Sentence examples for from astern from inspiring English sources

As the breeze was blowing directly up the rhumb line from astern, the idea was to jibe downwind for maximum speed.

But then, "I heard a plane come roaring in from astern of me," he recalled decades later in an interview with Larry Smith for "Beyond Glory," an oral history of Medal of Honor recipients.

A third is that the oboist's customary position in an orchestra, with the brasses blasting him from astern, the cellos vibrating him from in front, and the flutes squeaking on his starboard beam, is extraordinarily exasperating.

To extend the stability analysis, a time domain simulation is carried out for the FPSO-shuttle configuration with a current coming from astern.

Following this, Sydney pulled alongside the merchant ship from astern; pacing the merchantman on a parallel course, approximately 1300 m away.

The Rhodesian pursued the He 111 over the Saltdal valley and, with three attacks from astern, set the bomber ablaze, forcing it to crash.

I gave him a burst from dead astern and at once his radiator appeared to be hit as dense white vapour came back at me and my windscreen fogged up.

Approaching from a quarter astern and slightly below, Johnson fired closing from 200 to 70 yards.

After the flight Burton impressed upon Johnson the difficulties of deflection shooting and the technique of a killing shot from line-astern or near line-astern positions; the duty of the number two whose job was not to shoot down enemy aircraft but to ensure the leader's tail was safe.

Once near to the target, Rumpelhardt had visually found the bomber and directed Schnaufer into attack position from below and astern.

The effect, seen from a slight angle astern, suggests a silken Dolce & Gabbana evening bag or, more likely, a black chemise or bit of underwear hanging on the far side of your closet door.