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flying head

n.
A device that is designed to read and write information on a moving magnetic surface, as on a disk or drum, while being supported above the surface by a thin cushion of air.
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Entitled "Ideal and Flying Height", the concert marks the launch of NEXT, a new joint initiative between BCMG and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where emerging young professional performers will train alongside BCMG musicians.
To achieve the requisite flying height of 15,000 feet, the helicopter would need to burn at least 50 liters as per the instructions of the aircraft manufacturers.
[h.sub.max] is the maximum flying height. The glide angle or the approaching angle [gamma] is set as 45[degrees] [30].
The usual flying height of Mushak aircraft is around 3000 feet above ground; however keeping in view high mountain peaks around Quetta Valley and other adjacent areas the Mushaks were to fly above 9000 feet.
It was on the basis of the PMO's recommendation that the flying height was lowered to allow more companies in the race.
Therein, the movement pattern included not only the movement trajectory and speed, but also the flying height. In this paper, we discuss the these constraints of movement pattern, and propose a data gathering approach for such scenario where the mobile sink node is carried by a aircraft to gather data in the terretrial WSN.
The first aerial photography was performed with analogue camera, the flying height was 600 m and the images were scanned on 5 cm ground sample distance.
On one hand, a very short taking-off from unmetalled working runway and fast flypast above the working area with low flying height during application of solid or liquid chemicals is required.
A tail wind helped him clock 92km/ hour at a flying height of 23 metres!
The ALS60 allows accurate data collection independent of pulse rate, depending instead only on flying height. Its flying height envelope ranges from a helicopter-compatible 200 m AGL to 5,000 m AGL for wide-area mapping.
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