Sentence examples for preliminary flight from inspiring English sources

This preliminary flight, which took place in June, will be repeated on September 29th — this time with ballast equal to the weight of two passengers.

Planetary Resources was on the verge of starting its long-term mining mission with the launch of Arkyd 3, a satellite about the size of a loaf of bread, which was to conduct preliminary flight tests and beam back results before burning up on reëntry into Earth's atmosphere.

Finally, a preliminary flight test with thrust and altitude control was carried out successfully.

Preliminary flight data indicated that an anomaly occurred in the rocket's third stage approximately 490 seconds after lift-off, at an altitude of about 160km.

In this paper, we present the development of a retro-thruster, the design of a retro-propulsion module, and a preliminary flight of the module in a landing demonstration.

In 2005, the ICAO recommended that provisional separation criteria for the A380 on takeoff and landing be substantially greater than for the 747 because preliminary flight test data suggested a stronger wake turbulence.

The preliminary post-flight trajectory reconstruction results described in this paper agree closely with the nominal trajectory.

Preliminary test flights are therefore essential.

An operational scenario and the latest technical lay-out of the configuration's preliminary design including flight performance are described.

Preliminary results from flight data recorded in altocumulus castellanus, showing liquid water phase, mixed phase, and ice phase are presented to illustrate the probe's particle discrimination capabilities.

[C5.] Record Delays in June for Airlines June appears to have been the worst month in domestic airline history for delayed flights, preliminary statistics from the Federal Aviation Administration indicate.