The Oriolis vehicles were easily identified: their designs were so antique that she wondered how their patched and mended hulls had remained airborne.

His wing tips brushed the walls on either side, despite a considerably shortened stroke; he was cramped but remained airborne.

They flew their first operational missions in November 1943, shadowing Allied convoys in cooperation with U-boats, and often remaining airborne for up to 18 hours.

The stubby wings were indeed incapable of real flight, and he was remaining airborne solely by flapping madly, like a chicken.

He had deliberately kept it short to sustain the Iron Masters' interest, but could have remained airborne for much longer and flown further.

The aircraft remained airborne and made an emergency landing in Honolulu.

Then the hail hit us even harder and the wind howled in fury as if at our insolence in remaining airborne.

If the smoke had climbed to the upper atmosphere, it could have remained airborne for months, travelling much farther and possibly affecting the world's weather patterns.

On 30 November 1959, a B-47 bomber set a world endurance record, remaining airborne for three days, eight hours, and eight minutes, and covering a distance of 32,900 miles.

Unlike their American rivals, who are looking to Washington again for help in remaining airborne, the European airlines that survived the post-Sept.