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flight distance the distance that agricultural and wild animals like to keep between themselves and a threat of danger. The distance varies with the degree of wildness of the animals and the circumstances. Called also the circle of safety, critical, fright or guard distance. Important in planning animal handling facilities, yards, zoos and the like. Neglect of the need to provide adequate space in which an animal can escape will lead to them damaging themselves by running into fences. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| However, a new assessment of a large body of work from around the world suggests the birds are indeed capable of using magnetic fields--if they've learned to do so and if the magnetic forces vary enough over the flight zone. The airport's flight zone covers an area of more than 720,000 square meters and is divided into two flight areas with two individual runways paralleling each other. The Twin Otter is the only aircraft currently authorized to fly within the designated flight zone over the Grand Canyon after the year 2004. |
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