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Air gap membrane distillation
Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) is a thermally driven desalination process in which water vapor crosses a hydrophobic membrane and an air gap, condensing as purified distillate.
Air Gear (エア・ギア)
Air Gear (エア・ギア) is a shōnen manga by Oh! Great serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine 2002–2012, 37 volumes, about the Air Treck motorized inline skates; it won the 30th Kodansha Manga Award and received a 2006 Toei anime covering about 12 volumes.
Air Greenland
Air Greenland, until 2002 named Grønlandsfly, is the national airline of Greenland, wholly owned by the Government of Greenland and headquartered at Nuuk Airport, founded in 1960.
Air gun
An air gun is a pneumatic gun that fires a projectile using compressed air, CO2, or a spring-loaded piston rather than a powder charge, covering air rifles and pistols.
Air gun laws
Air gun laws govern compressed-air weapons. UK: firearms above 1 joule, 12 ft-lb rifle and 6 ft-lb pistol limits, Scottish licensing; US: excluded from federal firearm law; Canada: 500 fps and 5.7 J thresholds.
Air Haifa (אייר חיפה)
Air Haifa (אייר חיפה) is an Israeli regional airline based at Haifa International Airport, licensed in September 2024 as Israel's first new airline in over 30 years.
Air hammer
An air hammer, also called a pneumatic hammer, is a handheld power tool that uses compressed air to drive a piston, delivering rapid blows for chipping, cutting, and riveting.
Air handler
An air handler, or air handling unit (AHU), is a factory-made assembly with a fan that circulates, cleans, heats, and cools air in a building's HVAC system.
Air Head (film)
Air Head is a 2024 short film about a man with a yellow balloon for a head, made by Toronto collective shy kids with OpenAI's Sora.
AIR HPSD study
AIR HPSD Registry: 26-center European prospective registry of 982 first-time AF pulmonary vein isolations using QDOT Micro 90 W/4 s very high-power short-duration ablation, reporting 1.8% complications and 88-90% freedom from AF/AT recurrence.
Air India (एअर इंडिया)
Air India (एअर इंडिया) is India's flag carrier airline, founded by JRD Tata in 1932, government-owned from 1953 to 2022, and now owned by the Tata Group.
Air India Express
Air India Express, also known as Air India Charters, is an Indian low-cost airline founded in 2005, now a Tata-owned Air India subsidiary flying domestic and short-haul international routes.
Air India Express Flight 1344
Air India Express Flight 1344 was a Dubai to Kozhikode repatriation flight that overran the tabletop runway at Kozhikode Airport on 7 August 2020, killing 21 of 190 aboard.
Air India Express Flight 812
Air India Express Flight 812 was a Dubai to Mangalore flight that crashed on landing in India on May 22, 2010, killing 158 of the 166 aboard.
Air India fleet
The Air India fleet comprises about 186 Airbus and Boeing jets operated by Air India, India's Tata-owned flag carrier, with 600 new aircraft on order since its 2022 privatization.
Air India Flight 101
Air India Flight 101 was a Bombay-to-New York passenger flight that crashed into Mont Blanc on 24 January 1966, killing all 117 aboard, including physicist Homi Bhabha.
Air India Flight 171
Air India Flight 171 was a Boeing 787 flying from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick that crashed into a residential area after takeoff in June 2025, killing 241 of 242 aboard and 19 on the ground.
Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182, the Kanishka bombing, was a Montreal-to-Delhi flight destroyed by a bomb off Ireland on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 aboard; it remains Canada's worst terrorist attack.
Air India Flight 2379
Air India Flight 2397 was an Airbus A320neo flight from Phuket to Delhi that lost all three hydraulic systems at cruise altitude on 4 August 2026, injuring 24 people.
Air India Flight 855
Air India Flight 855 (AI855), Boeing 747-237B VT-EBD Emperor Ashoka, crashed into the Arabian Sea 101 seconds after takeoff from Bombay on 1 January 1978, killing all 213 aboard; cause was spatial disorientation after the captain's attitude indicator failed.
Air India One
Air India One is the call sign for aircraft carrying India's President or Prime Minister, and two Boeing 777-300ER jets delivered in 2020, with Air Force One-style missile defenses.
Air interdiction
Air interdiction, also called aerial interdiction or deep air support, is the use of air power to disrupt an adversary's military capabilities behind the battle zone.
Air ioniser
An air ionizer, or negative ion generator, is an air-cleaning device that uses a high-voltage discharge to charge airborne particles so they settle out or stick to a collector.
Air ionizer
An air ionizer, also called an ion generator, is an air-cleaning device that uses high voltage to charge airborne particles, which then settle onto nearby surfaces.
Air Jihad (エアジハード)
Air Jihad (エアジハード), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse foaled 1995 at Shadai Farm; won the 1999 Yasuda Kinen and Mile Championship G1s, 1999 JRA Best Sprinter or Miler, sire of Showa Modern.
Air Jordan
Air Jordan is Nike's signature basketball shoe and apparel line for Michael Jordan, launched with the Air Jordan 1 in 1985 after Nike's record 1984 rookie signing; NBA-banned AJ1, Jumpman logo, Jordan Brand spinoff, and record sneaker auctions distinguish it.
Air Koryo (고려항공)
Air Koryo (고려항공), formerly Chosonminhang Korean Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier of North Korea. Founded in 1955, it flies from Pyongyang to Beijing, Shenyang, and Vladivostok.
Air lasing
Air lasing is mirrorless optical amplification in which nitrogen in ambient air, excited by a femtosecond laser filament, becomes the gain medium, emitting coherent ultraviolet light.
Air layering
Air layering, also called marcotting or marcottage, is a plant propagation technique in which roots form on an aerial stem while it remains attached to the parent plant.
Air Line Pilots Association, International
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the world's largest airline pilot union, representing more than 80,000 pilots at 42 airlines in the United States and Canada.