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FERRY FLIGHT [6 records]

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Record 1 2013-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Stations
OBS

Purpose :... to display only Air Canada flight schedules; to identify freighter service schedule between two stations-no flight number required-up to 30 hours from DSK request; to identify ferry flights; to identify Air Canada charters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares ferroviaires
OBS

But [...] obtenir l'affichage de l'horaire des vols d'Air Canada seulement; indiquer les vols fret entre deux escales sur une période de 30 heures suivant l'heure de la demande, sans recours aux numéros des vols; indiquer les vols de convoyage; indiquer les vols nolisés d'Air Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-08-31

English

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

... a non-revenue flight flown for a positioning or other purpose (such as to enable the aircraft to undergo maintenance). [Definition officially approved by ICAO.]

OBS

Ferry flights, under certain conditions, may be conducted under the terms of a special flight permit.

OBS

ferry flight : term standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee and officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
DEF

[...] vol non payant effectué à des fins de mise en place ou autres (par exemple, à des fins d'entretien de l'aéronef en question). [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

Les vols de convoyage, dans certains cas, peuvent être exécutés conformément aux modalités d'un permis de vol spécial.

OBS

vol de convoyage : terme normalisé par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
DEF

... vuelo sin remuneración efectuado para fines de emplazamiento u otros (p. ej., el mantenimiento de la aeronave). [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

vuelo de entrega: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statutes and Regulations (Air Transport)
CONT

Commercial air operators certificated by the FAA, who have been issued FAA Operations Specification D-84, "Special Flight Permit with continuous authorization to conduct ferry flights, "may be issued a blanket Flight Permit Validation by Foreign Inspection. Aircraft operating under such a validation in Canadian airspace, shall carry the validation and a copy of the FAA Operations Specification D-84, on board the aircraft;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et législation (Transp. aérien)
OBS

Règlement de l'Air, 1970.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-05-08

English

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

Flight (with no passengers) operated to fly an aircraft to a given destination where passengers will be boarded.

OBS

In the broad meaning of the term any flight, whether revenue-earning or non-revenue, whether scheduled or other than scheduled, flown to position the aircraft to be used on some revenue-earning services and... in the narrow meaning of the term, any ferry flight.

OBS

positioning flight; repositioning flight: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
DEF

Vol à vide effectué dans le but d'amener un appareil à une destination donnée pour y prendre des passagers.

OBS

vol de mise en place : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
OBS

vuelo de emplazamiento : término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 5 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

Referring to a self-generating or self-sustaining process ...

CONT

... because the ferry take-off weight is greater than the combat weight, the flight load factors are reduced by about 50%.... With simple concession... no weight penalty is paid for the aerodynamic "bootstrap".

Key term(s)
  • bootstrap process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Terme trouvé dans un document Internet intitulé : Tchad. Les Stratégies nationales en matière d'environnement, dans le Réseau pour l'environnement et le Développement durable en Afrique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The combat tip of the Harrier wing can be removed and replaced by a ferry tip... The increased span wing spreads the weight of the aircraft over a larger area of sky in ferry flight... this gives a 9% range improvement for a given fuel weight. To obtain this range improvement in the combat configuration, additional fuel would need to be added which would amount to over fifty times the weight of the ferry tips themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Caractéristiques du Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk. 50. 1. Moteur: Rolls-Royce Peagasus 11 [...] 3. [...] Envergure (avec réservoirs de convoyage) [...]

OBS

convoyage : opération qui consiste, en temps de guerre, à diriger des avions neufs sur les bases aériennes des zones d'opération.

Spanish

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