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  2. Ryan X-13 Vertijet - Wikipedia

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    The Ryan X-13 Vertijet (company designation Model 69) is an experimental tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate the ability of a pure jet to vertically take off, hover, transition to horizontal ...

  3. Tiger Cruise (film) - Wikipedia

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    Tina hopes to take pictures from the flight deck of Grace's jet taking off. However, the flight deck is a restricted area due to safety regulations; non-military personnel must watch the airshow from "Vulture's Row". Tina, Maddie and Anthony disguise themselves as members of the deck crew so that Tina can get the pictures she wants.

  4. Takeoff - Wikipedia

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    An F/A-18 taking off from an aircraft carrier An Embraer E175 taking off. Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff.

  5. EWR VJ 101 - Wikipedia

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    The EWR VJ 101 was an experimental West German jet fighter vertical takeoff/landing tiltjet aircraft. VJ stood for Versuchsjäger, (German for "Experimental Fighter"). [1] The 101 was one of the first V/STOL designs to have the potential for eventual Mach 2 flight.

  6. What is clear air turbulence and how did it affect the ... - AOL

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    The only Singapore Airlines accident to result in fatalities involved a Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo jettaking off from Taipei in the year 2000. The pilots mistakenly attempted to take off from a ...

  7. Short SC.1 - Wikipedia

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    The Short SC.1 was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft.It was developed by Short Brothers.It was powered by an arrangement of five Rolls-Royce RB.108 turbojets, four of which were used for vertical flight and one for conventional horizontal flight.

  8. Looking back: On Aug. 25, 1961, a jet fighter crashed into a ...

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    A plane flies overhead five days after a fighter jet crashed and exploded in a Midwest City neighborhood on Aug. 25, 1961. The burned out shell of the Tuttle family house is shown, where a mother ...

  9. Hawker 4000 - Wikipedia

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    [9] and [10] Following the BJETS order, Hawker Beechcraft delivered its Hawker 4000 super-midsized business jet to customer Jack P. DeBoer during a special ceremony at the company's Customer Delivery Center in Wichita, Kan. At the time, the Hawker 4000 was the first aircraft in its class to use carbon composite construction.