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A variometer is an instrument used in aircraft to indicate the
vertical speed (known as the climb/sink rate). It can be calibrated
in feet per minute (ft/min), knots (nautical miles per hour) or
metres per second (m/s), depending on country or type of
aircraft.
"If you're developing new oil and gas, gold or
diamonds, these things usually are not very easy to get to, C-17s
are able to go wherever there's flat earth' for them to
land."
Source: Myron Stokes, co-founder of
Florida-based heavy airlift operator Global Heavylift. The company
has reportedly signed a Letter of Intent with Boeing for dozens of
new and/or used variants of the military's C-17 Globemaster III
large transport aircraft, for use in civilian applications.
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