Honda spent 20 years developing its new jet plane after nearly abandoning the idea early on.
In 1960, at the age of 58, Bill began work on a small jet plane, which revolutionized American business travel.
Unlike a jet plane, the shuttle has a fragile heat shield that can be easily damaged by rain or lightening.
The next thing for me is flying a jet plane like the Dassault Falcon 2000, which Ratan Tata flies.
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Understanding the brain, Allen argues, is much like a being a medieval blacksmith trying to reverse engineer a jet plane.
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True, after taking a jet plane across the Atlantic, a businessman who flew in first class feels better than one who flew in coach.
Michael Massaroli, 38, was working for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of the North Tower on September 11, 2001, when a jet plane slammed into the floors beneath him.
While aeronautic design has come far since the advent of the passenger jet plane, making them lighter and more efficient, many designers feel that we've gone about as far as we can go with cigar-shaped fuselages and under-wing engines.
By contrast, a jet fighter plane travels at speeds of Mach 1 to Mach 2, and the Space Shuttle blasts into space at Mach 25.
Powered by six 747 jet engines, the plane will require a 12, 000ft runway for takeoffs and landings.
It has struggled with the sluggish business jet market more than other plane makers.
Aerospace contractor Northrop Grumman is developing an unmanned combat jet the size of a fighter plane.
Boeing has described many issues as routine for a new plane, and the company maintains the jet is reliable.
The Jet Lock is a device that clamps around a plane's landing wheel, completely immobilizing it.
The test jet I flew had no autopilot to keep the plane smooth in turbulence.
On the plane to Singapore I watched the Jackie Chan and Jet Li film The Forbidden Kingdom.
Boeing is again using Catia software for much of the structural design of its new 7E7 jet, but it is using Thinkid for the plane's cabin plans because of the software's flexibility in making changes.
Robert Duarte, an expert on some instruments in the jet, questioned evidence by defense attorneys who claimed the plane's speed was slower than what prosecutors contend.
Singapore Airlines said it will buy 30 Boeing 787-10X aircraft, the third variant of the plane maker's newest and most technologically advanced passenger jet, subject to Boeing formally launching the model.
And the fireman never responded, but the guy in front of us said that if it had been a passenger plane" -- meaning a full-size jet like the one that had, in fact, crashed into the building -- "we'd all be down.
He goes up to the jet-bridge and stands at the open door of the plane, greeting customers and calling out the name of his intended catch.
The original jumbo jet could carry twice as many passengers as the next largest plane then flying and had a greater range, allowing, for example, a long transatlantic flight without refuelling.
It is a very easy plane to fly, yet it is as stable as a larger jet.
The Mustang is an easy plane to fly, yet it is as stable as a larger jet.
The intended market is city pairs (like Seattle-Paris) big enough to support nonstop service with a smallish jet but not big enough to fill a giant long-distance plane like the Boeing 747 or upcoming Airbus A380.
The wing and part of the fuselage of the plane were being moved to Oceana for further study, but the remains of the jet's twin engines will remain at the crash site for now as investigators study them, the U.S. Atlantic fleet's aviation arm reported.
Honda mounted the jet's engines on top of the wings and close to the body of the plane, a foolish design, most airplane experts would say.
Rob Dore, owner of Private Jet Hire, said Mr Mills had made an enquiry with the firm to charter a plane from Doncaster Robin Hood Airport to Exeter but no booking was taken.
Through its NetJets program, Executive Jet pioneered "fractional" aircraft ownership, in which two or more firms share a private plane.
The lithium-ion batteries used in Boeing's 787 Dreamliner are central to the design of a plane which is billed as being lighter and 20% more fuel efficient than earlier generations of jet.
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