Sentence examples for airspace from inspiring English sources

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airspace

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A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.

  • Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction

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A November report by a British thinktank noted a rise in close military encounters between Russia and the west this year, including "violations of national airspace, emergency scrambles, narrowly avoided mid-air collisions, close encounters at sea, simulated attack runs and other dangerous actions happening on a regular basis over a very wide geographical area".

It has since never come back to UK airspace.

Hughes, 61, spoke as he returned to his home in Florida to await prosecution on charges of violating national airspace and operating an unregistered aircraft.

The deal is likely to further anger the US, which has been trying to persuade Iraq to stop allowing Iranian arms supplies from reaching Syria via its airspace.

There was also a lengthy discussion about whether Pakistan, which publicly decries the drone campaign despite signs that it continues to give tacit approval, should attempt to shoot down US drones in its airspace.

Tomasz Siemoniak said that although most of the Russian military actions took place in international waters and airspace and did not "look like preparations for an attack", such testing of boundaries did not help to build good relations and trust.

Iraq has been supplying fuel oil to Syria, according to documents seen by the Financial Times.The deal is likely to further anger the US, which has been trying to persuade Iraq to stop allowing Iranian arms supplies from reaching Syria via its airspace.

Even if someone tells you that they want to give birth under the care of a shaman halfway up a mountain in Tibet – or close an entire country's airspace, as Angelina Jolie did when she chose to have one of hers in Namibia – you have to just say "That choice wasn't for me," in the most neutral voice possible, or people think you're telling them what to do.

Related: Special delivery: Florida mailman lands gyrocopter on Capitol lawn The letter carrier who this week caused a full-scale security review in Washington after he violated national airspace by landing his gyrocopter on Capitol Hill expressed frustration on Sunday that his message was not getting through.

See articleChinese fighter jets chased an American spy plane in late June into airspace claimed by Taiwan, according to Taiwanese media.

Chinese leaders have accused the plane of "invading" China's airspace, and of landing on Hainan without permission.American officers say that reckless flying of the faster and more manoeuvrable Chinese jets was the more likely cause of the collision.

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