Search results for "Military aircraft" - New World Encyclopedia
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- such as a drag racer, a fixed-wing aircraft, or a spacecraft during ... type, which he held in his arms as he left the aircraft. ...30 KB (4,644 words) - 07:42, 18 November 2022
- or freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these ... Many decided to take their war-surplus aircraft on barnstorming campaigns ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- has for the most part been exclusive to military use. The island was of strategic ... the United States Navy constructed a military base on the atoll. On August ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- as well as political corruption and military coups during the first two ... a dark blue line extending across the aircraft along the windows and covering ...23 KB (3,204 words) - 17:42, 31 October 2023
- American businessman, movie producer, aircraft inventor, mine owner and ... Hughes was a lifelong aircraft enthusiast, pilot, and self-taught ...29 KB (4,496 words) - 19:27, 7 February 2024
- study architecture. In 1921, he began his military service in the 2nd Regiment ... postal flight in the days when aircraft had few instruments and ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- long, as large as today's largest aircraft carriers and would dwarf ... border, and was thus an area of military interest. The film was given ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 17:03, 10 November 2022
- and Stanley using Grumman HU-16 Albatross aircraft. Fokker F27 and continued with Fokker F28 aircraft twice a week until 1982 ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- His first experience with the military was as a teen at the Citizens ... a test pilot and flew many types of aircraft, including experimental ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- English military engineer Laval (1707-1751) invented a whirling arm ... pilots for high-g flight in Air Force fighter aircraft. ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- power. Japan was awoken to Western military might when Admiral Commodore ... of the Mortar Platoon and the Anti-Aircraft Platoon, with the Bren Gun ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- American, and South Vietnamese military forces—fighting directly ... To disrupt these operations without direct military involvement, the ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- and television broadcasting, ship and aircraft navigation systems, cellular ... was formed. The FCC licenses all non-military communication in the United ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- resources, and establish strategic military bases to defend Japan's ... to deploy 45 fighter and 60 bomber aircraft to Guadalcanal once the ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- 13, 1971) was a Chinese Communist military leader who was instrumental ... in 1925, and matriculated at Whampoa Military Academy. While at Whampoa ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- east). Tribal tensions increased after a military coup in 1966 which resulted ... Claims of electoral fraud were the ostensible reason for a military ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- Anti-tank warfare refers to any method of combating military armored ... remains in service with the Russian military today, though the other ...26 KB (4,166 words) - 06:22, 31 July 2023
- at the University of California School of Military Aeronautics at Rockwell ... (MIT). In March 1924, he conducted aircraft acceleration tests at McCook ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- of Hawaii) and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser ... html A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: Battle of Midway ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- The first use of kamikaze aircraft was during this battle. A kamikaze ... which the Allies destroyed three Japanese aircraft carriers and approximately ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
