rate of descent in a sentence

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1. These may initially have been used for sailing on water, or to slow the rate of descent when gliding.
2. Although he worried about them, the holes grew no bigger and his rate of descent soon slowed to about.
3. That would mean the plane's rate of descent was 4, 700 feet ( 1, 410 meters ) per minute.
4. That rate of descent is not beyond the capability of Kennedy's plane, but it was unusually fast, McMann said.
5. He then began his descent toward Martha's Vineyard, though Pearce said his precise rate of descent was not clear.
6. During the flare, the rate of descent was not arrested, the plane landed with the right wing slightly lower.
7. The new information about the plane's rate of descent cast a dark light on the flight's final moments Friday night.
8. Several factors affect the rate of descent in autorotation : density altitude, gross weight, rotor rotational speed, and forward airspeed.
9. Because of the rapid rate of descent and a slow forward air speed, the Osprey lost lift, investigators previously disclosed.
10. He said the plane's rate of descent had been measured at 7, 800 feet per minute, which is a steep dive.