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  2. How to fly in 'Minecraft' in either Creative or Survival mode

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    Here's everything you need to know about achieving liftoff in "Minecraft," whatever your style of play. How to fly in 'Minecraft' using Creative or Spectator mode. As you probably know, "Minecraft ...

  3. Airplane holding patterns: What they are and why they happen

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    A holding pattern helps aircraft pass time while remaining within a specified airspace boundary, But there’s a lot more to this aeronautical flight maneuver than just flying in a circle. We ask ...

  4. Holding (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A standard holding pattern. Shown are the entry (green), the holding fix (red) and the holding pattern itself (blue) In aviation, holding (or flying a hold) is a maneuver designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace; i.e. "going in circles." [1]

  5. Airfield traffic pattern - Wikipedia

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    An airfield traffic pattern is a standard path followed by aircraft when taking off or landing while maintaining visual contact with the airfield. At an airport, the pattern (or circuit) is a standard path for coordinating air traffic. It differs from "straight-in approaches" and "direct climb-outs" in that an aircraft using a traffic pattern ...

  6. Approach plate - Wikipedia

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    It includes approach segments, NAVAIDs, restrictive airspeeds, restrictive altitudes, holding patterns and procedure turns, airports, relief, hydrography, international boundary, obstacles, special use airspace, minimum safe altitude, terminal arrival areas, and helicopter procedures. The missed approach track is shown as a thin hash marked ...

  7. Modern United States Navy carrier air operations - Wikipedia

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    All aircraft are assigned holding at a marshal fix, typically about 150° from the ship's base recovery course, at a unique distance and altitude. The holding pattern is a left-handed, 6-minute (oval) racetrack pattern. Each pilot adjusts his holding pattern to depart marshal precisely at the assigned time.

  8. Barrel roll - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a barrel roll A barrel roll from the perspective of the wingtip. A barrel roll is an aerial maneuver in which an airplane makes a complete rotation on both its longitudinal and lateral axes, causing it to follow a helical path, approximately maintaining its original direction.

  9. Aerobatic maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Kulbit; post-stall maneuver similar to Pugachev's Cobra, but going to 360° pitch angle, flying a "loop" Roll; Rotational motion around the longitudinal axis (the nose rotates around its center). Barrel roll; a combination of a loop and a roll. The flight path during a barrel roll has the shape of a horizontal corkscrew and follows a helical path.