Powered by six 747 jet engines, the plane will require a 12, 000ft runway for takeoffs and landings.
In another, a storm of the southeast coast of Florida was limiting airport takeoffs to the north.
Next year it will suggest using both existing runways for takeoffs and landings, thus permitting even more flights.
Its VTOL capability comes courtesy of dual tilt-rotors that provide helicopter-style takeoffs with fixed wing speeds once airborne.
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Even more awesome is witnessing close-up these rapid landings and takeoffs at night.
In February, a federal court briefly banned takeoffs and landings of three types of large jets because of safety concerns.
Pilots are trained to watch for other aircraft and announce their position over the radio during approaches, landings and takeoffs.
Speed's not its only standout feature either, as the Korean UAV can perform vertical takeoffs and landings ( VTOL) as well.
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On the dirt road into Roy Hill, bush turkeys stalk away in haughty alarm, and wedge-tailed eagles make long, slow, lumbering takeoffs.
But they obviously can't allow any takeoffs and landings without power, either.
In February, a federal court briefly banned takeoffs and landings of three types of large jets from the airport because of safety concerns.
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Regional airlines fly 64% of the takeoffs and landings at Chicago's O'Hare International, 74% at Seattle-Tacoma and 52% at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
NEWARK, New Jersey (CNN) -- In the next few weeks, and perhaps months, Kiwi Airlines patrons will see fewer takeoffs and more planes hanging around on the ground.
Moussaoui had apparently raised suspicions because he sought training in flying commercial jets at flights schools in Oklahoma and Minnesota -- showing no interest in learning about takeoffs or landings.
But if you fancy splashing out, you can book the top deck, complete with the cockpit suite, which comes with a private bathroom and panoramic views of takeoffs and landings.
This requires mastering not only safe takeoffs and landings, among thousands of other skills and procedures, but also integrating their carriers into the cocoon of destroyers and submarines needed to protect it.
Over the years, both Honeywell and Airbus separately developed onboard, computer-assisted systems to try to ensure that pilots taxi planes only on assigned routes and use correct runways for takeoffs and landings.
The addition of the Fan Drive Gear System added only seven moving parts, but the 18-inch-diameter gearbox had to be engineered to withstand thousands of high-stress takeoffs and landings without maintenance.
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The closures will not force the shutdown of any of those airports, but pilots will be left to coordinate takeoffs and landings among themselves over a shared radio frequency with no help from ground controllers.
For hours on end, we would watch takeoffs and landings from his office, and while he pointed out technical specifications of the aircraft, I fantasized about one day visiting places far, far away from Newark, New Jersey.
Further, officials said the FAA would take other steps to increase efficiency such as rerouting airspace, using technology to fill unused space in the air and on the ground, and using more precise routes for takeoffs and landings.
Even tiny delays, like the extra time pilots spend trying to find the right taxiway in the fog at O'Hare in Chicago, can add up to huge backlogs as far away as New York as controllers order delays in takeoffs.
For example, when Parenting says that Washington is the best city in America to raise a family because you can take your boys to a park "for front-seat views of the takeoffs and landings at Reagan National Airport, " the editors are only funning with us.
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So as he said at the top, that would mean -- because the FAA is such a big chunk of the Department of Transportation and unavoidably would be affected by furloughs -- that you would have only the number of takeoffs and landings that the system could bear with a reduced staff.
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