Used against helicopters and low flying fixed-wing jets, it homes in on the heat given off by the target aircraft's engine exhaust. |
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In the past, the ministry had 3 patrol vessels, one fixed-wing plane and a helicopter to perform the above-mentioned functions. |
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Six all-weather lifeboats, four helicopters, one fixed-wing aircraft and another 26 vessels joined the search in deteriorating conditions. |
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He was one of the earliest Royal Marines officers to qualify as a fixed-wing pilot. |
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The money was packaged in waterproof containers and thrown out of small, fixed-wing aircrafts over the ship. |
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Prior to this time, he had been concerned with gliders and fixed-wing aircraft and, in 1918, designed a tri-motor bomber for the Spanish Air Force. |
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If Kenney can grease the wheels of Canada's fighter jet program, fixed-wing search and rescue, the Canadian Surface Combatant program, etc. |
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The helmets offer impact protection of a traditional helicopter helmet, with windblast protection of a fixed-wing helmet. |
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Aircrews will refuel fixed-wing receiver-capable aircraft for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and coalition forces. |
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Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice. |
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Emergency officials confirmed a man, 43, died when his water bomber fixed-wing aircraft crashed in the Budawang National Park, 270km Southwest of Sydney. |
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Fixed-wing commission aircraft and spotter helicopters will assist if farmers become overwhelmed. |
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Fixed-wing air land is the next most responsive mode, because it travels at the fastest speeds and the cargo can be offloaded quickly at the destination airstrip. |
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