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A falling leaf is a controlled stall performed in a fixed-wing aircraft. The maneuver is performed by purposely stalling the airplane and then carefully using the rudder to try to hold the aircraft on a steady course. The falling leaf consists of a constant rotation about the yaw axis while continually changing
Falling Leaves (radar network), an warning system of the United States Air Force "Falling Leaves", a song composed by Frankie Carle "The falling leaves drift by the window", opening line of the 1945 song "Autumn Leaves"
Fallen Leaves (Finnish: Kuolleet lehdet, lit. 'Dead Leaves') is a 2023 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. [6] It is Kaurismäki's 20th full-length film and a continuation of his Proletariat series, which was originally planned as a trilogy and already includes Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), and The Match Factory Girl (1990).
Falling Leaves was an improvised ballistic missile early warning system of the United States Air Force.It was set up during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and networked 3 existing U.S. radars—2 Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS) radars and an Aircraft Control and Warning general surveillance radar which was modified by Sperry Corporation to 1,500 mi (2,400 km) range, allowing ...
The plot of Falling Leaves owes elements to the O. Henry short story "The Last Leaf" (1907). [2] [3] The child hero is a recurring theme in Guy-Blaché films; [4] the first film produced by Solax, A Child's Sacrifice (1910), which also starred Magda Foy, is another example.
The story follows young technologist NikŠ¾ Nizharadze as he starts working at a wine factory alongside his friend. NikŠ¾ initially appears to lack confidence, assertiveness, and discipline, but he is honest and straightforward, traits that set him apart.
"Autumn Leaves" is the English-language version of the French song "Les Feuilles mortes" ("The Dead Leaves") composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945. The original lyrics were written by Jacques Prévert in French, and the English lyrics were by Johnny Mercer .
Yen Mah had an older sister called Lydia (Jun-pei) and three older brothers, Gregory (Zi-jie), Edgar (Zi-lin), and James (Zi-jun). [1] She has stated in Falling Leaves that she did not use the real names of her siblings and their spouses to protect their identities but she did, however, use the real names of her father, stepmother, aunt and husband, while referring to her paternal grandparents ...