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- in 1991. The treaty states that no military aircraft would fly anywhere ... They further added that Pakistani military aircraft had violated Indian ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, ... assisted takeoffs are used for some military aircraft. SpaceShipOne is the ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- largest supplier of engines to civilian aircraft in the world, the company ... design work himself, particularly on the aircraft engines that the company ...9 KB (1,468 words) - 22:33, 29 January 2023
- companies but later died piloting an aircraft of his own design. ... combustion engine that were later used in aircraft engines. ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 17:16, 13 February 2024
- largest supplier of engines to civilian aircraft in the world, the company ... may have influenced Royce to turn to aircraft engine design) and broke ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 02:47, 16 December 2022
- targets, usually as part of a larger military, terrorist, or riot strategy. ... &sig=mCN924uCybWfcThJuN2nRryGtNg Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An ...13 KB (2,042 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- usually refers to the point at which an aircraft moves from transonic to ... The tip of the propeller on many early aircraft could reach supersonic ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- the propulsion of a vehicle such as an aircraft, ship, or submarine though ... The twisted airfoil (aerofoil) shape of modern aircraft propellers ...19 KB (3,022 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- With muzzle loading guns and some large military guns, there is no casing ... Large-caliber military guns often fire explosive-filled projectiles ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically ... flight deck crew in both civil and military aircraft. Engineering flight ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- to gather information on their rival’s military capability in an effort ... Powers’s aircraft was badly damaged, and crashed near Sverdlovsk ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 01:20, 3 May 2023
- exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies ... in the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners, ... destroyer and the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- An airport is a facility where aircraft, such as airplanes and helicopters, can take off and land. A military airport is known as an airbase ...33 KB (5,029 words) - 20:47, 27 October 2023
- In 1995, SAAB Military Aircraft and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems ... 45 percent of export airframes. SAAB Military Aircraft is responsible for ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- most prevalent forms of hijacking are of aircraft and automobiles. The motivations ... apply to customs, law enforcement, or military aircraft. Thus its scope appears ...26 KB (3,897 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world ... Stringfellow steam engine intended for aircraft was accessioned into the ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, and aircraft. Business operations deal ... * Air transport involves moving peoples or materials via aircraft. ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the ... are available to all users: Private, military, and commercial. In areas ...41 KB (6,292 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- it may be used to detect metal fatigue in aircraft and explosives at airports ... * It can be used in the radiography of aircraft to detect metal fatigue. ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- 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
- Easter Rising. Shute attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich but because ... afterwards and in 1931 founded the aircraft construction company Airspeed ...19 KB (3,017 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- commander, and in 1916 he was appointed military governor. In 1918, he became ... by 1924 he had established himself as a military dictator in Peking. In 1927 ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- University of Jerusalem to become the military leader of the first special ... Nasser from becoming another expansionist military threat. Eden had also been ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- are usually "inherently safe." Aircraft "failures" are ... such as commercial airliners, military aircraft, munitions and complex ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- than 40 anthropometric surveys of U.S. military personnel were conducted ... Anthropometric studies are used in the design of modern aircraft, ...14 KB (1,919 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, ... well suited to the detection of aircraft and ships. Radar absorbing ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- English military engineer Benjamin Robins (1707-1751) invented a whirling ... for high-g flight in Air Force fighter aircraft. It is important to note ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... does not replace the traditional black military Iron Cross, which can be ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- on developing the Hovercraft further for military use. Dr. W. Bertelsen also ... on the secret list as being of possible military use and therefore restricted ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- Military intelligence (abbreviated “MI” or “int.” in Commonwealth ... Most militaries maintain a military intelligence corps with specialized ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
