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A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
PPC pilots typically enjoy flying low and slow, and the PPC is an excellent platform for sightseeing and photography. PPCs are also used in agriculture, and occasionally by law enforcement agencies and flight search organizations. PPCs do not need an airport to take off and land. Many pilots choose and prefer to fly from back yard strips, small ...
Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.
On June 28, 2017, an Angel Flight (TB10 Tobago) crashed into terrain near Mt Gambier heading to Adelaide, South Australia killing 78-year-old Adelaide Hills man, Grant Gilbert, who was flying the aircraft, a 16-year-old girl and her 43-year-old mother — Emily and Tracy Redding from Mount Gambier.
The ability to fly both low and slow safely, the "open" feel, the minimal equipment and maintenance costs, and the portability are claimed to be this type of flying's greatest merits. [ 1 ] Powered paragliders usually fly between 15 and 50 mph (24 and 80 km/h ) at altitudes from 'foot-dragging' up about to 18,000 ft (5,500 m ) or more with ...
A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport.. As its name suggests, HPAs have the pilot not only steer, but power the aircraft (usually propeller-driven) by means of a system similar to a bicycle or tricycle: a pair of pedals, moved by the pilot's feet that turns a gear, which then moves a bicycle chain, which then rotates a ...
A Carter PAV from 2014. A personal air vehicle (PAV) is a proposed class of passenger aircraft providing on-demand air transport.. The emergence of this alternative to traditional ground transport methods has been enabled by unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and electric propulsion.
Small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) has long been divided into two clinicopathological stages, termed limited stage (LS) and extensive stage (ES). [8] The stage is generally determined by the presence or absence of metastases, whether or not the tumor appears limited to the thorax, and whether or not the entire tumor burden within the chest can feasibly be encompassed within a single radiotherapy ...