upper flight region
1flight information region — An airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information service and alerting service are provided (ICAO). These should be delineated to cover the whole of air route structure by such regions. It will include all airspace within its… …
2Flight Information Region — A Flight Information Region (FIR) is an aviation term used to describe airspace with specific dimensions, in which a Flight Information Service and an alerting service are provided. It is the largest regular division of airspace in use in the… …
3Upper-atmospheric lightning — is an obsolete term that is no longer used by researchers to refer to a family of electrical breakdown phenomena that occurs well above the altitudes of normal lightning. Current usage favors Transient Luminous Event (TLE) to refer to one of the… …
4Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) — Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II (demographic estimates) Background …
5Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II — The flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II was part of a series of flights and expulsions of Germans from Europe during and after World War II. Germans fled and were expelled from all regions which are currently within the …
6flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… …
7Flight and evacuation of German civilians during the end of World War II — Plans to evacuate German population from the occupied territories in Central and Eastern Europe and from Eastern Germany were prepared by German authorities at the end of World War II. However, the evacuation in most of the areas was delayed… …
8Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is an orbital observatory whose mission is to study the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer.The 5900 kg (13,000 lb) satellite was launched during Space Shuttle mission STS 48… …
9Korean Air Lines Flight 007 — Flight 007 redirects here. For other uses, see Flight 7 (disambiguation). Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Artist s rendition of HL7442, the KAL 747 lost during Flight 007 Occurrence summary …
10White flight — is a term for the demographic trend in which working and middle class white people move away from suburbs or urban neighborhoods that are becoming racially desegregated to white suburbs and exurbs. [David J. Armor.… …
