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  2. Aircraft marshalling - Wikipedia

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    A long exposure of a United States Navy Landing Signalman Enlisted (LSE) directing a SH-60F Sea Hawk to take off using marshalling wands. Despite efforts to standaridize aspects of aviation communication, such as terminology and language, hand signals used to guide aircraft on the ground still vary between various major organizations, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization [3 ...

  3. Electric aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A hybrid electric aircraft is an aircraft with a hybrid electric powertrain. It typically takes off and lands under clean and quiet electric power, and cruises under conventional piston or jet engine power. This makes long flights practical, while reducing their carbon footprint. [115]

  4. Night flying restrictions - Wikipedia

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    London airports: The night restrictions for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted define a night period, 2300–0700 hours, and a night quota period, 2330–0600 hours. During the night period, the noisiest types of aircraft (classified as QC/4, QC/8 or QC/16 under the Quota Count system ) may not be scheduled to land or to take off (other than in the ...

  5. Why electric planes haven't taken off yet - AOL

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    Battery-powered electric planes could be the future of aviation. Pipistrel, Ampaire, Eviation, and MagniX are betting on zero-emissions air travel. Why electric planes haven't taken off yet

  6. Battery breakthrough could see electric planes finally take off

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  7. Human-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport.. As its name suggests, HPAs have the pilot not only steer, but power the aircraft (usually propeller-driven) by means of a system similar to a bicycle or tricycle: a pair of pedals, moved by the pilot's feet that turns a gear, which then moves a bicycle chain, which then rotates a ...

  8. Brace position - Wikipedia

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    The most common in passenger airliners being the forward-facing seat version, in which the person bracing places their head against or as close as possible to the surface it is likely to strike (and in the process bending over to some degree), placing their feet firmly on the floor, and their hands either on their head or the seat in front.

  9. United Airlines plans to use electric planes to fly some ...

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