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Aerospaceplane
The US Air Force's aerospaceplane project encompassed a variety of projects from 1958 until 1963 to study a fully reusable spaceplane.
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Air Force Armament Museum
The Air Force Armament Museum, adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the only facility in the U.S. dedicated to the display of Air Force armament.
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AIR-2 Genie
The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1 and also known as the blivet) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead.
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Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft.
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Aircraft records
This article gives yearly aviation records under 5 headings: airspeed, range, ceiling, gross take-off weight, and engine power.
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Airlines of South Australia
Airlines of South Australia refers to.
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Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München DM1
The Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München DM1 was a single-seat research glider that was designed and built in Germany from 1944.
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Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines is an American airline headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area of the state of Washington.
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Alexander Lippisch
Alexander Martin Lippisch (November 2, 1894 – February 11, 1976) was a German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in the U.S. His most famous designs are the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptorReitsch, H., 1955, The Sky My Kingdom, London: Biddles Limited, Guildford and King's Lynn, and the Dornier Aerodyne.
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Alicante–Elche Airport
Alicante–Elche Airport (Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche,, originally named El Altet, is —as of 2017— the fifth-busiest airport in Spain based on passenger numbers, and the main airport serving the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia. The airport is located in the municipality of Elche, about east of this city and about southwest of Alicante. Its influence area spans other cities in the Valencia province—the city of Valencia is located about north of the airport—and in the Region of Murcia. The airport is located about north of Murcia. The airport is a base for Air Nostrum, Evelop Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and Vueling. Passenger traffic has increased significantly in the last decade, beating its own yearly record since 2013 to date; in particular, in 2015, it handled 10,574,484 passengers. Then, in 2016 it set its new record with almost 12,350,000 passengers,; in 2017 it set its new consecutive record at 13.7 million passengers. Altogether it is one of the 50 busiest in Europe. Up to 80% of all passenger flights are international. The largest numbers of passengers arrive from the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Sweden. Popular domestic destinations are Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona.
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Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport
Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport is a public airport in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on Lehigh Street two miles southwest of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Allison Engine Company
The Allison Engine Company was an American aircraft engine manufacturer.
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American Airlines Flight 96
American Airlines Flight 96 was a regular domestic flight operated by American Airlines from Los Angeles to New York via Detroit and Buffalo.
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AN/ASG-18
The Hughes AN/ASG-18 Fire Control System was a prototype airborne radar and fire control system for the planned North American XF-108 Rapier interceptor aircraft for the United States Air Force.
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Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
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Apollo spacecraft feasibility study
The Apollo spacecraft feasibility study was conducted by NASA from July 1960 through May 1961 to investigate preliminary designs for a post-Project Mercury multi-manned spacecraft to be used for possible space station, circum-lunar, lunar orbital, or manned lunar landing missions.
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Arsenal of Democracy
During the Second World War (1939–1945), "Arsenal of Democracy" was the slogan used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a radio broadcast delivered on 29 December 1940.
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Atlas (rocket family)
Atlas is a family of American missiles and space launch vehicles.
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Atlas Corporation
The Atlas Corporation is a corporation formed in 1928, in a merger of the United Corporation, an investment firm started in 1923 with $40,000, with Atlas Utilities and Investors Ltd.
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Atlas E/F
The Atlas E/F, also designated SB-1A was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket built using parts of decommissioned SM-65 Atlas missiles.
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Atlas G
The Atlas G, also known as Atlas G Centaur-D1AR was an American expendable launch system derived from the Atlas-Centaur.
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Atlas H
The Atlas H was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile.
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Atlas I
The Atlas I was an American expendable launch system, used in the 1990s to launch a variety of different satellites.
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Atlas LV-3B
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit.
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Atlas SLV-3
The Atlas SLV-3, or SLV-3 Atlas was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas / SM-65D Atlas missile.
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Atlas-Able
The Atlas-Able was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile.
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Atlas-Agena
The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile.
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Atlas-Centaur
The Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile.
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Auckland Airport
Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with 19,387,627 (10,594,128 international and 8,793,499 domestic) passengers in the year ended October 2017.
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Avco
Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming.
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Avensa
Avensa (Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima) was a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas.
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Avro Canada C102 Jetliner
The Avro C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range turbojet-powered jet airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949.
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AZUSA
AZUSA refers to a ground-based radar tracking system installed at Cape Canaveral, Florida and the NASA Kennedy Space Center.
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Étienne Dormoy
Étienne Dormoy (Vandoncourt, France, 10 February 1885 – San Diego, USA, 28 February 1959) was an aeronautical engineer and a designer of aircraft.
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B-36 Peacemaker Museum
The B-36 Peacemaker Museum is a non-profit organization "Dedicated to the preservation of the rich aviation history of North Texas".
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Bachmann Industries
Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specialising in model railroading.
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Bell D-188A
The Bell D-188A (unofficial military designations XF-109/XF3L) was a proposed eight-engine Mach 2–capable vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) tiltjet fighter that never proceeded past the mock-up stage.
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Boeing B-47 Stratojet
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (company Model 450) is an American long range, six-engine, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft.
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Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar
The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be used for a variety of military missions, including aerial reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and as a space interceptor to sabotage enemy satellites.
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Boeing XB-59
The XB-59, Boeing model number 701, was a 1950s proposal for a United States supersonic bomber aircraft.
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Braniff Flight 542
Braniff International Airways Flight 542, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, registration N9705C, was a scheduled domestic flight from Houston, Texas, bound for New York with scheduled stops in Dallas and Washington, D.C. On September 29, 1959, 23 minutes into the 41-minute flight from Houston to Dallas Love Field, the aircraft disintegrated in mid-air approximately southeast of Buffalo, Texas, killing everyone on board.
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Braniff International Airways
Braniff Airways, Inc., doing business as Braniff International Airways, from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until 1983, was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982.
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Bristol Brabazon
The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large propeller-driven airliner which was designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Brown Field Municipal Airport
Brown Field Municipal Airport is in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California, southeast of Downtown San Diego and named in honor of Commander Melville S. Brown, USN, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1936.
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Bruce Herschensohn
Stanley Bruce Herschensohn (born September 10, 1932) is an American political commentator, author and senior fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy in Malibu, California.
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Buzz number
A buzz number was a large letter and number combination applied to United States Air Force military aircraft in the years immediately after World War II, through the early 1960s.
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C. R. Smith
Cyrus Rowlett "C.
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Canadair
Canadair Ltd.
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Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan
The Canadair CL-66 was a turboprop version of the civilian Convair CV-440 Metropolitan.
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Canadian Vickers
Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada during the early part of the 20th century until 1944.
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Carswell Air Force Base
Carswell Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Cedric Durst
Cedric Montgomery Durst (August 23, 1896 – February 16, 1971) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the St. Louis Browns (1922–23, 1926), New York Yankees (1927–30) and Boston Red Sox (1930).
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Centaur (rocket stage)
Centaur has been designed to be the upper stage of space launch vehicles and is used on the Atlas V. Centaur was the world's first high-energy upper stage, burning liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX).
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Charactron
Charactron was a U.S. registered trademark (number 0585950, 23 February 1954) of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) for its shaped electron beam cathode ray tube.
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Charles Critchfield
Charles Louis Critchfield (June 7, 1910 – February 12, 1994) was an American mathematical physicist.
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Charles E. Myers
Charles Myers Jr. (March 21, 1925 – May 9, 2016) was an aviation pioneer and an early member of the "Fighter Mafia" inside The Pentagon.
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Chris Condon
Chris J. Condon (1923 – December 19, 2010), born Christo Dimitri Koudounis, was the inventor of 3D lens used by his company StereoVision, a cinematographer, and founder of Sierra Pacific Airlines.
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Closed wing
A closed wing is a non-planar wing that closes back on itself, so that there are no wing tips.
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Coleopter
A coleopter is a type of vertical take-off and landing aircraft design that uses a ducted fan as the primary fuselage of the entire aircraft.
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Competition between Airbus and Boeing
The competition between Airbus and Boeing has been characterised as a duopoly in the large jet airliner market since the 1990s.
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Conair
Conair or Connair may refer to.
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Consairway
Consairway (also Consairway Division or Consolidated Airway) was an American civilian wartime airline created in late-1941 as a subsidiary of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.
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Consolidated Aircraft
The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet in Buffalo, New York, the result of the Gallaudet Aircraft Company's liquidation and Fleet's purchase of designs from the Dayton-Wright Company as the subsidiary was being closed by its parent corporation, General Motors.
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Consolidated B-32 Dominator
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for United States Army Air Forces during World War II, which had the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to be engaged in combat during World War II.
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Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf
The Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf was a United States Navy torpedo bomber of World War II.
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Consolidated Vultee XP-81
The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 (later redesignated ZXF-81) is a development of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation to build a single seat, long range escort fighter that combined use of both turbojet and turboprop engines.
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Convair 106 Skycoach
The Convair Model 106 Skycoach was an experimental four-seat light aircraft, designed and built by the Stinson Division of Convair at the end of the Second World War.
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Convair 880
The Convair 880 is an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics.
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Convair 990 Coronado
The Convair 990 Coronado is an American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics, a stretched version of their earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines.
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959.
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Convair B-58 Hustler
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight.
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Convair C-131 Samaritan
The Convair C-131 Samaritan was an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair.
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Convair CV-240 family
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.
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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft that was built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s.
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Convair F-106 Delta Dart
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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Convair F2Y Sea Dart
The Convair F2Y Sea Dart was an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing.
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Convair Kingfish
The Convair Kingfish reconnaissance aircraft design was the ultimate result of a series of proposals designed at Convair as a replacement for the Lockheed U-2.
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Convair Model 116
The Convair Model 116 ConvAirCar was a prototype roadable aircraft that was intended to exploit the post-war aviation market.
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Convair Model 118
The Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar (also known as the Hall Flying Automobile) was a prototype flying car of which two were built.
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Convair Model 48 Charger
The Convair Model 48 Charger was a prototype light attack and observation aircraft of the 1960s, developed to meet a requirement for a dedicated counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft.
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Convair Model 58-9
The Convair Model 58-9 was a proposed American supersonic transport, developed by the Convair division of General Dynamics and intended to carry fifty-two passengers at over Mach 2.
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Convair NB-36H
The Convair NB-36H was a bomber that carried a nuclear reactor.
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Convair R3Y Tradewind
The Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop-powered flying boat designed and built by Convair.
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Convair X-6
The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft.
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Convair XB-46
The Convair XB-46 was a single example of an experimental medium jet bomber which was developed in the mid-1940s but which never saw production or active duty.
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Convair XB-53
The Convair XB-53 was a proposed jet-powered medium bomber aircraft, designed by Convair for the United States Army Air Forces.
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Convair XC-99
The Convair XC-99, AF Ser.
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Convair XF-92
The Convair XF-92 (originally designated XP-92) was an early American delta wing aircraft.
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Convair XFY Pogo
The Convair XFY Pogo tail-sitter was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing.
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Convair XP6Y
The Convair P6Y was an unbuilt aircraft designed by Convair in the 1950s.
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Convair YB-60
The Convair YB-60 was an American prototype bomber aircraft for the United States Air Force, canceled on 14 August 1952.
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Cooperstown, North Dakota
Cooperstown is a city in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States.
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CORDIC
CORDIC (for COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer), also known as Volder's algorithm, is a simple and efficient algorithm to calculate hyperbolic and trigonometric functions, typically converging with one digit (or bit) per iteration.
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Cornfield Bomber
The "Cornfield Bomber" was the nickname given to a Convair F-106 Delta Dart, operated by the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the United States Air Force.
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DAC-1
DAC-1, for Design Augmented by Computer, was one of the earliest graphical computer aided design systems.
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Dan Applegate
F.
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David Medved
David Bernard Medved (February 1926 – March 11, 2009) was a physicist, entrepreneur, and trained astronaut.
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De Havilland Propellers
de Havilland Propellers was established in 1935, as a division of the de Havilland Aircraft company when that company acquired a licence from the Hamilton Standard company of America for the manufacture of variable-pitch propellers at a cost of about £20,000.
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Delta wing
The delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle.
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Dick Johnson (test pilot)
Richard Lowe Johnson (September 21, 1917 - November 9, 2002) is best known for being chief test pilot for Convair, a division of the American defence contractor General Dynamics, and as a founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1955.
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Donald Beatty
Donald Croom Beatty (April 11, 1900 – July 12, 1980) was an American aviator, explorer, and inventor.
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Donald D. Engen
Donald D. Engen (May 28, 1924 – July 15, 1999) was a United States Navy vice admiral, former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and former Director of the National Air and Space Museum.
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Douglas DC-8
The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an American four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner built from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Douglas DC-8 (piston airliner)
The Douglas DC-8 was an American piston-engined airliner project by Douglas Aircraft.
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Dwight Henry Bennett
Dwight Henry Bennett (November 19, 1917 – July 10, 2002) was an aeronautical engineer and one of the early developers of the control configured vehicle (CCV) concept.
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Edgar J. Lesher
Edgar J. Lesher (July 31, 1914 – May 19, 1998) was a notable aircraft designer and pilot and a professor of aerospace engineering.
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Elliott Ward Cheney Jr.
Elliott Ward Cheney Jr. (June 28, 1929 – July 13, 2016) was an American mathematician and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Eugene F. Lally
Eugene F. Lally (August 14, 1934 – July 28, 2014) was American aerospace engineer.
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Evans VP-1 Volksplane
The Evans VP-1 Volksplane is an American designed aircraft for amateur construction.
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Evans VP-2
The Evans VP-2 is a development of the Evans VP-1 Volksplane, both of which were designed in La Jolla, California by aeronautical engineer William Samuel "Bud" Evans.
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Export–Import Bank of the United States
The Export–Import Bank of the United States (abbreviated as Ex-Im Bank or the Bank) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government.
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FIM-43 Redeye
The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye was a man-portable surface-to-air missile system.
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Floyd Odlum
Floyd Bostwick Odlum (March 30, 1892 – June 17, 1976) was an American lawyer and industrialist.
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Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) is an aviation museum located in Stavanger Airport, Sola, near Stavanger, Norway.
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Flying saucer
A flying saucer (also referred to as "a flying disc") is a descriptive term for a supposed type of flying craft having a disc or saucer-shaped body, commonly used generically to refer to an anomalous flying object.
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Fokker F.XXIV
The Fokker F.XXIV was a pre-World War II passenger airliner design by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
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Ford Building (San Diego)
The Ford Building, a Streamline Moderne structure in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, serves as the home of the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
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Ford Sidevalve engine
The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve (flathead engine) from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company.
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Fort Worth Aviation Museum
The Fort Worth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fred. Olsen Airtransport
A/S Fred.
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GAM-63 RASCAL
The GAM-63 RASCAL was a supersonic air-to-surface missile that was developed by the Bell Aircraft Company.
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General Dynamics
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American aerospace and defense multinational corporation formed by mergers and divestitures.
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General Dynamics Electric Boat
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation.
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General Electric CJ805
The General Electric CJ805 is a jet engine which was developed by GE Aviation in the late 1950s.
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General Electric J87
The General Electric J87 was a nuclear-powered turbojet engine designed to power the proposed WS-125 long-range bomber.
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George Low
George Michael Low (born George Wilhelm Low; June 10, 1926 – July 17, 1984) was a NASA administrator and 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
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Glen P. Robinson
Glen Parmelee Robinson, Jr. (September 10, 1923 – January 16, 2013), called the "father of high-tech industry in Georgia", was an American businessman and founder of Scientific Atlanta, now a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.
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Gold Coast Airport
Gold Coast Airport (formerly known as Coolangatta Airport) is an international Australian airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast, south of Surfers Paradise and approximately south of Brisbane.
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Great Lakes Airlines (Canada)
Great Lakes Airlines was a regional airline in Canada.
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Guyford Stever
Horton Guyford Stever (October 24, 1916 – April 9, 2010) was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer.
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Hans Amtmann
Hans H. Amtmann (1906 - 2007) was a German aircraft designer.
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Harold D. Kantner
Harold Dewolf Kantner (February 23, 1886 – December 11, 1973) was a pioneer aviator.
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Harold Koontz
Harold D. (Howdy) Koontz (May 19, 1909 - February 11, 1984) was an American organizational theorist, professor of business management at the University of California, Los Angeles and a consultant for many of America's largest business organizations.
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Henry L. Langhaar
Henry Louis Langhaar (October 14, 1909 – September 28, 1992) was a mathematician, engineer, researcher, educator, and author in the field of engineering mechanics.
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Hermann Oberth
Hermann Julius Oberth (25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer.
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High Virgo
The High Virgo, also known as Weapons System 199C (WS-199C), was a prototype air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) jointly developed by Lockheed and the Convair division of General Dynamics during the late 1950s.
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History of Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso, Florida, was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base.
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History of San Diego
The recorded history of the San Diego, California, region began in the present state of California when San Diego Bay was first discovered by Europeans.
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HMH-462
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters.
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Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.
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Hurricane Michael (2000)
Hurricane Michael of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season caused moderate damage in Atlantic Canada.
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I. B. Hale
Insall Bailey "I.
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Infrared homing
Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it.
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Intercontinental Manufacturing Company
The Intercontinental Manufacturing Company (IMCO) was formed in the Dallas, Texas area in 1948 by Harold J. Silver and Robert F. Yonash, initially to fulfill an order from Argentina for tractors.
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Isaac M. Laddon
Isaac Machlin Laddon (25 December 1894 – 14 January 1976) was an American aeronautical engineer and designer.
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J. F. Coleman
James Francis Coleman (June 2, 1918 – May 13, 2014), nicknamed "Skeets", was an American military fighter and test pilot.
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J. G. Brill Company
The J.G. Brill Company manufactured trams/streetcars (also, US: trolleys, trolley cars)Young, Andrew D. (1997).
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Jack Northrop
John Knudsen "Jack" Northrop (November 10, 1895 – February 18, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and designer, who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939.
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Jack Woolf
Jack Royce Woolf (June 10, 1924 – June 10, 2014) was an American academic who arrived at Arlington State College in 1957 as dean of the College.
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James C. Nance (scientist)
James C. Nance is an American scientist who served as the Orion Project's director.
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James Connally Air Force Base
James Connally Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located north of Waco, Texas.
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James K. Johnson
James Kenneth Johnson (May 30, 1916 – August 22, 1997) was a colonel in the United States Air Force.
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Jay A. DeLoach
Rear Admiral Jay Allan DeLoach (born 1955) served as the Director of Naval History and Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command and the Curator of the Navy from 2008 to 2012.
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Jeff Sutton
Jefferson Howard Sutton (July 25, 1913– January 31, 1979) was an American author who wrote 23 books of science fiction, war, political and juvenile fiction.
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Jet airliner
A jet airliner (or jetliner) is an airliner powered by jet engines (passenger jet aircraft).
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John Barry (WD-40)
John Steven Barry (August 31, 1924 – July 3, 2009) was an American business executive who popularized WD-40, a water-displacing spray and solvent that had been created in the 1950s for use in the space program and spread its use in the consumer market.
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John T. Hayward
John Tucker "Chick" Hayward (15 November 1908 – 23 May 1999) was a World War II naval aviator.
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Juan Sánchez Vidal
Juan Sánchez Vidal (born January 3, 1958) is a model aircraft collector.
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Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island.
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Karel Bossart
Karel Jan Bossart (February 9, 1904 – August 3, 1975) was a pioneering rocket designer and creator of the Atlas ICBM.
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Karl Dawson Wood
Karl Dawson (K.D.) Wood (September 27, 1898 – April 19, 1995) was an aerospace education pioneer specializing in airplane and spacecraft design.
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Karsten Solheim
Karsten Solheim (September 15, 1911 – February 16, 2000) was a Norwegian-born American golf club designer and businessman.
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Kingscote Airport
Kingscote Airport is located southwest of Kingscote, South Australia, the main town on Kangaroo Island, in the locality of Cygnet River.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke
Krafft Arnold Ehricke (March 24, 1917 – December 11, 1984) was a German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization.
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La Jolla
La Jolla is a hilly seaside and affluent community within the city of San Diego, California, United States occupying 7 miles (11 km) of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean within the northern city limits.
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Ladislao Pazmany
Ladislao Pazmany (November 25, 1923 – August 21, 2006) was an aviation pioneer, aeronautical engineer, designer, builder, pilot, teacher, speaker, and author.
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Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash
The Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash happened on Monday, November 3, 1980 at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Lawrence J. Fogel
Dr.
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Lenticular Reentry Vehicle
The Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LRV), according to a November 2000 Popular Mechanics cover story, was an experimental nuclear warhead delivery system under development during the Cold War by defense contractor North American Aviation, managed out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
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Liberator village
The Liberator Village was the government housing area for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation aircraft manufacturing plant which was constructed after 18 April 1942 next to the Army Air Force (AAF) Base Tarrant Field Airdrome, and an AAF aircraft plant NO.
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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–49)
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–54)
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1955–59)
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
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List of accidents and incidents involving the Convair CV-240 family
The Convair CV-240 was an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.
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List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules
More than 15 percent of the approximately 2,350 Lockheed C-130 Hercules production hulls have been lost, including 70 by the US Air Force and the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
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List of aircraft (Co–Cz)
This is a list of aircraft in alphabetical order beginning with 'Co' through to 'Cz'.
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List of aircraft hijackings
The following is a list of notable aircraft hijackings.
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List of aircraft manufacturers: B-C
This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name.
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List of aircraft manufacturers: T-Z
This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name.
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List of aircraft operated by Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), previously known as Scandinavian Airlines System, is the national airline of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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List of American Airlines accidents and incidents
This page lists American Airlines accidents and incidents.
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List of F-106 Delta Dart units of the United States Air Force
This is a list of United States Air Force F-106 Delta Dart Squadrons.
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List of military aircraft of the United States
This list of military aircraft of the United States includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types.
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List of military aircraft of the United States (naval)
This list of military aircraft of the United States (naval) includes prototype, pre-production and operational types designations under the 1922 United States Navy aircraft designation system, which was used by the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard.
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List of rotorcraft
This is a list of rotorcraft, including helicopters, autogyros, rotor kites and convertiplanes.
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List of United States Army Air Force modification centers
USAAF Modification Centers were World War II commercial aircraft facilities at which military aircraft underwent post-production changes to meet the specific requirements for combat or specialized roles.
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List of X-planes
The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts.
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Little Joe II
Little Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963–66 for five unmanned tests of the Apollo spacecraft Launch Escape System (LES), and to verify the performance of the Command Module parachute recovery system in abort mode.
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Lobber
The Lobber was a surface-to-surface cargo missile developed during the mid 1950s by Convair for use by the United States Army.
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Lockheed A-12
The Lockheed A-12 was a reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson.
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Lockheed Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace company.
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft.
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Lockheed S-3 Viking
The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-seat, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft that was used by the U.S. Navy primarily for anti-submarine warfare.
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Lockheed XFV
The American Lockheed XFV (sometimes referred to as the Salmon) was an experimental tailsitter prototype aircraft built by Lockheed in the early 1950s to demonstrate the operation of a vertical takeoff and landing fighter for protecting convoys.
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Louis Lesser
Louis Lesser (June 15, 1916 – January 29, 2013) was an American businessman.
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Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks, Inc., is an American truck–manufacturing company and a former manufacturer of buses and trolley buses.
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Malmö MFI-9
The Malmö Flygindustri MFI-9 Junior was a light aircraft produced in Sweden in the 1960s.
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Mariner 9
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was an unmanned NASA space probe that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program.
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Martin P6M SeaMaster
The Martin P6M SeaMaster, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was a 1950s strategic bomber flying boat for the United States Navy that almost entered service; production aircraft were built and Navy crews were undergoing operational conversion, with a service entry about six months off, when the program was cancelled on 21 August 1959.
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Marvin Stein (computer scientist)
Marvin Stein (1924-2015) was a mathematician and computer scientist, and the "father of computer science" at the University of Minnesota.
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MGM-31 Pershing
The MGM-31A Pershing was the missile used in the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a field artillery missile systems.
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Michael Medved
Michael S. Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic.
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Modern Air Transport
Modern Air Transport, Inc. (originally Modern Air Transport/MAT, subsequently Modern Air) was a United States-based non-scheduled and supplemental carrierholder of supplemental air carrier certificate authorised to operate non-scheduled passenger and cargo services to supplement the scheduled operations of certificated route air carriers; an airline holding a supplemental air carrier certificate was also known as a "nonsked" in the US founded in 1946.
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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research.
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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (or NAS Fort Worth JRB) includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
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Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia
The Ngô Đình Diệm presidential visit to Australia from 2 to 9 September 1957 was an official visit by the first president of the Republic of Vietnam.
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North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft.
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North Central Airlines Flight 458
On December 27, 1968, North Central Airlines Flight 458 (N2045) crashed into a hangar while attempting a night landing in poor weather at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
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Northrop F-89 Scorpion
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather interceptor built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed as such from the outset to enter service.
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Northrop YB-35
The Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II.
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Northrop YB-49
The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered heavy bomber developed by Northrop Corporation shortly after World War II for service with the U.S. Air Force.
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Nuclear weapons delivery
Nuclear weapons delivery is the technology and systems used to place a nuclear weapon at the position of detonation, on or near its target.
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Oranjestad, Aruba
Oranjestad (literally "Orange Town") is the capital and largest city of Aruba.
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Orbiting Vehicle
Orbiting Vehicle or OV, originally designated SATAR, was a series of American satellites operated by the US Air Force, launched between 1965 and 1971.
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Penticton Regional Airport
Penticton Regional Airport, also known as Penticton Airport, is a regional airport located southwest of Penticton, British Columbia, a city in the Okanagan region of Canada.
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Peterson Air and Space Museum
Peterson Air and Space Museum is located inside Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Piper PA-23
The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, is a four-to-six-seat twin-engined light aircraft aimed at the general aviation market.
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Point Loma, San Diego
Point Loma is a seaside community within the city of San Diego, California.
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Project Isinglass
Project Isinglass was the code name given to two heavily classified, manned reconnaissance aircraft studied by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as potential replacements for the Lockheed A-12 and SR-71 during the mid 1960s.
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Project Mercury
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.
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Project Wizard
Project Wizard was a Cold War-era anti-ballistic missile system to defend against short and medium-range threats of the V-2 rocket type.
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Pye Wacket
Pye Wacket was the codename for an experimental lenticular-form air-to-air missile developed by the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation in 1957.
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Ray E. Tenhoff Award
The Ray E. Tenhoff Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper presented at the annual Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) Symposium in Los Angeles, California.
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Republic F-105 Thunderchief
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force.
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Revolt of the Admirals
A Cold War incident known as the "Revolt of the Admirals" involved a number of retired and active-duty United States Navy admirals who publicly disagreed with President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson in their emphasis on strategic nuclear bombing executed by the United States Air Force as the primary means by which the nation and its interests were defended.
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RIM-2 Terrier
The Convair RIM-2 Terrier was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships.
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RIM-24 Tartar
The General Dynamics RIM-24 Tartar was a medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships.
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RM-81 Agena
The RM-81 Agena was an American rocket upper stage and satellite bus which was developed by Lockheed initially for the canceled WS-117L reconnaissance satellite program.
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Roadable aircraft
A roadable aircraft (also referred to as a flying car) is a hybrid vehicle that combines the flying capability of an aircraft with the option of being driven as an automobile on the ground.
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Robert F. Yonash
Robert F. (Bob) Yonash (February 7, 1919 – April 19, 1997) was an engineer in the early days of the aircraft industry.
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Robert H. Widmer
Robert Henry Widmer (May 17, 1916 – June 20, 2011) was an American aeronautical engineer who specialized in designing aircraft for the military.
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Robert M. Price (business executive)
Robert M. Price (born 1930) is an American computer scientist and business executive.
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Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.
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RTV-A-2 Hiroc
The RTV-A-2 Hiroc (high-altitude rocket) was the United States' first attempt at an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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S-IVB
The S-IVB (sometimes S-4B, always pronounced "ess four bee") was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company and served as the third stage on the Saturn V and second stage on the Saturn IB.
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SAM-N-2 Lark
The Lark project was a high-priority, solid-fuel boosted, liquid-fueled rocket surface-to-air missile developed by the United States Navy to meet the kamikaze threat.
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San Diego
San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.
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San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM, formerly the San Diego Aerospace Museum) is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California, United States.
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San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport, formerly known as Lindbergh Field, is an international airport northwest of Downtown San Diego, California, United States.
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Saturn I
The Saturn I (pronounced "Saturn one") was the United States' first heavy-lift dedicated space launcher, a rocket designed specifically to launch large payloads into low Earth orbit.
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Shelby Daytona
The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) is an American sports-coupé related to the AC Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train.
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Sid Laverents
Sidney Nicklas Laverents (August 5, 1908 – May 6, 2009) was an American amateur filmmaker, who started making films at home when he was 50.
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Sky Scorcher
Sky Scorcher was a nuclear-armed air-to-air missile proposed to the United States Air Force in the 1950s.
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SM-64 Navaho
The North American SM-64 Navaho was a supersonic intercontinental cruise missile project built by North American Aviation (NAA).
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SM-65 Atlas
The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
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SM-65A Atlas
The Convair SM-65A Atlas, or Atlas A was the first full-scale prototype of the Atlas missile, which first flew on 11 June 1957.
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SM-65B Atlas
The Convair SM-65B Atlas, or Atlas B, also designated X-12 was a prototype of the Atlas missile.
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SM-65C Atlas
The SM-65C Atlas, or Atlas C was a prototype of the Atlas missile.
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SM-65D Atlas
The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile.
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SM-65E Atlas
The SM-65E Atlas, or Atlas-E, was an operational variant of the Atlas missile.
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SM-65F Atlas
The SM-65F Atlas, or Atlas-F, was the final operational variant of the Atlas missile, only differing from the Atlas E in the launch facility and guidance package used.
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Stinson 108
The Stinson 108 was a popular general aviation aircraft produced by the Stinson division of the American airplane company Consolidated Vultee, from immediately after World War II to 1950.
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Stinson Aircraft Company
The Stinson Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturing company in the United States between the 1920s and the 1950s.
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Stinson L-13
The Stinson L-13 (sometimes known as the Grasshopper, like other aircraft of its type) was a US military utility aircraft first flown in 1945.
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Susan G. Finley
Susan G. Finley has been an employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) since January of 1958, making her the longest-serving woman in NASA.
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T. J. O'Malley
Thomas Joseph O'Malley (October 15, 1915 – November 6, 2009), better known as T. J. O'Malley, was an Irish-American aerospace engineer who, as chief test conductor for the Convair division of General Dynamics, was responsible for pushing the button on February 20, 1962 launching the Mercury-Atlas 6 space flight carrying astronaut John Glenn, the first American in orbit.
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Teapot Committee
The Teapot Committee was the codename of the Strategic Missile Evaluation Committee to evaluate strategic missiles of the U.S. Air Force.
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Temco Aircraft
The Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company (TEMCO), also known as Temco Aircraft Corporation, was a U.S.-based manufacturing company located in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Texas Air Corporation
Texas Air was an airline holding company incorporated in 1980 in the United States created to hold and invest in airlines, starting with Texas International Airlines as its core.
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The Century Club of San Diego
The Century Club of San Diego is a San Diego-based charitable organization, established in July 1961.
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Thomas George Lanphier Jr.
Thomas George Lanphier Jr. (November 27, 1915 – November 26, 1987) was a colonel and fighter pilot during World War II who was first given sole credit, then later partial credit, for shooting down the plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
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Timeline of San Diego
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San Diego, California, United States.
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TRW Inc.
TRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting.
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Turkish Airlines Flight 981
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a regularly scheduled flight from Istanbul Yesilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris.
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United States Air Force Plant 4
Air Force Plant 4 is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility in Fort Worth, Texas, currently owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
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United States gravity control propulsion research
American interest in "gravity control propulsion research" intensified during the early 1950s.
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UNIVAC 1103
The UNIVAC 1103 or ERA 1103, a successor to the UNIVAC 1101, was a computer system designed by Engineering Research Associates and built by the Remington Rand corporation in October 1953.
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VTOL
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can hover, take off, and land vertically.
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Vultee Aircraft
The Vultee Aircraft Corporation became an independent company in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California.
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WD-40
WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray.
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Whigham GW-1
The Whigham GW-1 is an American high-wing, single-seat glider that was designed and constructed by Gene Whigham, a retired flight test engineer for Convair.
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Whigham GW-2
The Whigham GW-2 is an American high-wing, single-seat, V-tailed, FAI Open Class glider that was designed and constructed by Gene Whigham, a retired flight test engineer for Convair.
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Whigham GW-3
The Whigham GW-3 is a family of American mid-wing, single-seat, FAI Open Class gliders that was designed and constructed by Gene Whigham, a retired flight test engineer for Convair.
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Whigham GW-5
The Whigham GW-5 is an American mid-wing, single seat, FAI Standard Class glider that was designed and constructed by Gene Whigham, a retired flight test engineer for Convair.
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Whigham GW-6
The Whigham GW-6 is an American mid-wing, single-seat, glider that was designed and constructed by Gene Whigham, a retired flight test engineer for Convair.
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Whigham GW-7
The Whigham GW-7 is an American mid-wing, single-seat, 15 metre class glider that was designed and constructed by Gene Whigham, a retired Convair flight test engineer.
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William Bushnell Stout
William Bushnell Stout (March 16, 1880 – March 20, 1956) was a pioneeringhttp://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/biostout.htm American inventor, engineer, developer and designer whose works in the automotive and aviation fields were groundbreaking.
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William F. Ballhaus Sr.
William F. Ballhaus Sr. (1918 – August 16, 2013) was an engineer who worked in the field of aircraft and manufacturing.
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William Moncrief
William Alvin "Tex" Moncrief Jr., Forbes.com, 21 September 2006, The University of Texas at Austin, official website, 30 September 2008 (born March 27, 1920) is an American businessman in the oil and gas sector, often described as a wildcatter.
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William Thomas Ponder
Lieutenant William Thomas Ponder was an American World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
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William Walker (baritone)
William Sterling Walker (October 29, 1931"Baritone sang on one of opera's biggest stages: the Met in New York," Chris Vaughn, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 04/12/2010, accessed via web 04/18/2010 – April 10, 2010) was a baritone with the Metropolitan Opera (1962–1980) whose singing career included performances at the White House, at Carnegie Hall and other concert venues across North America and Europe, and some 60 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1
The Wittemann-Lewis NBL-1 "Barling Bomber"Report on Official Performance Test of Barling Bomber, NLB-1, P-303, Light Load Configuration, 14 April 1926.
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WS-201
WS-201A, informally known as the 1954 interceptor, was a US Air Force project to develop a dedicated interceptor aircraft that would enter service in 1954.
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XGAM-71 Buck Duck
The Convair XGAM-71 Buck Duck was a decoy missile that was developed by Convair in the late 1950s.
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XSM-73 Goose
The Fairchild SM-73 (originally Bull Goose) was a sub-sonic, jet-powered, ground-launched decoy cruise missile.
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XSM-74
The Convair XSM-74 was a sub-sonic, jet-powered, ground-launched decoy cruise missile.
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11th Wing
The 11th Wing (11 WG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington.
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131 (number)
131 (one hundred thirty-one) is the natural number following 130 and preceding 132.
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1943 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943.
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1947 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1947.
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1954 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1954.
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1962 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1962.
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1973 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973.
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1977 Aviateca Convair 240 crash
The 1977 Aviateca Convair 240 airplane crash was a scheduled Aviateca passenger flight that crashed near Guatemala City, Guatemala on April 27, 1977, killing all 28 on board.
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19th Air Division
The 19th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group
The 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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6555th Aerospace Test Group
The 6555th Aerospace Test Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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7499th Support Group
The 7499th Support Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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7th Bomb Wing
The 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair
