altitude
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Ice can form on the outside of a plane while it’s cruising at high altitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
But the justices were not inclined to let him remain at that altitude for long.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
The name suggests altitude, and this whitewashed village of barely 2,000 in the Algarve region is only a half-hour’s drive inland from the beach town of Albufeira and its package-tour mobs but feels centuries away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Vertical Aerospace is still certifying aircraft for commercial service and isn’t as well-known as some of the other players trying to create a “low altitude economy,” including Joby Aviation, Archer Aviation, and Beta Technologies.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
A side effect of the surgery, he discovered early in the Everest climb, was that the low barometric pressure that exists at high altitude caused his eyesight to fail.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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