Unreferenced date December 2009 About the manufacturer of warheads for guided weapons the business law firm based in Hong Kong Tanner De Witt TDW Gesellschaft f r verteidigungstechnische Wirksysteme is the European leader in the development and manufacture of warhead s for guided weapons. The company was founded in 1994 and has approximately 120 employees based at its site in Schrobenhausen, Germany . TDW has customers in France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. Among the products developed by TDW are the Mephisto tandem penetrator for the Taurus missile Taurus KEPD 350 , the tandem shaped charge warheads that equip the MILAN , Euromissile HOT HOT , and PARS 3 LR formerly TRIGAT LR anti tank weapon systems, the fragmentation warheads for ESSM , ASRAAM , AIM 9 Sidewinder Sidewinder , RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile RAM , and MBDA Meteor Meteor , the blast fragmentation warheads for Naval Strike Missile NSM , the warhead for ALARM and the MIM 104 Patriot PAC 3 lethality enhancer . TDW is now part of the European guided weapon company MBDA following the integration of LFK LFK GmbH . DEFAULTSORT Tdw Category Defence companies of Germany ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For other uses see Obturator Obturator rings are a specific type of piston ring used in World War I aircraft engines aero engines to compensate for warping of the Cylinder engine cylinders . Purpose The Rotary engine rotary aircraft engines of World War I engines with the crankshaft fixed to the airframe and rotating cylinders were notoriously difficult to keep cool when operating. Thus, their very thin walled steel cylinders would become distorted to an unacceptable level. Obturator rings, made of brass , were fitted to compensate for this out of roundness in much the same way as a leather Washer hardware washer does in a bicycle pump . Wear on the rings was considerable and they only lasted a matter of hours. By the time the war ended, technology and materials had advanced sufficiently to do away with these obturator rings. See also Piston ring Aircraft piston engine components Aviation lists Category Pistons Category Aerospace engineering Mech engineering stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 This article is a part of Wikipedia WikiProject Aircraft . Please see Wikipedia WikiProject Aircraft page content for recommended layout. The Bristol Odin is a ramjet engine originally developed by Bristol Siddeley Engines , later taken over by Rolls Royce plc Rolls Royce . Odin was specifically designed to power the Sea Dart missile . Unlike the earlier Bristol Thor Thor ramjet powering the Bristol Bloodhound missile, Odin is an integral part of the Sea Dart airframe. A biconic intake at the front of the missile transfers air, via a transfer duct, to the ramjet combustor, which is located towards the rear of the missile. Thrust is provided by the combustion products exiting the engine at high velocity, via a fixed area ratio convergent divergent nozzle . The only significant moving part in the engine is the turbopump . This extracts ram air in the transfer duct to drive an air turbine, which is connected to the fuel pump. The air exiting the turbine is dumped overboard. Bristol aeroengines Aviation lists Aeroengine specs engine aircraft stub Category Ramjet engines Category Bristol Siddeley aircraft engines Odin ... more details
Weeping Wing is a chemical aircraft ice protection system wherein a glycol based chemical is released onto the wing surface using small orifices on the leading edge of the wing . This system provides both anti icing ice formation prevention and deicing removal of ice which has already formed . Components of a Weeping Wing System Fluid reservoir Fluid pump Fluid Ducting Fluid Calibrated orifices Activation Circuit Operation Once the system is activated using a switch in the cockpit. This turns on the fluid pump, which pumps fluid out of the reservoir, through the ducting, and out onto the calibrated orifices on the wing leading edge. As the fluid flows along the airstream both on the top and bottom surfaces of the wing , it leaves a thin coat of fluid which protects the surface from icing. The excess fluid then leaves the wing surface sliding out behind the wing s trailing edge. References Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. 2002 A&P Technician Airframe Textbook , Jeppesen Sanderson Category Aircraft ice protection systems fa ... more details
The Private Ultralight Pilot licence certificate or PUP is the National Pilot Licence in Ghana , West Africa . Conditions and details are provided in GCAR Part 25. In essence the applicant is required to complete a minimum of 30 hours flight training of which 10 hours must be solo, pass a written examination on a selection of questions from Aviation Law , Airframe s, Aircraft engine Engines , Navigation , Human Performance and Limitations, etc., hold a valid aviation medical , complete a Qualifying Cross Country QXC and finally take the General Flying Test GFT . The GFT is a test flight conducted by a UIE Ultralight Instructor Examiner which includes a minimum of 90 minutes flying to demonstrate skills from the majority of the syllabus. PUP holders can fly aircraft of simple and robust construction with no more than two seats and a Maximum Take Off Weight MTOW of 500kg. As of 2009 only one training organisation in West Africa provides the training WAASPS based at Kpong Airfield in the Eastern Region of Ghana 30km south of Akosombo . Category Aviation in Ghana Category Aviation licenses and certifications ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 Image 747 tailstrike.gif thumb Tailstrike following aggressive flare File Impala tailstrike tailwheel 001.jpg thumb Tail wheel on an Impala MK II Aermacchi MB 326 to prevent damage caused by tailstrike. Tailstrike is an aviation term that describes an event in which the rear end of an aircraft strikes the runway. This can happen during takeoff of a fixed wing aircraft if the aviator pilot pulls up too rapidly, leading to the rear end of the fuselage touching the runway . It can also occur during landing if the pilot raises the nose too aggressively. This is often the result of an attempt to land nearer to the Displaced threshold runway threshold . A tailstrike is physically possible only on an aircraft with tricycle landing gear with a tail dragger configuration, the tail is already on the ground. Some aircraft, which require a high angle of attack on takeoff, are fitted with small tailwheels to prevent tailstrikes. Examples include the Concorde and Saab Draken . Some aircraft, such as the Diamond Aircraft Industries Diamond DA20 , have a permanent skid installed to protect the airframe in the event of a tailstrike. Others may be fitted with a temporary skid as tailstrikes are sometimes purposefully carried out during the certification of new aircraft. Tailstrike incidents rarely cause significant damage or cause danger, but may cause financial losses as the planes have to be thoroughly inspected and repaired. However, improper repair to the damaged airframe after tailstrikes accidents may be responsible for fatal accidents that occur years later, due to structural failure of the airframe at the site of the tailstrike after repeated cycles of pressurization and depressurization at the weak point of improper repair. The worst ever single aircraft accident, Japan Airlines Flight 123 , occurred as a result of flawed repairs following a tailstrike seven years earlier. See also Tailstrike on takeoff Emirates Flight 407 Cases of improper repai ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Siemens torpedo glider often referred to as an aerial torpedo was an early precursor of the modern glide bomb developed in World War I but never used in action. It consisted of a naval torpedo with an attached airframe which was to be remotely wire guided. History In October 1914, Dr. Wilhelm von Siemens proposed what became was to become known as the Siemens torpedo glider, a wire guided flying missile which would have comprised a naval torpedo with an attached airframe. It was not intended that it be flown into a target rather, at a suitable altitude and position a signal would have been transmitted which would cause the airframe components to detach from the torpedo which would then enter the water and continue towards its target. Guidance signals were to be transmitted through a thin copper wire unrolled from a convert 2.5 mi abbr on reel above the fuselage, and guide flares were to be carried to help control. Siemens Schuckertwerke was already occupied with remote controlled anti shipping motorboats the FL boat s or Fernlenkboote , and so had some experience in the field of remote control. Flight testing was performed under the supervision of Dipl. Ing. Dorner from January 1915 onwards, using airships as carriers. Different types of biplane and monoplane airframes were tested, to which a torpedo was fitted, before a biplane layout was adopted due to its greater carrying ability. The last test flight was performed on 1918 08 02. It was planned to use the R planes R VIII bomber as a carrier craft, but the Armistice with Germany Compi gne Armistice stopped the project. ref Cite journal last first author link title journal Zeitschrift f r Flugwissenschaften volume v.5 6 pages 135 136 date 1957 1958 year 1976 postscript None ref Notes reflist References cite book last Robinson first Anthony authorlink coauthors title The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aviation publisher Marshall Cavendish date 1979 location pages p. 2043 url doi id isbn Ex ... more details
. Damage none. Airframe written off. ref cite web url http aviation safety.net database record.php?id ... , North Korea . Damage severe on landing, Injuries none, Deaths none, Airframe written off. See Korean ... upon landing. Airframe written off. ref cite web url http aviation safety.net database record.php ... N A, Deaths 5 five of five crew , Airframe written off ref name AS 20 April 1978 Korean Air Flight ... two of 197 passengers , Airframe written off ref name airsafe http www.airsafe.com www.airsafe.com ref ... multiple, Deaths 15 one on the ground, six of 14 crew, eight of 198 passengers, Airframe written ... , Airframe written off ref name AS 23 December 1983 Cargo Flight 084 McDonnell Douglas DC 10 from Anchorage ... A, Deaths 0 0 of three crew , Airframe Destroyed ref http aviation safety.net database record.php?id ... was eliminated. Damage N A, Injuries N A, Deaths 1 hijacker, Airframe N A ref name airdis 29 November ... 115 11 of 11 crew, 104 of 104 passengers , Airframe written off ref name dnausers.d n a.net http ... of 18 crew, 72 of 181 passengers , Airframe written off ref name AS 25 November 1989 Fokker F 28 Fellowship ... overran the runway and exploded in flames. The airframe was not salvageable after the fire was eventually extinguished. Damage total destruction, Injuries multiple, Deaths 0, Airframe written ..., Injuries N A, Deaths 0, Airframe Destroyed ref name airsafe 10 August 1994 Flight 2033 Airbus ..., Injuries N A, Deaths 0, Airframe written off ref name AS 22 September 1994 Flight 916F Boeing 747 ... the aircraft by 86,700 pounds. Damage N A, Injuries N A, Deaths 0, Airframe N A ref name AS 6 ..., Injuries multiple severe, Deaths 228 22 of 23 crew, 206 of 231 passengers , Airframe Destroyed ... to a stop in a grassy area. Damage Complete destruction of air frame, Injuries minor, Deaths 0, Airframe ... in half. Damage Complete destruction of air frame, Injuries multiple, Deaths 0, Airframe written ... destruction of air frame, Injuries 37 on ground, Deaths 8 three of three crew, five on ground , Airframe ... more details
as A&Ps, for airframe and powerplant mechanics. The Canada Canadian , Australia n and New Zealand equivalent ... who fulfills the necessary requirements is issued a mechanic certificate with either an airframe ... for FAA certificated Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics. Applications based on experience Applicants for a Mechanic certificate with a single rating either airframe or powerplant and who base their application ... augateway.maxwell.af.mil ccaf certifications a and p title Air Force Airframe and Power Plant A & P ... with a single rating either Airframe or Powerplant study a general set of subjects for at least 400 ... procedures is also expected of A&P mechanics. Required areas of study in the airframe curriculum ... and warning systems, ice and rain control systems, and fire protection systems. ref name Airframe ...&rgn div9&view text&node 14 3.0.1.1.6.3.1.12.17&idno 14 title Appendix C to Part 147 Airframe curriculum ... Testing Supplement for Aviation Mechanic General, Powerplant, and Airframe and Parachute Rigger FAA ... more details
Infobox aircraft begin name Comp Air 4 image caption alt Infobox aircraft type type Light utility aircraft national origin United States of America manufacturer Comp Air first flight April 3, 1995 number built 31 2011 The Comp Air 4 also known as the Comp Monster is a light civil utility aircraft manufactured in kitplane kit form with a number of different options. Builders are able to choose between an airframe designed for Piston engine engines in the 140 180 hp 104 134 kW range, and a heavier one for 250 hp 187 kW units. The latter airframe can be fitted with up to six seats, while the standard airframe seats four. The Comp Air 4 may be built with tailwheel, tricycle, float, or amphibious float undercarriage . ref name KitplanesDec2011 Vandermeullen, Richard 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer s Guide , Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 48. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891 1851 ref Specifications typical Comp Air 4 on wheels aircraft specifications plane or copter? plane jet or prop? prop ref Jane s All The World s Aircraft 2003 2004 ref name JAWA03 p501 Jackson 2003, p. 501. ref crew one pilot capacity three passengers payload main payload alt length main 26 ft 0 in length alt 7.92 m span main 37 ft 7 in span alt 11.46 m height main 8 ft 0 in height alt 2.44 m area main 212 ft area alt 19.7 m airfoil empty weight main 1,390 lb empty weight alt 632 kg loaded weight main loaded weight alt useful load main useful load alt max takeoff weight main 2,850 lb max takeoff weight alt 1,292 kg more general engine prop Lycoming O 360 A1A type of prop air cooled flat four piston engine number of props 1 power main 180 hp power alt 134 kW power original max speed main 149 mph max speed alt 129 knots, 239 km h cruise speed main 130 mph cruise speed alt 115 knots, 212 km h cruise speed more 75 power stall speed main 39 mph stall speed alt 34 knots, 63 km h never exceed speed main never exceed speed alt range main 759 mi range alt 660 nautical mile nmi ... more details
This article is a part of Wikipedia WikiProject Aircraft . Please see Wikipedia WikiProject Aircraft page content for recommended layout. Infobox aircraft begin name Soloy Pathfinder 21 image caption Infobox aircraft type type Twin Turboprop manufacturer Cessna Soloy designer first flight introduced retired status uncertified test bed primary user more users produced number built 1 unit cost variants with their own articles Cessna 208 The Soloy Pathfinder 21 is a twin engined, single propeller aircraft propeller turboprop aircraft manufactured by Soloy Aviation Solutions , and based on the successful Cessna 208 airframe. The aircraft is essentially a stock Cessna 208 airframe that has been stretched by 72 inches, with structural reinforcement, and is powered by twin Pratt & Whitney Canada Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 PT6D 114A engines in a DualPack configuration the Pratt 26 Whitney Canada PT6T PT6T ? . Design and development Soloy constructed a prototype Pathfinder 21 N5010Y, cn 208B0304 that first flew in 1995. The twinpack PT6D 114A engine used in the Pathfinder 21 gained its FAA Supplementary Type Certificate SE00482SE in 1997. ref FAA Regulatory and Guidance Library http rgl.faa.gov Regulatory and Guidance Library rgstc.nsf 0 E12680B66A5E1EF986256FE0006AEF6C?OpenDocument ref Soloy was attempting to obtain FAA certification for the aircraft conversion, but after completing over 80 percent of the certification work Soloy announced that they were halting the entire program. The CEO explained that the FAA requires aircraft with over 9 passengers to have the airframe meet tougher restrictions required by Federal Aviation Regulation FAR Part 25, which isn t possible since the base aircraft, the Cessna 208 does not meet those requirements. This requirement makes it unfeasible to market the airplane as the expanded passenger cabin is a major reason for the stretch to begin with. ref Mike Vines http www.avbuyer.com articles Article.asp?Id 241 Cessna Caravan Story Par ... more details
Infobox Aircraft Begin name BT 67 image Image Basler bt67 antarctica.jpg caption A Kenn Borek Air Basler BT 67 at Williams Field , Antarctica . Infobox Aircraft Type type Cargo aircraft manufacturer Basler Turbo Conversions introduced January 1990 unit cost United States dollar US 4.5 million, US 6.5 million as of 2012 lc on . ref cite web url http www.baslerturbo.com faq.aspx title Eight FAQs publisher Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC work web site accessdate March 12, 2012 ref developed from Douglas DC 3 number built 26 ref cite web url http registry.faa.gov aircraftinquiry Name Results.aspx?Nametxt BASLER TURBO&sort option 1&PageNo 1 title FAA Registry Name Inquiry Results publisher FAA date 2012 03 12 accessdate March 12, 2012 quote Name inquiry with FAA for Basler Turbo returns 26 Douglas DC 3 C 47 conversions. ref The Basler BT 67 is a fixed wing aircraft produced by Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh, Wisconsin . It is built on a retrofit ted Douglas DC 3 airframe , with modifications designed to improve the DC 3 s serviceable lifetime. The conversion includes fitting the airframe with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A 67R turboprop engines, lengthening the fuselage , strengthening the airframe, upgrading the avionics , and making modifications to the wings leading edge and wing tip . Operators Civilian operators Image Basler BT 67 DC 3 at Missoula, Montana.jpg thumb right Basler BT 67 conversion No.1, N200AN of World Air Logistics, at Missoula Montana in 2000 Image Basler south pole.jpg thumb right Basler BT 67 operated by ALCI at Amundsen Scott South Pole Station Aerocontractors , United States Antarctic Logistics Centre International ALCI , South Africa Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research , Germany Bell Geospace Aviation, Inc , United States Kenn Borek Air , Canada Spectrem Air Surveys , South Africa United States Forest Service , United States World Air Logistics , Thailand Military operators BOL Bolivian Air Force CO ... more details
Aerospace Syedur Rahaman Aerospace Head Engr. S.M. Akmal Hossain principal Airframe and Engine Sha Alam Engine Shahidul Islam Airframe Md. Abdus Salam Fire Safety Sayed Engine Avionics G.M. Anwar ... AC Power Short Course DC Power Short Course Airworthiness Refresher Airframe Refresher Turbine Engine ... more details
wiktionary NOTOC Mount may refer to Displays and equipment Weapon mount , equipment used to secure an armament Lens mount , an interface used to fix a lens to a camera Telescope mount , a device used to support a telescope A fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe The display of an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore Preparing dead animals for display in taxidermy Hanging scroll for mounting paintings Computing and software Mount computing , the process of making a file system accessible mount Unix , the utility in Unix like operating systems which mounts file systems Mount streaming , a concept used in streaming software programs Education The Mount , a nickname for the College of Mount St. Joseph Other meanings Mount grappling , a grappling position Mountain , a landform Copulation , the union of the sex organs in mating Riding animal , any animal that can be ridden Vahana , also called a mount, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology Boarding an apparatus used for gymnastics , such as a balance beam Adding butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre mont See also Mount surname The Mount disambiguation disambig bs Gora vor de Mount fr Mount ja ro Mount simple Mount te ... more details
Raytheon Missile Systems Company is a subsidiary of Raytheon Raytheon Company . Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona , its president is Taylor W. Lawrence. Formerly, known as Hughes Missile Systems Company before being acquired by Raytheon Company. The division s products include AGM 65 Maverick air to surface missile AGM 88 HARM air to surface missile AGM 154 Joint Standoff Weapon air to surface missile AIM 9 Sidewinder air to air missile AIM 120 AMRAAM air to air missile BGM 71 TOW anti tank missile BGM 109 Tomahawk cruise missile Extended Range Guided Munition http www.raytheon.com products ergm Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle anti ICBM system FGM 148 Javelin anti tank missile FIM 92 Stinger Man Portable Air Defense System surface to air missile M982 Excalibur guided artillery round Paveway laser guided bomb Phalanx CIWS naval anti missile defense system RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile naval surface to air missile RIM 162 ESSM Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile naval surface to air missile Standard Missile family of naval missiles RIM 66 Standard RIM 67 Standard RIM 161 Standard Missile 3 RIM 174 Standard ERAM External links http www.raytheon.com businesses rms index.html Raytheon Missile Systems manufacturing company stub Category Raytheon Category Companies based in Tucson, Arizona fr Usine Raytheon de Tucson ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 In aviation , the groundcrew is the support crew supplying the aircraft with fuel and maintenance, as opposed to the aircrew . In airline s, ground crew members include Fact date August 2007 Airframe and Aircraft engine powerplant technicians Avionics technicians Baggage handler s Rampers Gate agent Gate agents Ticket agents Passenger service agents such as airline lounge employees Flight dispatchers Some ground crew members are responsible for clearing the runway and gate area of any debris or garbage, in order to prevent foreign object damage by an object being sucked into an engine. Fact date August 2007 The crew visually inspects the tarmac and removes any items found this is typically called a FOD Walk and is done prior to aircraft arrival and departure. See also Aircraft maintenance Aircraft maintenance checks Aircraft maintenance engineer Aircraft maintenance engineer Canada Aircraft Maintenance Technician Airworthiness Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award Maintenance Resource Management Maintenance, repair, and operations References reflist Category Occupations in aviation aviation stub ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The AGM 79 Blue Eye was a missile developed by the United States of America . Overview The Blue Eye was a development of the AGM 12 Bullpup , intended to provide a more advanced homing system. The Bullpup was manually steered onto the target, whereas the guidance system in the Blue Eye was an optical area correlation seeker. A TV camera in the missile s nose provided an image to the pilot he used this to select the target and lock the missile on before firing. Once launched the area correlation system could detect any deviation of the picture compared to the locked image and correct the missile s course accordingly. The Blue Eye used the same airframe as the AGM 12C E. A radar altimeter was fitted to allow the warhead to explode in an air burst mode. Firing trials took place in late 1968, with the prototype missile designated XAGM 79A. After several years of development the missile was cancelled in the early 1970s. Specifications Length 13 ft 7 in 4.14 m Wingspan 4 feet 1.22 m Diameter 1 foot 6 in 0.46 m Operators USA The AGM 79 was cancelled before entering service. US missiles DEFAULTSORT Agm 79 Blue Eye Category Cold War air to surface missiles of the United States Category Abandoned military rocket and missile projects of the United States de AGM 79 Blue Eye ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 Infobox company name LFK GmbH logo Deleted image removed Image Logo MBDA.png 250px Logo of LFK MBDA type GmbH foundation location Schrobenhausen , Deutschland key people ul li Werner Kaltenegger , CEO li li Antoine Bouvier , chairman of the supervisory board li ul num employees 1.100 operating income net income industry arm industry products homepage http www.mbda systems.com www.mbda systems.com LFK is a German missile systems company and a subsidiary of EADS . Today officially MBDA Germany but better known as LFK Lenkflugk rpersysteme GmbH . In June 2005 an agreement was signed between MBDA and LFK which places the company merged into MBDA LFK parent EADS holds 37.5 of MBDA. LFK Lenkflugk rpersysteme GmbH LFK is a Germany German missile systems company, belonging to the Europe an MBDA group. The main company location is in Schrobenhausen , but there are also sites in Unterschlei heim and Ulm . Products LFK primarily develops and produces guided missile systems. These are manufactured in part with partner companies. Taurus missile Taurus KEPD 350 MILAN MEADS MIM 104 Patriot LFK NG PARS 3 LR RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile RIM 116 RAM Coord 48.56878 N 11.21818 E type landmark scale 3 region DE display title DEFAULTSORT Lfk Category Guided missile manufacturers Category Defence companies of Germany de LFK Lenkflugk rpersysteme es LFK fr LFK GmbH ... more details
orphan date November 2007 Jean Claude Flabel is the author of the aerospace engineering textbook Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers a handbook on practical stress analysis which is widely used within the aerospace industry. Jean Claude Flabel graduated from the California State University, Northridge in 1970 with a bachelor s degree in mechanical engineering. He has worked with a number of prominent aerospace companies including Rockwell International , Gulfstream American , Sikorsky Aircraft , American Jet Industries and Bell Aerospace and has specialized in stress analysis and safety of flight certification of primary airframe structures and components. Since its publication, the textbook Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers has been adapted into a distance learning certificate course for practicing stress engineers. The emphasis of the course is on technical fundamentals and practical real life examples of stress analysis, with less treatment given to the higher mathematical or derivative aspects of the subject. External links http www.psa1.com Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers Jean Claude Flabel s website http www.amazon.com dp 0964701405 Book review on Amazon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flabel, Jean Claude ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flabel, Jean Claude Category Living people Category California State University, Northridge alumni Category Year of birth missing living people ... more details
Wuppertal , a city in North Rhine Westphalia , Germany , was bombed extensively by the RAF in the Battle of the Ruhr of World War II . More than 6,000 people died in two attacks on Wuppertal . The attack on the night of 29 May 1943, created a firestorm in the narrow streets of the city. The Germans were ill equipped to fight these fires. One of these RAF raids seriously damaged the Goldschmitt adhesives firm, which was making Tego film Tego Film wood adhesive for the German war effort new aircraft designs meant to make large use of wooden airframe components, such as the Focke Wulf Ta 154 Ta 154 and Heinkel He 162 He 162 had their development seriously delayed or even curtailed as a result of the replacement adhesive corroding the wooden aiframes of such aircraft, resulting in crashes of prototypes. The other factor that led to such high casualty rates in Wuppertal was its location. The city is located on the banks of two very steep granite riverbanks. The RAF had dropped timed explosives that caused the foundations of buildings to literally melt away. Fact date January 2009 References http www.raf.mod.uk bombercommand may43.html RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary May 1943 WWII city bombing Category Wuppertal WWII battle stub de Luftangriffe auf Wuppertal ... more details
wiktionary blue note A blue note is a musical note played or sung lower than the corresponding note on a major scale. Blue note may also refer to Music Blue Note Records , a record label which focuses on jazz music Blue Note Records Festival , formerly known as Blue Note Festival, an international jazz festival held annually in Ghent, Belgium in mid July Blue Note Jazz Club , a chain of music clubs and restaurants, with branches in New York, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Milan Blue Note Jazz Festival , an annual festival in New York hosted by the jazz club, since 2011 The Blue Note Missouri , a music venue in Columbia, Missouri Other The logo of the St. Louis Blues hockey team Blue note aviation , the distinctive whine produced by some jet aircraft, as well as the sound of their engines and airframe noise. See also The Blue Notes disambiguation Disambig es Blue note fr Blue Note he it Blue Note disambigua ja nl Blue note no Blue note ... more details
Infobox Airport name Roscoes Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image Roscoes Airport Oregon.JPG image width 200px caption IATA ICAO FAA OG26 type Private owner Michael & Karen Sheets operator city served location Willamina, Oregon elevation f 250 elevation m 76 coordinates coord 45 03 43.0000 N 123 29 10.0000 W type airport display inline website metric elev metric rwy r1 number 02 20 r1 length f 2000 r1 length m 609 r1 surface Turf stat year stat1 header stat1 data footnotes Roscoes Airport Airport codes OG26 is a private airport located 1 mile south of Willamina, Oregon Willamina in Polk County, Oregon Polk County , Oregon , United States USA . It falls under the Seattle sectional chart , and provides fuel, airframe service and bottled oxygen. ref cite web url http www.pilotoutlook.com airport OREGON OG26 title Roscoes Airport accessdate 2009 07 01 ref External links US airport minor OG26 References reflist Category Airports in Polk County, Oregon Oregon airport stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Q500 Pylon Racing refers to a class of air racing for radio controlled model aircraft. The sport is similar to the full scale Red Bull Air Race World Series . The planes The planes are made using a variety of methods as encountered with other types of fixed wing model aircraft, ranging from traditional built up balsa and lite ply construction to a full Composite material composite moulded model. The planes are fitted with a standard four channel aircraft radio. Although the models may be hand launched, an undercarriage is permitted to facilitate take offs and landings. Engine size varies from 6.5cc .40 cu. in. to 7.5cc .46 cu. in. . ZCZc Basic airframe rules The wings must have a minimum area of 500 sq. in. with a constant minimum cord of 9.75 and a overall minimum span of 50 up to a maximum of 52 . The wing thickness will need to be a minimum of 30mm for at least 47.5 of the span. The fuselage is a very simple construction, box with a 2.25 firewall. External links and references http sites.google.com site cppradistrict3 Canadian Prairie Pylon Racing Association Administers miniature pylon racing in the prairie provinces of Canada. http www.darrolcady.com Racing Info racing info.html Rules and information at Darrolcady.com http www.q500.org Club page at Q500.org German http www.matneymodels.com q500.html Example of a Q500 legal model for sale at Matneymodels.com http www.modelaircraft.org events q500engine.aspx AMA engine specifications page aviation stub Category Radio control ... more details
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