Sentence examples for aircraft standing from inspiring English sources

The phrase "aircraft standing" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in aviation contexts to refer to the status or position of an aircraft that is not in motion, often at an airport or on the ground.
Example: "The aircraft standing at the gate is scheduled for departure at 3 PM."
Alternatives: "aircraft position" or "aircraft status".

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"Airline economics changed so much in 2001, and to keep an extra aircraft standing by just became prohibitively expensive," said Andrew Nocella, US Airways' senior vice president for scheduling, planning and alliances.

The aircraft made several circuits, taking off and landing again, before eyewitnesses observed the aircraft standing at the end of the runway and then taking off at about 15:50 Eastern Standard Time.

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In October, an Associated Press photograph that appeared in newspapers showed a Navy crewman on an aircraft carrier standing next to a bomb on which the words "Hijack this" and a crude antigay slur had been scrawled.

Military and Pakistani officials said the aircraft was standing by in Pakistani air space to assist in a search-and-rescue mission, but crashed while landing at the Dalbandin air base in Pakistan, about 60 miles from the Afghan border.

We have said, you probably know, this was a couple of years ago, but we had one of our aircraft carriers standing by Japan, and the Chinese pulled up behind us in a diesel sub, a super quiet diesel sub, pulled up behind us.

On Monday night, Iraqi Army troops dispatched a large number of fishing vessels from coastal ports and moorings and sent them into waters where aircraft carriers, destroyers and submarines were standing by to launch aircraft and cruise missiles against targets in Iraq.

Standing beside an aircraft marked European Union, a man representing Turkey struggled with his bags -- one marked economy; another, Cyprus; and a third, human rights.

Standing in the aircraft park, Duke had watched as the test pilot, John Derry, and his navigator, Anthony Richards, broke the sound barrier in their black de Havilland Dh110.

He was awarded his DSO on 9 October 1942 with his tally standing at 10 enemy aircraft destroyed.

"I am pleased to welcome the Predator to the team," the President said, standing with the unmanned aircraft in the Rose Garden.

The B-29's reversible propellers were insufficient to slow the aircraft adequately, and with both pilots standing on the brakes, Bockscar made a swerving 90-degree turn at the end of the runway to avoid running off the runway.

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