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  2. Free flight (model aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free Flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...

  3. Aerocar - Wikipedia

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    Scotty Wright reports Nutsch having 350 flying hours in N103D performing AIRWATCH duty. Traffic reporting was from 7:00 AM–8:30 AM and 4:30 PM–6:00 PM. During the Aerocar's AIRWATCH missions, it was painted white with red hearts [ 12 ] and had the letters KISN on the top and bottom of the wings.

  4. In-flight entertainment - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1970s and early 1980s, CRT-based projectors began to appear on newer widebody aircraft, such as the Boeing 767. These used LaserDiscs or video cassettes for playback. Some airlines upgraded the old film IFE systems to the CRT-based systems in the late 1980s and early 1990s on some of their older widebodies.

  5. List of flying wings - Wikipedia

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    A flying wing is a type of tailless aircraft which has no distinct fuselage. The crew, engines and equipment are housed inside a thick wing, typically showing small ...

  6. Flying submarine - Wikipedia

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    The first full-cycle flight [underwater at 6.5 feet (2 m) depth, airborne at 33 ft (10 m) altitude] was demonstrated on 9 June 1964. [5] Reid, his craft, and his son (the test pilot) appeared on the U.S. game show "I've Got A Secret" on March 15, 1965. In the mid 1960s, the Navy let a contract to Convair to design a

  7. Head-up display - Wikipedia

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    A typical HUD contains three primary components: a projector unit, a combiner, and a video generation computer. [3] The projection unit in a typical HUD is an optical collimator setup: a convex lens or concave mirror with a cathode-ray tube, light emitting diode display, or liquid crystal display at its focus.

  8. How to watch Disney Plus offline on your next long flight - AOL

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    Whether you're heading on an airplane for the holidays or need to make your morning commute a little more entertaining, we suggest freeing up some storage and making room for all of your favorite ...

  9. Digital cinema - Wikipedia

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    [63] [64] 2K resolution (2048×1080) is also only slightly greater than that of consumer based 1080p HD (1920x1080). [65] However, since digital post-production techniques became the standard in the early 2000s, the majority of movies, whether photographed digitally or on 35 mm film, have been mastered and edited at the 2K resolution.