Sentence examples for flight preparations from inspiring English sources

It quickly ran low on fuel, evidently a result of carburetor adjustments during flight preparations in California.

Gen. Duane Deal of the Air Force, said investigators had found that there were too few eyes on the shuttle during flight preparations.

But they noted that crucial testing and flight preparations remained to be done with little "contingency time" left to absorb unexpected delays.

During normal shuttle flight preparations over the years, the fragile foam has often been nicked and dinged, and technicians have repaired it on the spot before flight.

Walter H. Cantrell, a retired rear admiral who helped arrange the NASA study of the Navy, is co-chairman of a task force that will review the agency's return to flight preparations.

The show alternates between Charles and Erik, interspersing historical footage and reflections on the flight of the elder with the background, flight preparations and trans-Atlantic crossing of the younger.

The status of the payload construction and flight preparation are reported in this paper.

In 1996, NASA signed a contract with United Space Alliance of Houston to serve as prime contractor for all shuttle operations, including maintenance and flight preparation.

Assigned to NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., he was personally responsible for the medical care and flight preparation of the seven Mercury astronauts.

What they did — "Go to Launch," an extended time-lapse video showing the mind-boggling scale of flight preparation — is indeed special.

"For example, the use of certain information that had not been updated in the initial phase of flight preparation, the absence of records for certain documents and the incomplete management of luggage," the report said.