Aircraft Definition–noun, plural -craft. | any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, esp. powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters. | |
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type of military aircraft that supports ground troops by making strafing and low-level bombing attacks on enemy ground forces, tanks and other armoured vehicles, and installations. Attack aircraft ...
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any type of aircraft that has been adapted for military use.aircraft carrier
naval vessel from which airplanes may take off and on which they may land. As early as November 1910, an American civilian pilot, Eugene Ely, flew a plane off a specially built platform on the deck ...
fighter aircraft
aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. The opposition may consist of fighters of equal capability or of bombers carrying ...
Experimental Aircraft Association
organization dedicated to supporting and promoting recreational aviation around the world. The EAA has members from more than 100 countries and more than 1,000 local chapters. Membership is open to ...
United Automobile Workers
North American industrial union of automotive and other vehicular workers, headquartered in Detroit, Mich., and representing workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.aerospace industry
Builders of civil aircraft comprise two categories: producers of general aviation aircraft and producers of heavy aircraft. General aviation is defined as all aircraft activities not related to ...
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All nonmilitary planes are civil aircraft. These include private and business planes and commercial airliners.military aircraft
By the 1930s, ship-based aircraft were fitted under the tail with arrester hooks that engaged cables strung across the landing deck in order to bring them to a halt after landing. Folding wings then ...
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Among business aircraft, smaller jet engines, with good fuel-consumption characteristics, became available to power executive jets. The first to appear included the Lockheed JetStar of 1957, which ...
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... eliminate the need for field-level inspections, which translates into reduced labor needed to ensure aircraft integrity.' Alion is partnering...
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Farmers win thousands in compensation over lowflying aircraft
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The noise of attack aircraft and helicopters on training missions sparked compensation claims from owners of horses, cows, birds, chickens and even
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Tags: Aircraft, Maytag Corp., Colorado Springs Gazette, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Matthew Potter The Colorado Springs Gazette writes that
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South Korea Buys Indonesian Aircraft For Coast Guard
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Melvin William “Mel” Turner 09/12/1944 ~ 12/22/2008 Mel was born in Redlands, CA, and passed away in Riverside after a valiant year-long struggle against leukemia. He is survived by elder brother, Robert E. Turner and younger sister, Elaine K. Mehlberg; nephew Ty Mehlberg, niece Lorie Palmer, her children Steven and Shawna Palmer; his cousin Robert Williams, all of Riverside. Mel attended Ramona High in the 1960s, then served in the Army for two years, stationed in South Korea, returning toContinental Flight 1404
The preliminary report details show a high (although within demonstrated abilities of the Aircraft) winds. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On December 20, 2008, at 1818 mountain standard time, Continental flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500 (registration N18611), equipped with CFM56-3B1 engines, departed the left side of runway 34R during takeoff from Denver InternRaiding the Library : Neal Stephenson’s worlds, Part 1
Man, I haven’t felt like that in months! I feel like spending the whole damn day at the keyboard and churn out thousands upon thousands of words just for the sake of it. That’s always a good sign. I’m one avid reader. I read novels by the buckets when I have the time to do it. When my urge to write waned these past months, I made up for it by reading and watching TV more. Having been around long enough to resist falling into the trap of trying to make a RPG campaign out of everything coolDeath In Gaza City
Wounded boy being carried into Shifa hospital. “The death toll in the Gaza Strip continues to rise as Israeli ground forces push deeper into the Palestinian territory, which is controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas. Witnesses said Israeli infantry and tanks backed by aircraft were operating on the outskirts of Gaza City. Heavy fighting was [...]Israel fightting with Hamas in "Youtube"
Israel transferred battles with the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" to the site "YouTube" for the video, now opened a special channel broadcast pictures of incursions by aircraft, in an effort to prove that it aimed at "elements of Hamas."The declaration of the Israeli army that Tel Aviv wants to use the channel to "communicate its message to the world," and through "exclusive photos show the success of Israeli military operations in Gaza," to quote the Declaration.Israeli Channel broadcast Is USA aiding Israeli bombing in Gaza?
Noticias de Rupia | Nouvelles de Roupie | Rupiennachrichten | новости рупии | 卢比新闻 | Roepienieuws | Rupi Nyheter | ルピーニュース | Notizie di Rupia | PAKISTAN LEDGER | پاکستاني کھاتا | RUPEE NEWS | January 4th, 2009 | Moin Ansari | اخبار روپیہ | معین آنصآرّی | Moin Ansari |Russian int.: USA participating in Israeli War, Saturday, 3 January 2009, 2:44 pm Article: Palestinian Information Center The US has bailed out Israel before. In 1973 when the Egyptians crossed the Suez Canal and destroyedUnrelenting Israel invades Gaza strip
Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants on the outskirts of Gaza City on Sunday (Jan 4) after tanks thrust deep into the coastal strip in an Smoke billows in the background as Israeli soldiers take position on the border before entering Gaza. The Islamist group Hamas said it had captured two Israeli soldiers, an event which would highlight the political risk domestically for Israel of sending in its troops. The Israeli army could not confirm the report. The long-predicted ground action fPoetry on Aircraft Wings
The series (On the Wing) made in 1999 by Nedko Solakov. Text printed on six Air Luxor Boeing 737 planes. (via.) Israeli Soldiers Surround Gaza City....
Hit 'em and hit 'em hard, fuck the international community. Note: As far as I can tell, the IDF isn't making the same mistakes they made in Lebanon..... Thousands of Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships surrounded Gaza's largest city and fought militants at close range Sunday, the first full day of an overwhelming ground offensive in the coastal territory. Israel said it has inflicted a heavy blow against Hamas as it expands a weeklong offensive meant to stop rocket fire Good luck getting around D.C. on Inauguration Day
On a typical weekday, hundreds of thousands of people commute to the nation’s capital, snarling roads and packing subway trains and buses during peak hours. Imagine multiplying that several times for Barack Obama’s inauguration Jan. 20. “I don’t want in any way to discourage anyone,” said the District of Columbia’s city administrator, Dan Tangherlini. “I just don’t want them to come and be completely shocked by what they find.” It won’t be pleasant, Tangherlini and other officials say. The Obama arrives in DC area 2 weeks before inaugural
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE – President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed hours after his pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of the running amid a federal grand jury investigation into government contracts. Obama also faces other challenges in the coming days, including meetings with congressional leaders Monday to promote an economic plan. But as he My (armchair) experience of the 1999 Kargil war (Or, “Actionable Intelligence” in the Internet age: How the Kargil effort got a little help from a desktop)
My (armchair) experience of the 1999 Kargil war (Or, “Actionable Intelligence” in the Internet age: How the Kargil effort got a little help from a desktop) by Subroto Roy First drafted July 20 1999, revised and published January 5 2009 “The pilots who launched the strike and recce missions have caught the public eye but the backroom boys worked equally hard. Even in IAF stations far away from the action, the officers held brain-storming sessions and sent in their suggestions.” — Air CGaza: 24 hours into the ground invasion
I got 3 hours of sleep last night, having stayed up to document the terror inflicted by Israel on the occupied refugees of the Gaza Strip and check on my family through the night. It was a frightening night, particularly in Gaza City, where Israeli forces were trying to enter from all across the eastern border. The tanks and troops were not making much progress, having been met with mortars, explosives and small arms fire as soon as they crossed into the border. The fiercest fighting was takingDaily Pic, Day 4
Todays’ daily pic is a two-fer! But first….I have to remind you folks of Da Vicni’s old quote about flying… When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return – Leonard Da Vinci That’s why so many of these pics are of “stuff” in the sky. I haven’t climbed into an aircraft as anything other than a paying customer in many a moon, but one’s eyes are still drawn to the skies. Mid-afternoon moonHERE'S the confirmation - THEY ARE USING CLUSTER BOMBS!!!
~ HOW THE HELL CAN ISRAEL CLAIM THEY ARE TARGETING ONLY HAMAS MILITANTS IF THEY ARE USING CLUSTER BOMBS??? Massive artillery, aerial bombardment precedes invasion by IDF ground forces The forces that entered the Gaza Strip last night represented the largest ground operation in the coastal territory since Israel withdrew in the summer of 2005. Palestinian sources reported massive artillery shelling and air force strikes accompanying the advance of the infantry, armored and coGaza Crisis: A Brief History of Israel's Wars
Gaza 2008:Micro-Warsand Macro-WarsBy Juan Cole Informed CommentJanuary 4, 2009With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have entered the age of micro-wars.The first wars that Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional struggles in which infantry, artillery, armor and air forces played central roles.Israel's enemies had few effective tools in the 1950s and 1960s. Abdel Nasser encouraged Palestinian resistance from Gaza in 1955, but it was more harassment than a serious military opToday in Palestine! ~ Headlines January 04, 2008 ~
Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city(4 Jan, AP) The military used overwhelming firepower from tanks, artillery and aircraft to protect the advancing soldiers, and Gaza officials said at least 31 civilians were killed in the onslaught. An armored force south of Gaza City penetrated as deep as the abandoned settlement of Netzarim, which Israel left along with other Israeli communities when it pulled out of Gaza in 2005. That move effectively cut off Gaza City , the territory's Israel Awakens
Israel’s long-delayed response to missile attacks on its southern region began in earnest this past Shabbos. (One hopes that Shabbos was chosen because of the opportunity presented to wipe out 160 Hamas fighters at a military graduation ceremony and not out of indifference to its sanctity.) Israeli air strikes were aimed at underground rocket launchers, missile silos, ammunition dumps, and Hamas training camps. Virtually all of Hamas’s official headquarters in the Gaza Strip were destroyed. In The Constitution-free zone takes to the rails
You're traveling by train. Suddenly, it slows and comes to an unscheduled stop. Armed, uniformed men come aboard with dogs. They question passengers, search luggage and remove one of your fellow travelers for further interrogation. Is this some Cold War-era movie? Nope. It's New Year's Eve on an Amtrak train in California. I wrote not too long ago about my family's experience at a Border Patrol checkpoint along Interstate 8 in Arizona. We were stopped in the desert, briefly questioned, and thenFirst Official TF2 Pics ‘n’ scoops, Devastator confirmed
As hinted by Nelson on Michael Bay’s Shoot for the Edit blog, Empire and USA Today do indeed have the first official pictures from Transformers 2 along with some juicy scoops and rumor confirmations - SPOILERS herein: Devastator confirmed. Devastator made up of multiple robots confirmed. Soundwave confirmed. Jetfire crossover confirmed. USA Today Article 1: LaBoeuf, Fox Really under fire in Transformers 2 Juicy spoilers and plot synopsis… This time, the story finds Sam and Mikaela under att |
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