Sentence examples for aerial descent from inspiring English sources
Dudley is interested in directed aerial descent because controlled gliding, he thinks, may have been the predecessor to flying, as animals learned how to use their arms and legs to gain lift in addition to maneuvering in freefall.
For a start, a vertical method of staging so that characters make aerial descents like SAS commandos.
Aerial deployment and inflation occurred under parachute descent at 34 km altitude, mimicing the dynamic pressure environment expected during an actual Mars balloon mission.
Where the map, based on aerial photographs taken in 1984, had forecast gradual descents along the graceful slopes of glaciers, we had trudged down and up empty valleys, across volcanic rocks and glacial silt that sucked at our boots.
We read of his descent into the Parisian sewers and catacombs, his invention of aerial photography, the innumerable technical and scientific innovations that emerged in the nineteenth century, and the panorama of artists, writers, and friends who helped define the French avant-garde and who were an essential part of Nadar's community.
With a nod to the Sunday Times, praise Catherine Yass's "ghostly descent into hell for the Docklands era" before the upside-down aerial photography starts to make you feel queasy.
With the entomologist Michael Kaspari of the University of Oklahoma, the two took video of the ants' descents, looking for clues about how their structure and movements enabled complex aerial maneuvers.
The hairpin turn, the broken railing, the screaming descent, the spray of metal, flame, and spare tires: these are the ingredients for the perfect aerial car crash.
