Turbulence is a common phenomenon in air travel, with certain flight routes experiencing it more frequently due to factors like mountains, jet streams, and weather systems. A study of over 10,000 routes found the Mendoza to Santiago (Argentina to Chile) flight as the most turbulent, with the Andes causing significant bumpy conditions. Other turbulent routes include those over the Himalayas ...

The four terrorists demand the aircraft be allowed to depart for Paris so they can blow up the aircraft over the ... (USMC) fighter jet above the San Gabriel Mountains. A total of 50 people from the two aircraft are killed, with the backseat crewman of the USMC aircraft the only survivor. ... National Airlines Flight 102 stalls and crashes into ...

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, ... Maximum elevation Lowest point Minimum elevation Elevation span Afghanistan: Noshaq: 7492 m 24,580 ft Amu Darya: 258 m 846 ft ... 2908 m 9,541 ft Chott Melrhir: −40 m −131 ft: 3043 m 9,984 ft American Samoa: Lata Mountain: 966 m 3,169 ft South Pacific Ocean: sea ...

Uzbekistan, [a] officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, [b] is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.It is surrounded by five countries: Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, making it one of only two doubly landlocked countries on Earth, the other being Liechtenstein.

Holiday Astronomy in the Canary Islands - posted in Experienced Deep Sky Imaging: We went on holiday to the Canary Islands over Christmas and New Year, and since we were going to spend a few days in the mountains of Gran Canaria, I decided to bring along my mini telescope. I’m happy to report that it worked out quite well! The journey there (and back) My biggest concern was transporting the ...