In September Midway also privately sold $198 million in equipment passthrough certificates, essentially aircraft-backed securities.
And we happen to be 20 months away from a massive technological phase shift in general aviation, after which much American airspace will require "ADS-B" technology that will essentially let every aircraft be tracked in 3-D in real time; this should make communications and aircraft spacing much easier.
To control costs, the Pentagon proposed using essentially the same aircraft for three services, with modifications to suit each one.
Essentially a test aircraft designed for easy and rapid modification, the VS-300 was small (weighing 1,092 pounds) and was powered by a 65-horsepower Lycoming engine.
Drones are essentially cheap, disposable aircraft.
The MRA4 was to be essentially a new aircraft.
Fast low-wing monoplane fighters were developed in all countries; these aircraft were essentially flying platforms for eight to 12 machine guns installed in the wings.
Simple airports designed to accommodate light aircraft are essentially similar, but, as airports become larger and more complex, thus accommodating more passengers and cargo, their individual requirements affect their layouts and ensure that each becomes recognizably different.
An aircraft is essentially a moving fire tower, and the problems of detection that apply to a tower also apply to an aircraft; however, new developments in remote-control television, high-resolution photography, heat-sensing devices, film, and radar make fire detection by aircraft and satellite more efficient and location more accurate.
Its first aircraft carrier — essentially a retrofitted Soviet reject — has been undergoing blue-water trials in recent months, and while it's hardly the equal of any American carrier, it could serve Beijing well in the South China Sea, ferrying troops, supplies, helicopters and landing craft to the highly contested islands there.
