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- Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The main goals ...41 KB (6,292 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
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- Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The main goals ...41 KB (6,292 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- fixed base operator services, air traffic control, passenger facilities ... most international airports have air traffic control located on site. ...33 KB (5,029 words) - 20:47, 27 October 2023
- detection of precipitation, air traffic control, police detection ... use of radar in fields as diverse as air traffic control, weather monitoring ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- directly and through irregular proxies for control over the Laotian Panhandle ... supported by the CIA proprietary airline Air America, Thailand, and the ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- and enhance the quality of the environment—air, water, and land resources—to ... DDT (dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane) to control agricultural pests in the ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- or "shopping plaza" refers to open-air retail complexes. ... to walk without interference from vehicle traffic. "Mall" is generally ...16 KB (2,407 words) - 01:55, 15 December 2022
- The Atlantique Incident represented an event in which the Indian Air ... devolve into a nuclear exchange. The Indian Air Force had reason to suspect ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- An air bag, also known as an Air Cushion Restraint System (ACRS) or ... Air bags are designed to complement conventional restraints, such ...35 KB (5,475 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- In the early 1950s Cherry began to study the situation of air traffic ... or broadcast through a loudspeaker to the air traffic controllers, the distinctions ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- protection device used to extinguish or control a fire, often in emergency ... measure—but once the fire is out of control, the safest recourse is ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight ... when communicating with airports or air traffic control centers. Most of these ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- supply systems, irrigation, pollution control systems, sewer systems, ... They design grading, drainage (flood control), paving, water supply, ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- by professional aviation, the U.S. Army Air Force purchased four Link ... the pilot. The camera responded to pilot control actions and the display ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- * Air transport involves moving peoples or materials via aircraft. ... two directions on a single track, to air traffic control which requires knowing ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- which comply with the Euro II pollution control standards.BEST Undertaking ... followed by the double-decker buses and air-conditioned buses, which ply ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- textile industry in Britain and shipping traffic increased (the British, ... damage to the town. The French then took control of Casablanca. This effectively ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- and load support. Tires are inflated with air, which provides a flexible ... wheel tightly to ensure that the tire holds air without leakage. The bead ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- such as the PDP-8 and the PDP-11-based air traffic control system from London Terminal Control Centre at West Drayton near London. ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- to public broadcasts, local military traffic, radar emissions, and even ... agencies routinely work to prevent and control the dissemination of information ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- a main development plan, which facilitated traffic and prevented air pollution ... Yoav, and shelled and bombed it from the air. Fearing encirclement, Egyptian ...25 KB (3,733 words) - 04:02, 18 August 2023
- this rises several hundreds of feet into the air because of the incredible ... honeymoon visits. With increased railroad traffic, in 1886 Leffert Buck replaced ...27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
- Gliders or Sailplanes are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended ... types enables them to climb using rising air instead of merely descending ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- according inability to address or "control" these risks, can result ... rail and transportation systems, air traffic control system and more complex ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- the original company retaining operational control. The route mileage of this ... CBD (Navi Mumbai), operating under the control of the Railway Ministry ...37 KB (5,222 words) - 13:17, 4 March 2024
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... Air pollution causes deaths and respiratory disease.[http://www.who ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- with the U.S. and Russia, would clash for control of Asia. The fall of Fort ... enlarged chamber allowing for two-way foot traffic. The tunnel splits into ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" and -planos "wandering ... Two necessities for all fixed-wing aircraft are air flow over the ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe. ... that the invading troops would take control of the island, some blew ...26 KB (3,654 words) - 02:55, 26 February 2023
- sentencing in court. About the Arson Control Forum, Communities and Local ... can still be injured responding to open-air fires, property is often damaged ...10 KB (1,466 words) - 05:41, 9 January 2023
- rickshaws and ban street vendors. He began control of migration to the city ... suffers from congestion due to heavy traffic, especially in the central ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- that hangs over the city, trapped by the air currents that prevail. The ... and nitrogen dioxide gas are trapped by the air currents that prevail, creating ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- trade, and the increase in ship traffic helped Vancouver surpass ... Winnipeg played a large part in the British Commonwealth Air Training ...32 KB (4,701 words) - 23:10, 17 May 2023
- The weather in the Great Lakes basin is affected by three factors: ... Lake Superior generally receives cool, dry air masses from the Canadian northwest ...23 KB (3,330 words) - 22:50, 21 January 2023
- to create a separate territory to better control the situation. In 1901, ... 1940s, opened up the territory to road traffic. The war also saw the construction ...24 KB (3,529 words) - 21:38, 4 June 2023
- this reason, and because of the immense traffic it receives, Allahabad is ... The Mughals eventually took over control of the region from the rulers ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- city and Long Island, and actually holding control of all federal appropriations ... projects. Toll revenues rose quickly, as traffic on the bridges exceeded ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- kingdoms of Baekje and Silla struggled for control of the peninsula. Observers ... after 1966 reflected the success of birth control programs. In 1962, the government ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 6 March 2024
- strongly garrisoned. The British also took control of Ascension Island and ... a transport link called the South Atlantic Air Bridge. The flights are mainly ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- an officer's legal authority, such as traffic control, stopping and detaining ... with particular types of crime, such as traffic law enforcement and crash ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- coast without the pedals spinning out of control. This refinement led to ... The 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic considers a bicycle to ...29 KB (4,462 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- motor vehicles have contributed to air pollution. The government ... in 1241. In 1398, Lahore fell under the control of the Turkic conqueror ...30 KB (4,227 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- has meant urbanization and motor vehicle traffic has intruded on the beautiful ... Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464) was the first Medici to control ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- on September 24, 1925, with Dutch Army-Air Captain Floris Albert van ... It was also used by the Royal Air Force, the first British military ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force, and retake the islands ... British counterparts, and the Argentine Air Force (FAA) had realized, ...43 KB (6,819 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- west from Mount Tabor. The main road for traffic between Egypt and the interior ... as a space below the floor into which warm air was pumped for a bathhouse ...14 KB (2,200 words) - 15:58, 11 November 2022
- states. Democrats gained enough seats to control more than two-thirds of ... Transit Administration). The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing ... The displacement is defined as the total volume of air/fuel mixture ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- and the Pala Empire before passing to the control of the Hindu Sena dynasty ... The city passed to the control of the British East India Company in ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- somewhat, by absorbing heat and cooling the air in summer, then slowly radiating ... The lakes are extensively used for transport, though cargo traffic ...32 KB (4,828 words) - 02:10, 21 January 2023
- the TR-07 performed at an international traffic exhibition in 1988 (IVA88). ... three stations. Testing in passenger traffic started in August 1989, ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
- continues to struggle with problems such as air pollution, traffic congestion ... 1799). The British returned administrative control of the Bangalore "pete ...48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
- environments in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; ... mountains allowed the rulers of Derbent to control land traffic between the ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- [[File:Battle of britain air observer.jpg|thumb|250px|Aircraft spotter ... for the attempt by Germany's Luftwaffe (air force) to gain air superiority ...41 KB (6,464 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- have done little to overcome the notorious traffic jams on Bangkok's surface ... km link between the new airport and the City Air Terminal (CAT) at Makkasan ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- after the war, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was founded ... Delta Air Lines is the city's largest employer and the metro ...39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
- Africa, and had been vital in maintaining control of India. For this reason ... The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 gave the United Kingdom control ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- were rapidly able to reassert their control over Karachi and defeat ... repairing roads, parks, street lights, and traffic engineering), with some ...41 KB (5,975 words) - 17:58, 14 May 2024
- so that fuel vapors, which are heavier than air, vent to the open air. Brakes ... Automated control has been seriously proposed and successfully prototyped ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- cost of living, worse pollution, more traffic, and longer commuting times ... community: Stadtluft macht frei ("City air makes you free") was ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- of the city. The airport, with its air traffic control tower and a 12,000 foot-long precision-approach runway (12L-30R), opened in 1994 and was ...13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
- of Berlin, as the seat of the Allied Control Council, was itself subdivided ... Ulbricht's proposal for a second air blockade was refused, and ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- had written an exhaustive study for the U.S. Air Force that recommended packet ... any one company from exerting too much control over the network. ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- warmest month is January, with an average air temperature range at Observatory ... include public transport, main roads, traffic control, policing, education ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- early nineteenth centuries, originally for goods traffic. ... Subsequently, under the control of various English kings, London once ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- thirteenth centuries. The Mali Empire took control of the region after the ... 2002. As of 2007, much of the city had no traffic lighting overnight. ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- challenges never faced before, such as traffic, smog and pollution. Beijing ... as the central government began to lose control of the whole country. ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- After several centuries of Roman control, Milan was declared the capital ... Milan, along with the Veneto, to Austrian control in 1815. ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- As a result of controls on motorized traffic, the maintenance of natural ... The Singapore Armed Forces, which includes the army, navy, and air ...31 KB (4,281 words) - 22:29, 15 May 2024
- in 1900; it can be a body of steam or air in a steam engine, such as ... may cross the boundary (often called a control volume in this case) ...25 KB (3,670 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- Brazzaville faces environmental issues including air pollution from ... Congo Association (later Zaire) for control of the Congo River basin ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 22:54, 20 November 2023
- city has been under Ottoman and Russian control, has endured a pogrom, has ... created Moldovan SSR in July 1941—Nazi air raids bombed the city heavily ...21 KB (3,032 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- heavy overcast, when the Allies' strong air forces would be grounded. ... to the port had been cleared from German control. This delay had been caused ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- is managed by the United States Air Force 50th Space Wing. The ... major segments: the space segment (SS), a control segment (CS), and a user ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- turned on each other, fighting for control of Luanda and international ... widened, sealed, and re-routed to relieve traffic congestion in the city. ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- Union, were being transferred to NATO control. Ultimately unofficial bonds ... *Air Defense & Air Traffic Control bodies, including the: ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without ... drawbacks, complicating navigation, air traffic control and numerous other factors. ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- (OPC). The pilots of two United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter ... in failing to exercise appropriate control and for not intervening ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- The Faeroese have, over the years, taken control of most matters except defense ... fog and heavy winds. The fog often causes air traffic delays. The islands ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- economic center. However, overpopulation, traffic congestion, pollution, and ... the defeat of Spain, U.S. forces took control of the city and the islands ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- Sea turtles spend almost all their lives submerged but must breathe ... oceanic currents that they often have no control over. While in the open ...29 KB (4,504 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- The fish-belly gates allow for a precise control of water level, reducing ... approximately six tons of water into the air at any instant, reaching a ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 23:15, 21 October 2022
- such as the behavioral epidemic of traffic accidents or road rage, ... water (waterborne epidemic such as typhoid), air (airborne common-vehicle epidemic ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- such as poverty, pollution, and traffic congestion. Kolkata served ... major cities of India,Central Pollution Control Board, [http://www.cpcb ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- it took him three decades to gain full control of Livonia (German ... the second largest city under Swedish control until 1710 during a period ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- Maine is an Alcoholic beverage control state. ===Federal politics=== Republicans have largely maintained their control of the state's US Senate ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- to the Midwest, much cargo and business traffic passes through its borders ... as it is a battleground between cold Arctic air and warm Gulf air for much ...38 KB (5,430 words) - 22:43, 12 February 2022
- has been greatly affected by maritime traffic on the North Sea. The Roman ... The first records of marine traffic on the North Sea come from the ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- on the Indian side of the Line of Control, which serves as the de ... and Kashmir. The town lies on the Line of Control (LOC), the defacto border ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- while the waste heat is used to produce hot air and water. In addition, excess ... *Water and air management Roads 2 HyCom, [http://www.ika.rwth-aachen ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- World War II, Hong Kong was under Japanese control. Rapid industrialization ... British and Canadian forces surrendering control of the colony to Japan on ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- Air pollution is a significant environmental issue in Johannesburg ... reserves, and some British officials eyed control of the Johannesburg gold ...34 KB (4,738 words) - 13:15, 6 May 2024
- During the first few centuries of our era, control over Mumbai was disputed ... into seven police zones and seventeen traffic police zones, each headed ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- relations. During the daytime, heavy traffic, throngs of office workers ... had subdued the entire coast, retaining control until the early eighteenth ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- in Georgetown, was used to allow barge traffic to bypass the falls. ... and major streets that radiate out from traffic circles, providing vistas ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- burn" (clearing fire) broke out of control on June 13, 1886, razing ... through the seaport, where commercial traffic constituted the largest ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- loss of his older brother Jesse, a U.S. Army Air Forces nose turret gunner ... Soderbergh's 2000 Oscar-winning drama Traffic, in a brief cameo in a scene ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- experienced major problems with quality control, such as limited travel ... motors. Geared machines use worm gears to control mechanically movement of ...49 KB (7,939 words) - 16:09, 13 February 2024
- Due to hunting and a history of efforts to control predators, many ... climate, depending on the direction of air flow. Finland is near enough ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- Haze Pollution in 2002 as an attempt to control haze pollution in Southeast Asia. ... which can undermine their regime’s control over the conduct of regional ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- famously described wars as being like traffic accidents.A.J.P. Taylor ... so when mentally unbalanced people are in control of a nation. This extreme ...40 KB (6,411 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
