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  2. Contrail - Wikipedia

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    The sky above Würzburg without contrails after air travel disruption in 2010 (left) and with regular air traffic and the right conditions (right) In 2011, a study of British meteorological records taken during World War II identified one event where the temperature was 0.8 °C (1.4 °F) higher than the day's average near airbases used by USAAF ...

  3. Chemtrail conspiracy theory - Wikipedia

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    An Airbus A340's engines leaving a water condensation trail – miniature clouds formed by the engine exhaust. The chemtrail conspiracy theory / ˈ k ɛ m t r eɪ l / is the erroneous [1] belief that long-lasting condensation trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the ...

  4. Kármán line - Wikipedia

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    The Kármán line thus is a largely arbitrary definition based on some technical considerations. An aircraft can stay aloft only by constantly traveling forward relative to the air (rather than the ground), so that the wings can generate aerodynamic lift. The thinner the air, the faster the plane must go to generate enough lift to stay up. [16]

  5. Attitude indicator - Wikipedia

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    The top half of the instrument is blue to represent the sky, while the bottom half is brown to represent the ground. The bank index at the top shows the aircraft angle of bank. Reference lines in the middle indicate the degree of pitch, up or down, relative to the horizon. [2] [1] Most Russian-built aircraft have a somewhat different design.

  6. List of airlines of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Phoenix–Sky Harbor Los Angeles New York–JFK New York–LaGuardia Washington–National: 1926 Founded as American Airways and commenced operations in 1936 as American Air Lines; largest airline in the world based on airline company revenue, scheduled passenger miles flown (per year), and fleet size. Avelo Airlines: XP VXP AVELO Burbank New ...

  7. Fulton surface-to-air recovery system - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft flew into the line, aiming at a bright mylar marker placed at the 425 foot (130 m) level. As the line was caught between the forks on the nose of the aircraft, the balloon was released and a spring-loaded trigger mechanism (sky anchor) secured the line to the aircraft.

  8. Airway (aviation) - Wikipedia

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    All airspace above FL195 is class C controlled airspace, the equivalent to airways being called Upper Air Routes and having designators prefixed with the letter "U". If an upper air route follows the same track as an airway, its designator is the letter "U" prefix and the designator of the underlying airway.

  9. 1991 Los Angeles runway collision - Wikipedia

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    On the evening of Friday, February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737-300, collided with SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop aircraft, upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).