Sentence examples for flight directors from inspiring English sources

As head of the Space Task Group, responsible for the Mercury project, Mr. Gilruth worked with 34 other engineers and flight directors at Langley.

The third category includes pressurization and air-conditioning equipment, ice-detection and anti-icing systems, electronic flight-instrumentation systems, engine-indication and crew-alerting systems, conventional cockpit instruments, and autopilots and flight directors.

His postwar experience as a camera operator was for the top flight directors of photography Wilkie Cooper and Guy Green on films including Green for Danger (1946), Blanche Fury (1947) and Oliver Twist (1948).

Beyond the limelight occupied by astronauts, flight directors and former German rocket scientists, the reticent and laconic Mr. Gilruth stood aside when the cheering started, puffing on his pipe.

Their confidence stemmed in no small measure from knowing that they had back-seat drivers they couldn't do without -- flight directors and a team of controllers watching every flicker of data crossing their consoles back on the ground.

"I am only one privileged person in a complex team of technicians, scientists, engineers, educators, trainers and flight directors, all working in pursuit of one of the greatest scientific and technical challenges of our time – exploring our solar system for the benefit of people on Earth.

There aren't many operas that have a "flight director".

The flight director, Leroy Cain, seemed surprised, but not alarmed.

Bobak Ferdowsi is a flight director for NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity.

His model of conduct came from a character like Ed Harris's flight director in "Apollo 13".

The pills are unnecessary, and their source (the flight director's daughter Melanie) creates a conflict of interest.