Airfields

The incidence of aircraft impacts may be significantly higher in certain areas (e g., in the vicinity or airports). The aircraft crash hazard is site specific and tlie failure is strongly dependent on the kinetic energy of tlie aircraft. Two types of data are needed to analyze for aircraft impact the aircraft crash rate in tlie site vicinity (per unit area per year) and tlie effective target area of tlie vulnerable item. Crash rates for different categories of aircraft can be obtained from state and national autliorities (e.g., FAA). The proximity of the site to airfields must be taken into account because crashes are much more frequent witliin a radius of approximately 3 miles. 

Flugfeld, n. flying field, airfield, flugge, a. fledged. 

Flug-haien, m. airport, -koks, m. flue coke, coke dust, -kraft, /. power of flight, flight power. -linie, /. = Flugbalm airline, -mehl, n. mill dust, -platz, m. airfield, airport. -post, /. air mail, air post, -r.ost, m. rust in thin film, flugs, adv. quickly, instantly. 

For civilian aircraft the facility for rapid starting is not important and cartridge operation is not often employed, particularly because it involves storing and handling explosives, even though the hazards of these explosives are those of fire and not of detonation. For military purposes, however, particularly for fighter aircraft which are best scattered on an airfield, a rapid start is of considerable importance. Therefore cartridge operated starters are much used for these aeroplanes. In Britain, development has been essentially with propellants based on ballistite, namely double base propellants of the solventless type, whereas in the United States composite propellants based on ammonium nitrate have proved more popular. 

Fuze, Flare. A fuze, such as MT (mechanical time), to initiate ignition of the charge in a flare, which is a pyrotechnic item designed to produce a single source of intense light for purposes such as target and/or airfield illumination... 

HoC Rifle Grenade, diam 2.7 inches, overall length 7.08 inches, which could be fired from a 6.5-mm Infantry Rifle, was modified and several of them were enclosed in a large bomb casing. This ensemble could be dropped on airfields to damage grounded aircraft... 

Mucciarone MC, Llewellyn CH (2006) Tactical combat casualty care in the assault on Punta Paitilla Airfield. Mil Med 171 687-690... 

Most of the asphalt produced is used in roads and airfield pavements. Nearly all roads and airstrips built in Saudi Arabia since 1950 have been paved with Ras Tanura asphalt. 

Earth Anchor EAW-20 - The earth anchor was initially designed to anchor the catapult shuttle truck to the earth in the installation of short airfields for tactical support (SATS). The anchor consists of two primary components, the anchor tuhe assembly and the explosive cartridge assembly. The anchor tube assembly consists of the following sub-assemblies 1) Anchor tube — a steel tube,... 

Constituents. It is unusual for these compounds to become contaminants where they axe applied correctly, but manufacturing facilities, storage depots and rural airfields where crop-dusters are based have had spills that can lead to long lasting contamination. 

Commercial airports have been cleared of supercooled fog for many years by dry ice seeding as a standard practice. Military airfields have been cleared by use of bolh propane and dry ice methods,... 

Tigercat. Brit close-range surface-to-air missile system, in production and service. This system was evolved specifically as a simple guided weapon with instant readiness for the point defense of airfields and other important potential target areas on land... 

The Lewis bomb was developed in late 1941 by Lieutenant Jock Lewis, one of the early members of Britain s elite Special Air Services (SAS) unit. The need for such an explosive arose because SAS airfield raids were succeeding in blowing up the fuel tanks of German aircraft but failing to ignite the petrol in them. These raids were difficult and risky, and the SAS troops were satisfied with nothing less than total destruction of the aircraft. 

Both the Ukrainian and Romanian Navy will become new partners in the theater of military operations of the USA European Command. Romanian military locations in Constanta on the Black Sea coast will become a base for NATO and USA troops on their movement to the Balkans. Here we mean military bases on the airfield Mikhail Kogelnichyanu not far from port Constanta and training grounds Babadag located to the north. 

Airfield runways and aprons Highway and bridge joints Bridge abutments... 

Test Method for Tack Free Time of Caulking Compounds and Sealants Specification for Nonbituminous Inserts for Contraction Joints in Portland Cement Concrete Airfield Pavements, Sawable Type Specification for Joint Sealant, Hot Poured, Elastomeric Type, for Portland Cement Concrete Pavements... 

Public buildings, airfields and large industrial firms. 

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