I have chosen to write about on how the p-51 Mustang was the best fighter plane in the world and completely changed the whole outcome of the war. I am using the article North American P-51 Mustang to show the importance of the very great and innovational plane. This article really puts the plane in perspective on how this plane could out maneuver the competition and very well kick anything and everything that came at it to the curb. It gives all the technical specs and shows all the tests and runs
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“Fire Fighter Arson” The reason I decided to choose this topic‚ and not something about a particular part of the fire service‚ is because I was watching a TV show CSI where they solve crimes and such. Well this topic of fire fighter arson was on the show where a fire fighter set a fire on purpose. So I decided that it looked interesting considering it is what I want to do. Fire fighter arson is basically when a fire fighter sets a fire and I will break it down on why some fire fighters do it
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American ally during WWI) to become fighter pilots in the Lafayette Escradrille. The only name in the movie that was based off a real historical figure was one of the squadron’s five French officers; Captain Georges Thenault. While other characters were based off real pilots this is the only figure who kept his real-life name in the movie. The main character‚ Blaine Rawlings‚ was based off of American fighter ace Frank Luke. He was ranked 2nd of all American fighter pilots in WWI with his official number
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SPOTTER CHAIR Description The spotter chair was a simple design but with multiple uses like‚ a mini table‚ adjustable arm rest‚ and for those who want to rest their heads there was a leather head rest that was also adjustable. The arm rest had built in wooden cradles for holding binoculars. It was a steel famed canvas chair‚ which laid horizontal for more comfort. The canvas body for the chair rested tight onto four medium green spiked feet that rested on the floor. Like the supporting legs the
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1959 when Canadian Prime Minister ordered the cancellation of the production of the CF-105 (official name of the avro arrow). The CF-105 was originally designed as a long-range interceptor‚ meant to meet and destroy Soviet bombers. The hypersonic fighter was on the cutting edge of aerospace technology at the time: it could reach a speed nearly three times the speed of sound‚ travelling at an altitude of 60‚000 feet. The rollout of the first CF-105‚ marked as RL201‚ took place on 4 October 1957. The
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economically were apparent as the war went on; the economic benefits of the BCATP following the Great Depression were great as surviving facilities adapted and new ones commenced‚ and Canada developed a prosperous aircraft construction industry. Before the war broke out‚ the RCAF had merely fifty aircraft that were mainly equipped for surveillance missions‚ counting only about 27‚000 flying hours per year in comparison to the quadruple amount of flying hours each week during the summer of 1942. Recognized
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An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes‚ shapes‚ and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation‚ transportation of goods and people‚ military‚ and research. Most airplanes are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft‚ but some are designed to be remotely or computer-controlled. Etymology and usage First attested in
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Arima personally led an attack by about 100 Yokosuka D4Y Suisei ("Judy") dive bombers against a large Essex-class aircraft carrier‚ USS Franklin near Leyte Gulf‚ on (or about‚ accounts vary) 15 October 1944. Arima was killed and part of a plane hit Franklin. The Japanese high command and propagandists seized on Arima’s example: he was promoted posthumously to Admiral
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first powered‚ sustained and controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane. The Wright Brothers used intelligence‚ experience‚ and intenuity to design their aircraft. From studying Gods creation in the form of birds-flight‚ they were helped to develop their own creation. Wilbur and Orville Wright changed the world through their invention of the first heavier-than-air flying machine. This invention opened the
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by Ludwig Prandtl German professor Ludwig Prandtl presents one of the most important papers in the history of aerodynamics‚ an eight-page document describing the concept of a fixed "boundary layer‚" the molecular layer of air on the surface of an aircraft wing. Over the next 20 years Prandtl and his graduate students pioneer theoretical aerodynamics. 1910 First take off from a ship Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship. In November he departs from the
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