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The lake bed made an ideal strip for testing aircraft, and the Emigrant Valley's mountain ranges and the NTS perimeter protected the site from visitors, about 100 miles north of Las Vegas.

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57 On 4 May 1955, a survey team arrived at Groom Lake and laid out a 5000 feet north–south runway on the southwest corner of the lakebed and designated a site for a base support facility.

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This included testing at Groom Lake, which had inadequate facilities consisting of buildings for only 150 people, a 5000 feet asphalt runway, and limited fuel, hangar, and shop space.

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Groom Lake had received the name "Area 51" when A-12 test facility construction began in September 1960, including a new 8500 feet runway to replace the existing runway. "

1291

The contractor upgraded base facilities and built a new 10000 feet runway (14/32) diagonally across the southwest corner of the lakebed.

1292

In 1995, the federal government expanded the exclusionary area around the base to include nearby mountains that had hitherto afforded the only decent overlook of the base, prohibiting access to 3972 acres of land formerly administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

1293

Many of the hypotheses concern underground facilities at Groom or at Papoose Lake (also known as "S-4 location"), 8 miles south, and include claims of a transcontinental underground railroad system, a disappearing airstrip nicknamed the "Cheshire Airstrip", after Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat, which briefly appears when water is sprayed onto its camouflaged asphalt, and engineering based on alien technology.

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In October 2004, Aston Martin set up the dedicated 12500 meters square AMEP engine production plant within the Ford Germany Niehl, Cologne plant.

1297

It is the seventh largest state by area covering an area of 162975 sqkm and tenth-most populous state, with 49,386,799 inhabitants.

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Lambasingi in Visakhapatnam district is the only place in South India which receives snowfall because of its location as at 1000 meters above the sea level.

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Reliance Industries Limited struck nine trillion cubic feet of gas reserves in the KG basin, 150 kilometers off the Andhra Pradesh coast near Kakinada.

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NH 16, with a highway network of around 1000 kilometers in the state, is a part of Golden Quadrilateral Project undertaken by National Highways Development Project.

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The rail density of the state is 16.59 per 1000 kilometers , compared to an all India average of 20.

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The elevation in the centre of the market square is 430 meters relative to Normalhöhennull.

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The territory's lowest point is at the Lein river near Rodamsdörfle, the highest point is the Grünberg's peak near Unterkochen at 733 meters .

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Its designated catchment area includes the following municipalities of the central and eastern Ostalbkreis district: Abtsgmünd, Bopfingen, Essingen, Hüttlingen, Kirchheim am Ries, Lauchheim, Neresheim, Oberkochen, Riesbürg and Westhausen, and is interwoven with the catchment area of Nördlingen, situated in Bavaria, 30 kilometers east of Aalen.

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As Aalen's territory sprawls on escarpments of the Swabian Jura, on the Albuch and the Härtsfeld landscapes, and its elevation has a range of 355 meters , the climate varies from district to district.

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The annual rainfall is 807 mm , which places Aalen in the middle within Baden-Württemberg.

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The annual mean temperature is 9 Coulomb .

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The market square is the historic hub of Aalen and runs along about 150 meters from the town hall in the south to the Historic Town Hall and the Old Town Hall in the north, where it empties into Radgasse alley.

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About 10 meters in front of the Reichsstädter Brunnen fountain at the town hall, the coats of arms of Aalen, its twinned cities and of the Wischau linguistic enclave are paved into the street as mosaic.

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When in the early 1870s Aalen's water network was constructed, the fountain was replaced by a smaller fountain about 100 meters distant.

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The 26 meters tall Aalbäumle observation tower is built atop Langert mountain.

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The 24 hectares large Dellenhäule protected area between Aalen's Waldhausen district and Neresheim's Elchingen district, created in 1969, is a sheep pasture with juniper and wood pasture of old willow oaks.

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The 46 hectares large Goldshöfer Sande protected area was established in 2000 and is situated between Aalen's Hofen district and Hüttlingen.

1325

Stuttgart Airport, offering international connections, is about 90 kilometers away, the travel time by train is about 100 Minutes.

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At Aalen-Heidenheim Airport, located 15 kilometers south-east of Aalen, small aircraft are permitted.

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The tower was erected in 1956, it is 140 meters tall and made of reinforced concrete.

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The existing DC-2's cabin was 66 inches wide, too narrow for side-by-side berths.)

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Its cabin was 92 inches wide, and a version with 21 seats instead of the 14–16 sleeping berths of the DST was given the designation DC-3.

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Dining options include free snacks, beverages, and alcohol on all flights, with three-course meals offered on flights 900 miles or longer (some routes under 900 miles also offer meal service).

1332

The remainder of the economy cabin will have 30 inches of legroom.

1333

Fort Worth, Texas" The headquarters is located in two office buildings in the CentrePort office complex and these buildings together have about 1400000 sqft of space.

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On January 17, 1983, the airline finished moving into a $150 million ($ when adjusted for inflation), 550000 sqft facility in Fort Worth; $147 million (about $ when adjusted for inflation) in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport bonds financed the headquarters.

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The airline will lease a total of 300 acres from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and this area will include the headquarters.

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Only four players from each team are allowed within the centre square ( 50 meters ) at every centre bounce, which occurs at the commencement of each quarter, and to restart the game after a goal is scored.

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A player may run with the ball, but it must be bounced or touched on the ground at least once every 15 meters .

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If a player takes possession of the ball that has travelled more than 15 meters from another player's kick, by way of a catch, it is claimed as a mark (meaning that the game stops while he prepares to kick from the point at which he marked).

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The average rainfall is 277 mm per year.

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Rarely, the rainfall can be torrential, reaching over 100 mm in a 24-hour period, leading to severe flooding.

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The record maximum temperature of 41 °C was observed on 4 July 1994.

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The record minimum temperature of -1.6 °C was recorded on 2 January 1971.

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The worst flooding in modern history occurred on 30 September 1997 when 270 mm of rain fell within six hours.

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Temperatures under 2 °C are very rare.

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Monastery of Santa Faz (15th century), located 5 kilometers outside the city, in Baroque style.

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An arcsecond is approximately the angle subtended by a U.S. dime coin (18 mm) at a distance of 4 kilometers .

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circle is 10 cm wide on a computer display, viewing it from 10 meters away will show true representation of the sizes.

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At sea level one minute of arc along the equator or a meridian (indeed, any great circle) equals exactly one geographical mile along the Earth's equator or approximately 1.0 nautical miles .

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A second of arc, one sixtieth of this amount, is roughly 30 meters .

1353

Degrees given to three decimal places (1 of a degree) have about 1 the precision of degrees-minutes-seconds (1 of a degree) and specify locations within about 120 meters .

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Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aare, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains, and is west of Zürich, and 65 kilometers northeast of Bern.

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It has an area, as of 2006 lc=on , of 8 sqkm .

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blank1_info_sec1 = 260 meters : Rhine at Kaiseraugst

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Its total area is 1404 sqkm .

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With a population density of 450/km 2 (1,200/sq mi), the canton has a relatively high amount of land used for human development, with 216 sqkm or about 15% of the canton developed for housing or transportation.

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There is controversy amongst owners, breeder and veterinarians regarding the health effects of the extreme muscle mass that is currently fashionable in the specialized halter horse, which typically is and weighs in at over 1200 pounds when fitted for halter competition.

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The petioles grow to at least 1.0 feet in length.

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The male flower has five petals, each about 1 inches long.

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It has black turbinate seeds that are 0.167 inches in diameter.

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The polygonal walls of the acropolis may still be seen in a fair state of preservation on a circular hill standing about 500 feet above the little plain of Exarcho; one gateway remains, and there are also traces of town walls below.

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Paris's Arc de Triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City in 1938, which is 67 meters high.

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The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982, is modelled on the Arc de Triomphe and is slightly taller at 60 meters .

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1964 A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2 pounds of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.

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With HE (requiring a burst 20 to 30 feet above the ground), if this was very slightly wrong the rounds would either hit the ground or burst too high.

1376

The first proximity fuzes were designed to detonate about 30 feet above the ground.

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ramjet-assisted, similar to rocket-assisted, but using a ramjet instead of a rocket motor; it is anticipated that a ramjet-assisted 120-mm mortar shell could reach a range of 22 miles .

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Australian gunners, wearing gas masks, operate a 9 inches howitzer during World War I.

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A British 60-pounder ( 5 inches ) gun at full recoil, in action during the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915.

1381

They lie on either bank of the Nile, and a road, 6 kilometers in length, was cut beside them from Syene to Philae.

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The Nile is nearly 650 meters wide above Aswan.

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From this frontier town to the northern extremity of Egypt, the river flows for more than 1200 kilometers without bar or cataract.

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The climate of Aswan is extremely dry year-round, with less than 1.0 mm of average annual precipitation.

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The 5 meters diameter circular fuselage section for 8-abreast seating and 2 LD3 containers below

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The 5 meters diameter circular fuselage section allows an eight-abreast passenger seating and is wide enough for 2 LD3 cargo containers side-by-side.

1390

The two A300B1 prototypes were 51 meters long, five frames shorter than the later production versions, the second was operated by Trans European Airways

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The A300B1 was five frames shorter than the later production versions, being only 50 meters in length.

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The early production versions, the A300B2/B4, was 53 meters long, and differed in weights and fuel capacity

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The longer-range A310, 7 meters shorter, was introduced by Swissair in April 1983

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It can seat 220 passengers in two classes, or 240 in all-economy, and can fly up to 5150 nautical miles .

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21 September 1987: EgyptAir Airbus A300B4-203 touched down 700 meters past the runway threshold.

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14 April 2010: AeroUnion Flight 302, an A300B4-203F, crashed on a road 2 kilometers short of the runway while attempting to land at Monterrey airport in Mexico.

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In South Vietnam alone, an estimated 39000 sqmi of agricultural land was ultimately destroyed.

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The campaign destroyed 5 million acres of upland and mangrove forests and thousands of square kilometres of crops.

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About 17.8%— 3100000 hectares —of the total forested area of Vietnam was sprayed during the war, which disrupted the ecological equilibrium.

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The island has a land area of 75 sqkm .

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About 200 hectares at Ruaomoko Point on the south-eastern portion of the island will be killed by drilling holes into the trees and injecting poison.

1409

At WrestleMania III, he was billed at 520 pounds , and the stress of such immense weight on his bones and joints resulted in constant pain.

1410

Years later, Hogan claimed that Roussimoff was so heavy, he felt more like 700 pounds , and that he tore his latissimus dorsi muscle when slamming him.

1411

A then-heel Hogan had slammed a then-face Roussimoff following their match at the Showdown at Shea on August 9, 1980, though Roussimoff was somewhat lighter (around 470 pounds ) and more athletic at the time (Hogan also slammed him in a match in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, a month later).

1415

Foraging ants travel distances of up to 200 meters from their nest and scent trails allow them to find their way back even in the dark.

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Abano Terme (known as Abano Bagni until 1924) is a town and comune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei; it is 10 kilometers southwest by rail from Padua.

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The waters have a temperature of about 80 Coulomb .

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The Aegadian Islands ( ; , ; ) are a group of five small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the cities of Trapani and Marsala, with a total area of 37 sqkm . [

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Aegina ( ; , Aígina ; ) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 27 kilometers from Athens.

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Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 nautical miles southeast of Marseille.

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Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 nautical miles southeast of Marseille.

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Many beaches and coves border its territory and the terrain is particularly rugged in the west where the highest point is 790 meters .

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the Psychiatric Hospital of Castelluccio is 5 kilometers west of the city centre and is also home of cancer services and long-stay patients. [

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It had an area of 771 sqmi , and a population of 78,236 in 1901.

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The Ajanta Caves constitute ancient monasteries and worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75 meters wall of rock.