Sentence examples for engines off from inspiring English sources

His total flight time in planes with their engines off is more than six hours.

Joggers jogged no more; cars halted and switched engines off; even mad dogs obeyed the prevailing peace; and then, rather beautifully, the national anthem played.

The tugboat could draw extra power from the battery when full-power surges were needed, and turn its diesel engines off altogether when it was idle, allowing the battery to power other equipment.

The plane was diverted to a small airport outside of Demopolis, Ala., but it crashed in the woods about two miles from the airport around 6 30 p.m. "It hit some large oak trees and knocked the wing and one of the engines off," said Stuart Eatmon, the coroner for Marengo County, Ala ."It landed upside down".

For years the military has sought better sources of electric power in its vehicles — necessary to allow troops to monitor their radios with diesel engines off, to support increasingly high-powered communications technology, and eventually to support electric propulsion and innovative armaments like directed-energy weapons.

On 8 March, Dresden was drifting in dense fog when lookouts spotted Kent, which also had her engines off, about 15 nautical miles away.

With the engine off, it then glided to landing about 10 minutes later.

Yahoo has already handed its search engine off to a rival, Microsoft.

Just as you wonder how the composer will switch the engine off, it ends.

If unable to put the vehicle in neutral, turn the engine off or to ACC.

I turn my engine off when refueling for economy reasons, not safety reasons.