flight endurance
11The prehistory of endurance UAVs — The idea of designing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that could remain in the air for a long time has been around for decades, but only became an operational reality in the twenty first century. Endurance UAVs for low altitude and high altitude …
12Modern US endurance UAVs — Main article: History of unmanned aerial vehicles RQ 3A Darkstar UAV / classified Darkstar follow on Main article: RQ 3 DarkStar The Gnat 750 and Predator were the first in a series of Tier UAVs considered by the US Air Force. In the USAF plan,… …
13Loiter (flight) — In aeronautics and aviation, loiter is a phase of flight. The phase consists of cruising for a certain amount of time over a small region. The loiter phase occurs, for general aviation, generally at the end of the flight plan, normally when the… …
14TWA Flight 800 — For the 1964 crash of a TWA Boeing 707 in Rome, Italy, see TWA Flight 800 (1964). TWA Flight 800 Recovered TWA 800 wreckage Accident summary Date …
15Air France Flight 447 — F GZCP, the aircraft involved in the accident Accident summary Date 1 June 2009 …
16EgyptAir Flight 990 — SU GAP, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Düsseldorf in 1992. Occurrence summary Date …
17Non-stop flight — A non stop flight, especially in the aviation industry, refers to any flight by an aircraft which does not involve any intermediate stops. A direct flight is not the same as a non stop flight . For purposes of this article, an ultra long haul non …
18Battle of Britain Memorial Flight — A typical formation: Hawker Hurricane, Avro Lancaster and Supermarine Spitf …
19Helicopter flight controls — Location of flight controls in a helicopter A helicopter pilot manipulates the helicopter flight controls in order to achieve controlled aerodynamic flight.[1] The changes made to …
20Crossair Flight 498 — Crossair Flight LX498 HB AKK, pictured a year before the aircraft crashed in Niederhasli, Switzerland. Accident summary Date …
