Search results for "Military aircraft" - New World Encyclopedia
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- jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting technology ... Formerly, most parachuting was performed by the military forces of ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- help ferrying troops to Taiwan during a military expedition in 1874. ... In the early 1930s, an attempt by the military clique to break the ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- the first woman to fly a fixed-wing, jet aircraft across the Atlantic and ... became the first American women to fly military aircraft. ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- and yaw attitude angles in a spacecraft or aircraft. The center of ... 1910, and other nations soon realized the military importance of the invention—in ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 2023
- famously warned the U.S. about the "military–industrial complex" ... The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- Center of gravity|the military concept|Center of gravity (military) ... The center of mass is an important point on an aircraft, which significantly ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- There are three main types of balloon aircraft: balloon. They are the most common type of balloon aircraft. ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Gliders or Sailplanes are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended ... A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- school at Schweidnitz, Richthofen began military training at age 11. ... he managed to shoot down a French Farman aircraft with his observer's ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 17:23, 7 December 2023
- Employed by the military, his interest was to move cannon more rapidly ... departement of Meuse) France. He first trained as a military ...6 KB (974 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- smoke; heating saunas and de-icing aircraft wings; short-range communications; ... Historically, thermography has been extensively used by military and ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- 知久平, 1884-1949), as "The Aircraft Research Laboratory" ... 1, 1884-October 10, 1949), a Japanese military officer, engineer, and politician ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- viewer which differs. In the case of an aircraft wing, pressure regions turn ... the 1940s, they are now only found on military aircraft such as the Grumman ...23 KB (3,705 words) - 22:06, 25 November 2022
- a pilot training program with Nebraska Aircraft. He bought his own plane ... …Germany was now able to produce military aircraft faster than any European ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- From March 1967 until July 1972, the U.S. military's Operation ... An attempt by the United States military to modify hurricanes in the ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and, in most cases ... of the steadily increasing size of military aircraft over the years. ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- the native peoples, but the European military forces remained strongly ... and is still on-going in other aspects of military technology. ...29 KB (4,662 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- A helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or ... Compared to fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are much more maneuverable ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- " was sold to the expanding aircraft industry to coat the fabric ... with acetate "dope" for military aircraft. In November 1914 ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... United Nations, South Korea established a military force mainly with police ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
