Sentence examples for less aircraft from inspiring English sources

The news from Tokyo came on the eve of Airbus's annual news conference in Toulouse on Thursday at which the European company was expected to confirm that it sold less aircraft than Boeing in 2012, the first year in which it trailed its U.S. rival in a decade.

"It takes us a little time to clear the snow off and during that time we can land less aircraft and take off less aircraft than in normal conditions and therefore because we are full any amount of snow is going to cause some disruption".

OK, what then should be cut -- one less aircraft carrier, fewer F-35 Strike Fighters, a smaller fighting force, with more spending on intelligence, special ops, satellites, cruises, drones?

The Germans lost significantly less aircraft than claimed by the Yugoslavs, a total of twelve aircraft; two Do 17Z light bombers, five Bf 110 heavy fighters, four Ju 87 divebombers and one Bf 109E fighter.

The tail-less aircraft, which spanned 247 feet, was a wing covered with 62,000 solar cells that supplied power to run 10 electric motors, each of which turned a 79-inch propeller.

The clamor from industry to use drones has sparked safety and privacy concerns about skies buzzing with pilot-less aircraft that are measuring crops, supervising oil rigs, checking traffic, and delivering packages.

"Older, less desirable aircraft continue to decline in value, but we are seeing a genuine increase for aircraft like the Gulfstream 550 and Bombardier Global XRS," Mr. Barber said, referring to two of the latest generation of large long-distance business jets.

Given the world's apparently insatiable appetite for flying, and accepting it is seriously damaging for the environment, it becomes crucial to develop less polluting aircraft.

Less noisy aircraft are welcomed by people living near airports and flight paths, but they also make flying less stressful for passengers travelling in them.That is why NASA, America's space agency, pays close attention to the noise levels experienced by astronauts.

Other Republicans, including members of Congress loyal to Textron and U.S. Helicopter, which also helps build the Huey II, argue for buying more of the less expensive aircraft and directing the savings to other Colombian needs, including strengthening the judiciary and weaning farmers away from drug crops.

However, faced with the escalating cost of making the carrier alterations, the government announced Thursday that it would switch back to the F-35B, which is widely seen as a less effective aircraft but which can take off without catapults and land without arrestor wires.