There were also a number of medical evacuations and the air lift of a bull injured on a farm.
The Center believes that world conditions may make it possible to rely upon a logistical mix which places greater emphasis on sea-lift than air-lift than is currently the case.
Mr. Ghysels, who is 48 and owns a creative marketing agency called Hakuna Matata, around 2004 wanted to celebrate his daughter's birthday in the air but lacked lift.
By changing the angle of its wings and its body, the moth was able to create a delicate balance between the thrust pushing it forwards, the drag - or air resistance - pushing against it, and the lift keeping it in the air.
The more moisture in the air, the less lift and instability are needed to produce precipitation.
How's this for a concept: Helium hopes hot air can give it a lift.
Effects supervisors used wires to lift Reeve and suspend him in air.
Like an airplane wing, the kite generates more lift the faster it moves through the air.
It went on to become the first hotel in Mumbai to be equipped with a lift, and the first in India with an air-conditioned dining room.
Flying at the end of 60-foot control lines, they generate enough lift to launch a sailor 40 feet in the air, with hang times that make the sea-level surfers green with envy.
The pilot must then change the pitch of his craft to let it enter a mode called autorotation, in which the rush of air as it descends keeps the blades whirling, thus providing lift that slows the fall.
At certain moments the air streamed against the ship as if sucked through a tunnel with a concentrated solid force of impact that seemed to lift her clean out of the water and keep her up for an instant with only a quiver running through her from end to end.
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