portal Domestic flight Flight duration Flight length Longest flights ETOPS/LROPS International flight Mainline World's busiest passenger...
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  • ) refers to the duration of a flight (flight time) being "ultra long." IATA, ICAO, and IFALPA jointly define any flight scheduled to last over 16 hours...
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  • Time-of-flight systems for robotics (for example, Laser Detection and Ranging LADAR and Light Detection and Ranging LIDAR) aim at lengths of 10–100...
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    Airline (redirect from Passenger flight)
    Domestic flight Environmental impact of aviation Federal Aviation Administration Flight length Flight planning FlightAware Government contract flight Hyper-mobile...
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    course meal is served on china after takeoff, and depending on the flight length a chilled snack or light meal will be served before landing. International...
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    quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airports. On December 5, 1960, the 727 was launched with...
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  • its previous inflight catering and offers one of two menus based on flight length and type of aircraft operating the route. Inflight catering on its long-haul...
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  • intercontinental routes, depending on the cabin class, destination and flight length. Western and Japanese menu selections are typically offered, including...
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  • beverages on board from the Jetstar Café menu. Menus will vary depending on flight length and destination. Charges can only be to credit cards, with cash payments...
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  • intercontinental routes, depending on seat class, destination, and flight length. Western and Eastern menu selections are typically offered, including...
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    The North American X-15's Flight 188 on October 3, 1967, was a record-setting flight. William J. Knight took the X-15A-2 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft...
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  • currently markets three distinct business class variations, depending on flight length. In March 2009, Iberia announced that between 2009–2011 it would renovate...
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    34.668 km – highest manned balloon flight (Malcolm D. Ross and Victor E. Prather on 4 May 1961) 38.422 km – length of the Second Lake Pontchartrain Causeway...
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  • of December 2022. Flight length Flight endurance record Cross-America flight air speed record Aerial circumnavigation Longest flights "FAI Record ID #13081...
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    the range is traded for three to five percent higher cruise speed. Flight length Flight distance record Endurance (aeronautics) Specific energy Geopotential...
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    Time of flight (ToF) is the measurement of the time taken by an object, particle or wave (be it acoustic, electromagnetic, etc.) to travel a distance through...
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    Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and...
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  • The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital...
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    Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the wings or tail of a bird;...
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  • jurisdictions regarding flight length. Initially in the early years of commercial aviation, pilots assigned as the second officer (flight engineer) or third...
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    process Aircraft spotting Aviation and the environment Aviation safety Flight length Flight planning "Machine That Flies / What the Wright Brothers' Invention...
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  • Flight of the Conchords is the debut full-length studio recorded album by New Zealand folk parody duo Flight of the Conchords, released 21 April 2008 by...
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    The Waterford Flight is a set of locks on the Erie Canal in upstate New York. Erie Canal Locks E-2 through E-6 make up the combined flight at Waterford...
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