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WEATHER FLY [7 records]

Record 1 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Private-Sector Programs
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
OBS

The Alberta Hail Suppression Project(AHSP) is a program funded by the Alberta Severe Weather Management Society(ASWMS)... The program has been running since 1996 with the goal of mitigating the amount of hail damage affecting urban property such as homes and vehicles. The program uses [cloud] seeding planes that fly between June to September 15th every year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes du secteur privé
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

Literally, a portable, folding ledge or hanging tent platform for sleeping on steep cliffs.

CONT

The porta-ledge originated in American BIG WALL CLIMBING during the 1960s when Greg LOWE devised the Lurp tent. This rigid alloy frame with a nylon sheet strung across it and a tent fly built over it could be suspended from a single point of attachment and provided climbers with protection from bad weather on a multiday aid routes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

A5 [marque déposée] est l'inventeur et le spécialiste incontesté des plates-formes de bivouac en paroi. Ces engins ont été et demeurent les compagnons indispensables de la conquête des bigs walls américains et d'innombrables voies sur toutes les montagnes du monde, dans les conditions de difficulté et de temps les plus extrêmes.

CONT

Un portaledge A5 est la garantie d'un repos confortable et sûr, [...]

OBS

Plate-forme pour dormir en paroi de la montagne.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Gross navigational error(GNE)-Pilots are expected to fly their aircraft along the centerline of their assigned route and to stay within the accuracy limits of their installed navigation systems.(For example, the accuracy tolerance limits for Loran C equipment used in instrument flight rules(IFR) oceanic navigation is 5. 8 NM). If an aircraft becomes off course, it is usually for one of the following reasons; a "loop"(or communications) error between the pilot and the controller, a pilot intentionally entering a waypoint which is not along the assigned route of flight(for example, a pilot deviation due to weather without prior ATC approval or without declaring an emergency), an unintentionally entered waypoint not along the assigned route, and a navigational equipment error or failure. Navigational errors that are greater than 20 NM are investigated by the various countries that provide ATC service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beekeeping
DEF

A queen that can lay only unfertilized eggs which develop into drones.

OBS

[The queen] has only a limited time to mate, and if she is unable to fly because of bad weather and remains unmated, she will become a "drone layer". Drone laying queens usually mean the death of the colony, because the queens have no fertilized(female) larvae from which to raise a replacement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des abeilles
OBS

Lorsque que le couvain de mâles devient plus important que le couvain d'ouvrières, on dit que la reine est bourdonneuse et la ruche est en péril.

OBS

Ce phénomène biologique peut-être dû à des causes diverses telles que : la reine est trop âgée [...] les spermatozoïdes sont déficients [...] la reine n'a pu être fécondée au cours des trois premières semaines de sa vie; une intoxication alimentaire par le pollen et le nectar [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de abejas
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Record 5 2003-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Tactical Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

LANTIRN consists of a navigation pod and a targeting pod integrated and mounted externally beneath the aircraft. The AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod provides high-speed penetration and precision attack on tactical targets at night and in adverse weather. The naviation pod also contains a terrain-following radar and a fixed infrared sensor, which provides a visual cue and input to the aircraft's flight control system, enabling it to maintain a preselected altitude above the terrain and avoid obstacles. This sensor displays an infrared image of the terrain in front of the aircraft, to the pilot, on a head-up display. The navigation pod enables the pilot to fly along the general contour of the terrain at high speed, using mountains, valleys and the cover of darkness to avoid detection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Opérations tactiques (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The F-15, the most capable air force fighter in the world, will be improved with an advanced long-range AN/APG-63 radar with SAR(synthetic array radar) modifications. With SAR the F-15 Strike Eagle becomes an even more capable weapons system which can fly attack missions against ground targets in all weather, such as the notoriously inclement weather of Europe. Using SAR to analyze radar signals reflected from the ground--at distances of over a hundred kilometers--the system can display extremely high resolution images, discerning objects and features down to 10 feet in size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 7 1982-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

An advanced programmable signal processor is the key element of the radar on the F-15 Strike Eagle, the two-seat fighter proposed to meet NATO's need for an aircraft to fly attack missions in the severest weather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Un nouveau processeur de signaux programmable constitue l'élément essentiel du radar du F-15 Strike Eagle, le chasseur biplace proposé à l'OTAN comme appareil capable d'effectuer des missions d'attaque dans les conditions météorologiques les plus défavorables.

Spanish

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