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ELAPSED FLYING TIME [6 records]

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Record 1 2013-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
CONT

Less desirable flights are flights having factors other than departure time that may cause the customer to reject them in preference for other flights on the same route e. g equipment type or elapsed flying time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
CONT

Il s'agit de vols dont les caractéristiques, autres que l'heure de départ, par exemple le type d'appareil, la durée réelle du vol, peuvent inciter le client à faire un autre choix.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
CONT

Elapsed flying time for this flight between Toronto and Montreal.

OBS

"Elapsed" time is the total time from departure to arrival including intermediate stops, if any.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
CONT

Durée totale du vol entre Toronto et Montréal, escales comprises.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Stations
CONT

This time the question does not refer to elapsed flying time or even true flying time but to the actual miles per hour the aircraft flies. A wealth of information is stored in the computer and is readily available when such questions arise. To obtain this information, the transaction code is DRI meaning Display Reference Information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares ferroviaires
OBS

Cette fois, il ne s'agit pas de la durée totale du vol ou de sa durée réelle, mais de la vitesse de l'appareil (en milles à l'heure). L'ordinateur contient une foule de renseignements à ce sujet. Pour les obtenir, il suffit de composer le code DRI (Display Reference Information).

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

An incendiary device producing a chemical reaction which, when dropped from a flying aircraft, will ignite after a predetermined elapsed time.

CONT

Delayed aerial ignition devices (DAIDs) ... are 1.25- in (3.2-cm) diameter polystyrene balls containing potassium permanganate; the balls are fed into a dispenser, generally mounted in a helicopter where they are injected with a water-glycol solution and then dropped through a chute leading out of the helicopter, the chemicals react thermally and ignite in 25 to 30 sec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Dispositif utilisant une combinaison de substances chimiques qui s'enflamment dans un délai prédéterminé.

OBS

Ce dispositif comprend des petites boules de polystyrène contenant du permanganate de potassium, logées dans un distributeur fixé à l'intérieur d'un hélicoptère ou d'un aéronef d'où elles sont lâchées sur des cibles forestières.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
CONT

prime service flights are flights having factors other than departure time that may cause the customer to select them in preference to other flights on the same route e. g. equipment type or elapsed flying time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
CONT

Les vols préférentiels sont ceux dont les caractéristiques autres que l'heure de départ, par exemple le type d'appareil ou la durée réelle du vol, peuvent inciter le client à les choisir de préférence à d'autres vols effectuant le même trajet.

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
OBS

Less desirable flights are flights having factors other than departure time that may cause the customer to reject them in preference for other flights on the same route e. g. equipment type or elapsed flying time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
OBS

Vols moins avantageux : Il s'agit de vols dont les caractéristiques, autres que l'heure de départ, par exemple,le type d'appareil, la durée réelle du vol, peuvent inciter le client à faire un autre choix.

Spanish

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