In aviation, a ski-jump is an upwardly curved ramp that allows a fixed-wing aircraft to take off from a runway that is shorter than the aircraft normally...
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Flight deck (redirect from Ski jump runway)
aircraft carrier to trial the angled flight deck. Another advance was the ski-jump, which fitted an angled ramp on the flight deck near the end of the aircraft's...
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Endless runway (category Aviation stubs)
used to heat the runway to reduce ice. Index of aviation articles Rocket sled launch Ski-jump (aviation) Calder, Simon (5 April 2017). "Circular Airport...
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barrier-arrested recovery" (CATOBAR). Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off (rather than using a catapult). However, the planes...
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Similar in role to many aircraft carriers, the amphibious landing ship has a ski jump for STOVL operations, and is equipped with the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B...
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gravel ski strip surface. The airport also sports a ski-jump takeoff ramp at one end and provisions for arresting gear (see picture, ski jump at 07 end)...
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List of sports (section Skiing)
cross Ski ballet Speed skiing Nordic skiing Cross-country skiing Ski jumping Nordic combined Telemark skiing Ski mountaineering Ski touring Skijoring Bobsleigh...
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Aircraft cruiser (redirect from Aviation cruiser)
elevators, which would support up to 12 Boeing AV-8B Harrier II jump-jets. These aviation facilities could also support helicopters, SEAL teams and up to...
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Saky (air base) (category Soviet Naval Aviation bases)
and a ski-jump ramp. The ski jump was a full-sized replica of the bow of the Admiral Kuznetsov.[citation needed] In 1982, the carrier-based aviation training...
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both STOVL and CATOBAR. Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off (rather than using a catapult). These are conventional...
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uses less fuel than a vertical take off. On some aircraft carriers, a ski-jump ramp is used at the bow of the carrier to help the aircraft become airborne...
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aircraft, despite their short flight decks. The British also introduced the ski-jump ramp as an alternative to contemporary catapult systems. As the Royal Navy...
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Bombardier Inc. (section Commercial aviation)
acquired Short Brothers. By 1990, the first product of the company, the Ski-Doo snowmobile, had become its weakest part gaging up deficits and high inventories...
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Dangerous Sports Club (category Bungee jumping)
In addition to bungee jumping, the club specialised in high risk and surreal activities. The Club pioneered surrealist skiing, beginning in 1983 and...
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Heliskiing (redirect from Heli skiing)
Another misconception is that skiers jump off cliffs and ski on steep and dangerous slopes. However, in a typical heli-ski run there are small groups of skiers...
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Sigurd Haanes (category Norwegian ski jumping biography stubs)
fourth in ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937 in Chamonix. At that time, he was based in Italy as an amateur skiing coach. He was...
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Invincible and Illustrious were equipped with 7° ski-jumps, and Ark Royal carried a 12° ski-jump. The class also had, since 1976, a secondary role as...
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the ski-jump is the penalty it exacts on aircraft size, payload, and fuel load (and thus range); heavily laden aircraft cannot launch using a ski-jump because...
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Mountain Ski Resort, containing one of the largest ski jumps in the world, the Pine Mountain Ski Jump. The ski resort hosts the annual FIS Ski Jumping Continental...
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ski-jump for launching high-performance jet aircraft and arrestor gears for landing. The design represented a major advance in Soviet fleet aviation over...
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fixed-wing carrier aircraft, as it was equipped with two catapults as well as a ski jump. The configuration would have been very similar to U.S. Navy carriers though...
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Philippine Airlines Flight 812 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in the Philippines)
him jump out of the plane. The hijacker was wearing a ski mask and swimming goggles when he jumped out of the plane together with the valuables he had stolen...
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moved to town and introduced ski jumping. Howelsen built the first jump on Howelsen Hill, now part of the Howelsen Ski Area. He also founded the annual...
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underwent a number of modifications, most prominently being fitted with a ski-jump ramp, allowing its fixed-wing aircraft to launch with improved loads, as...
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CVX-class aircraft carrier (section Aviation)
maintenance. The flight deck will be of an axial design rather than using a ski-jump (used by other F-35B jet aircraft operators except for the United States...
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Spider Sabich (section World Pro Ski Tour)
alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit in the late 1960s. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and was the pro ski racing...
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its landing gear retracted for the first time. 1 June 2024: The first ski-jump ramp test of TB3 was successfully completed. General characteristics Performance...
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British Aerospace Sea Harrier (category Harrier Jump Jet)
recognised as aircraft carriers. Almost immediately upon their construction, a ski-jump was added to the end of the 170-metre deck, enabling the carriers to effectively...
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Parachuting (redirect from Tandem jump)
licensed skydivers. As parachuting is an aviation activity under the visual flight rules, it is generally illegal to jump in or through clouds, according to...
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Wingsuit flying (section Wingsuit BASE jump records)
BASE-jump exit point such as a tall cliff or mountain top. The wingsuit flier wears parachuting equipment specially designed for skydiving or BASE jumping...
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