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112 relations: Aerobatic maneuver, Aeronca Aircraft, Air–fuel ratio, Aircraft canopy, Aluminium, American Aviation Historical Society, Bankruptcy, Bearing (mechanical), Bede Aircraft, Bede BD-4, Budweiser, Burt Rutan, Calabasas, California, Caproni, Carl Kiekhaefer, Center of mass, Chantilly, Virginia, Cockpit, Consent decree, Coors Brewing Company, Cruise missile, Deadstick landing, Denver, Drag (physics), EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA Aviation Museum, Empennage, Erie, Colorado, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Experimental Aircraft Association, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Fiberglass, Fire sale, Flap (aeronautics), Forced landing, French Valley Airport, Fuel efficiency, Fuselage, General aviation, Glider (sailplane), Guinness World Records, Hiller Aviation Museum, Hirth, Hirth 2704, Homebuilt aircraft, Hydroforming, James Bond, Jet engine, Jim Bede, ... Expand index (62 more) »
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Aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dogfights or competition aerobatics.
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Aeronca Aircraft
Aeronca, contracted from Aeronautical Corporation of America, located in Middletown, Ohio, is a US manufacturer of engine components and airframe structures for commercial aviation and the defense industry, and a former aircraft manufacturer.
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Air–fuel ratio
Air–fuel ratio (AFR) is the mass ratio of air to a solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel present in a combustion process.
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Aircraft canopy
An aircraft canopy is the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of some types of aircraft.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
American Aviation Historical Society
The American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of American aviation.""AAHS Mission," Winter 2019, AAHS Journal, vol.64, no.4, page 242, retrieved May 1, 2021Williams, Tim, with William T. Larkins (former AAHS President), from the AAHS Journal, as reproduced on the AAHS website, retrieved May 1, 2021 AAHS has had an educational program in promoting American aviation through its journal and a periodic newsletter, archives historical aviation documents and photos, maintains multiple websites on aviation history, and assists aviation historians and the public in the acquisition and exchange of aviation history information.
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Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.
Bearing (mechanical)
A ball bearing A bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion to only the desired motion and reduces friction between moving parts.
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Bede Aircraft
Bede Aircraft Corporation was founded by aeronautical engineer Jim Bede in Cleveland in 1961 to produce the BD-1 kit aircraft, which eventually became the American Aviation Corporation's AA-1.
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Bede BD-4
The Bede BD-4 is an American light aircraft, designed by Jim Bede for homebuilding and available since 1968.
Budweiser
Budweiser is an American-style pale lager, a brand of Belgian company AB InBev.
Burt Rutan
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft.
Calabasas, California
Calabasas is a city in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Caproni
Caproni, also known as Società de Agostini e Caproni and Società Caproni e Comitti, was an Italian aircraft manufacturer.
Carl Kiekhaefer
Elmer Carl Kiekhaefer (June 4, 1906 – October 5, 1983) was the owner of Kiekhaefer Mercury (later Mercury Marine) and Kiekhaefer Aeromarine and also a two-time NASCAR championship car owner.
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Center of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.
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Chantilly, Virginia
Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia.
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Cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, on the front part of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.
Consent decree
A consent decree is an agreement or settlement that resolves a dispute between two parties without admission of guilt (in a criminal case) or liability (in a civil case).
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Coors Brewing Company
The Coors Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company based in Golden, Colorado that was founded in 1873.
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Cruise missile
A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path and whose primary mission is to place an ordnance or special payload on a target.
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Deadstick landing
A deadstick landing, also called a dead-stick landing, is a type of forced landing when an aircraft loses all of its propulsive power and is forced to land.
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Denver
Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly the EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In), or just Oshkosh, is an annual air show and gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at the Wittman Regional Airport and adjacent Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States.
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EAA Aviation Museum
The EAA Aviation Museum, formerly the EAA AirVenture Museum (or Air Adventure Museum), is a museum dedicated to the preservation and display of historic and experimental aircraft as well as antiques, classics, and warbirds.
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Empennage
The empennage, also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.
Erie, Colorado
The Town of Erie is a Home Rule Town located in Weld and Boulder counties, Colorado, United States.
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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
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Experimental Aircraft Association
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 300,000 members and nearly 1,000 chapters worldwide. It hosts the largest aviation gathering of its kind in the world, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
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Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.
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Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection.
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Fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
Fire sale
A fire sale is the sale of goods at extremely discounted prices.
Flap (aeronautics)
A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight.
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Forced landing
A forced landing is a landing by an aircraft made under factors outside the pilot's control, such as the failure of engines, systems, components, or weather which makes continued flight impossible.
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French Valley Airport
French Valley Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in southwestern Riverside County, California, located on Highway 79 near the cities of Murrieta and Temecula.
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Fuel efficiency
Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or work.
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Fuselage
The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section.
General aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.
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Glider (sailplane)
A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring).
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Hiller Aviation Museum
The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located at the San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, California focused on Northern California aviation history, Hiller Aircraft and helicopter history.
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Hirth
Hirth Engines GmbH is an engine manufacturer based in Benningen, Germany.
Hirth 2704
The Hirth 2704 and 2706 are a family of in-line twin cylinder, two stroke, carburetted aircraft engines, with optional fuel injection, designed for use on ultralight aircraft and especially two seat ultralight trainers, single seat gyrocopters and small homebuilts.
Homebuilt aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity.
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Hydroforming
Hydroforming is a means of shaping ductile metals such as aluminium, brass, low alloy steel, and stainless steel into lightweight, structurally stiff and strong pieces.
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James Bond
The James Bond series focuses on the titular character, a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.
Jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.
Jim Bede
James R. Bede (April 17, 1933 – July 9, 2015) was an American aircraft designer and developer, particularly noted for his development of influential, fast, efficient, light aircraft, including his BD-1 (forerunner of the Grumman-American line February 26, 2001, updated October 29, 2019, Aviation Consumer, retrieved June 24, 2023; notes: "The AA-1 started life in 1963 as the BD-1," and "The flight characteristics of the original airplane were, in general, quite bad," and "the AA-1 has a safety record much worse than average for this class of airplane."), and the BD-4,Davisson, Budd: March, 1991, Air Progress, (as OCR-scanned and posted on the author's website as "Jim Bede's High-speed Packing Crate: the BD-4: A classic, fast mover"), retrieved June 24, 2023 BD-5Moore, Jim: May 1, 2022, AOPA Pilot, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, retrieved June 24, 2023 and BD-10Mark, Rob: May 1, 2022, AOPA Pilot - Turbine Edition, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, retrieved June 24, 2023 kitplanes.
Joystick
A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.
Landing gear
Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.
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Line of thrust
The line of thrust is the locus of the points, through which forces pass in a retaining wall or an arch.
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Longitudinal stability
In flight dynamics, longitudinal stability is the stability of an aircraft in the longitudinal, or pitching, plane.
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Lycoming O-235
The Lycoming O-235 is a family of four-cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed, piston aircraft engines that produce, derived from the earlier O-233 engine.
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Lycoming O-360
The Lycoming O-360 is a family of four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engines.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Mazda Wankel engine
The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda.
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McMinnville, Oregon
McMinnville is the county seat of and most populous city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States at the base of the Oregon Coast Range.
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Microturbo TRS 18
The Microturbo TRS 18 is a small, low thrust turbojet designed and built in France in the 1970s.
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Motor drive
Motor drive means a system that includes a motor.
Motor glider
A motor glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power.
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Murrieta, California
Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States.
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National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.
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National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.
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Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, officially the Town of Ocean City, is an Atlantic resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, along the East Coast of the United States.
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Octopussy
Octopussy is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions.
Ohio History Connection
Ohio History Connection, formerly The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Ohio Historical Society, is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1885.
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Oregon Air and Space Museum
The Oregon Air and Space Museum, located on the grounds of the Eugene Airport in Eugene, Oregon, holds a collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft.
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Oshkosh is a city in and the county seat of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located on the western shore of Lake Winnebago.
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Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
PBS TJ100
The PBS TJ100 is a Czech turbojet engine produced by PBS Velká Bíteš.
PBS Velká Bíteš
První brnÄ›nská strojírna Velká Bíteš, a. s. ("First Brno Engineering Plant", known as PBS VB) is a Czech engineering and manufacturing company.
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Pima Air & Space Museum
The Pima Air & Space Museum is an aerospace museum in Tucson, Arizona, US.
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Polaris Inc.
Polaris Inc. is an American automotive manufacturer headquartered in Medina, Minnesota, United States.
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Poly(methyl methacrylate)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is the synthetic polymer derived from methyl methacrylate.
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Polyurethane
Polyurethane (often abbreviated PUR and PU) refers to a class of polymers composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links.
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Popular Science
Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is a U.S. popular science website, covering science and technology topics geared toward general readers.
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Propeller (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, an aircraft propeller, also called an airscrew,Beaumont, R.A.; Aeronautical Engineering, Odhams, 1942, Chapter 13, "Airscrews".
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Reciprocating engine
A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.
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Red Bull
Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH.
Rotax 582
The Rotax 582 is a two-stroke, two-cylinder, rotary intake valve, oil-in-fuel or oil injection pump, liquid-cooled, gear reduction-drive aircraft engine manufactured by BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG.
Rotax 618
The Rotax 618 is a two-stroke, two-cylinder, liquid cooled, gear reduction-drive engine that was formerly manufactured by BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG.
Safran
Safran S.A. is a French multinational aerospace and defense corporation that designs, develops and manufactures aircraft engines, helicopter engines, spacecraft propulsion systems as well as various other aerospace and military equipment.
San Carlos, California
San Carlos (Spanish for "St. Charles") is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
Schleicher ASW 15
The Schleicher ASW 15 is a single-seat sailplane designed in 1968 by Gerhard Waibel and manufactured by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.
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Scott Manning
Scott Manning (15 May 1958 – 16 June 2006) was a Canadian aerobatic pilot of the world's smallest jet, the BD-5J.
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Servo tab
A servo tab is a small hinged device installed on an aircraft control surface to assist the movement of the control surfaces.
Shannon, County Clare
Shannon or Shannon Town (Baile na Sionnainne), named after the river near which it stands, is a town in County Clare, Ireland.
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Siletz, Oregon
Siletz (Tolowa: sii-let-ts’i) is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.
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Snowmobile
A snowmobile, also known as a snowmachine, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow.
Solar T62
The Solar T62 Titan is an American gas turbine engine used mainly as a aircraft auxiliary power unit (APU), conventional power generator, turboprop engine for fixed-wing aircraft or turboshaft engine for helicopters.
Sonex Aircraft SubSonex
The SubSonex is an experimental, single-seat, amateur-built jet aircraft from Sonex Aircraft's "Hornet's Nest" development division. Bede BD-5 and Sonex Aircraft SubSonex are microjets and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Spirit of Flight Center
The Spirit of Flight Center (SOF), is operated by the non-profit Spirit of Flight Foundation, a 501(C)(3) organization based in Nampa, ID.
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Spoiler (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil in a controlled way.
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Stall (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases.
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia.
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Subaru EA engine
The Subaru EA engine is a series of automobile internal combustion engines manufactured by Subaru, a division of Fuji Heavy Industries.
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB, Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada, BST), officially the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (Bureau canadien d'enquête sur les accidents de transport et de la sécurité des transports) is the agency of the Government of Canada responsible for advancing transportation safety in Canada.
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Tucson, Arizona
Tucson (Cuk á¹¢on; Tucsón) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona.
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Turboprop
A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.
Two-stroke engine
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston (one up and one down movement) in one revolution of the crankshaft.
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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V-tail
The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tailGudmundsson S. (2013). "General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures" (Reprint). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 489., 9780123973290) of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional vertical and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration.
Very light jet
A very light jet (VLJ), entry-level jet or personal jet, previously known as a microjet, is a category of small business jets that seat four to eight people.
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Volkswagen air-cooled engine
The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an air-cooled, gasoline-fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium-alloy crankcase, and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods.
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Warren, Ohio
Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States.
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Welding
Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing fusion.
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum (WOTR) is located on the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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2si 808
The 2si 808 is a family of in-line three cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual ignition, aircraft engines that were designed for ultralight aircraft.
See also
Microjets
References
Also known as Acro Star, Acrostar, BD-5J, Bede BD-5 Micro, Bede BD-5A, Bede BD-5B, Bede BD-5C, Bede BD-5D, Bede BD-5J, Bede BD-5J Micro, Bede BD-5J Micro-Jet, Bede BD-5S, FLS Microjet.