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  • 21Air France Flight 358 — The wreckage of Flight 358 Runway overrun summary Date …

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  • 22pneumatic device — Any of various tools and instruments that generate and use compressed air. Examples include rock drills, pavement breakers, riveters, forging presses, paint sprayers, blast cleaners, and atomizers. Compressed air power is flexible, economical,… …

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  • 23Dallas Love Field — This article is about the airport in Dallas, Texas. For the airport in Prescott, Arizona, see Ernest A. Love Field. For the neighborhood around Love Field, see Love Field, Dallas, Texas (Neighborhood). Dallas Love Field USGS aerial photo as of… …

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  • 24Hand brake — In cars, the hand brake (also known as the emergency brake, e brake, park brake, slide stick or parking brake) is a latching brake usually used to keep the car stationary. Automobile e brakes usually consist of a cable (usually adjustable for… …

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  • 25USAir Flight 499 — Infobox Airliner accident|name=USAir Flight 499 Date=February 21, 1986 [Note that the original NTSB report marks the date as February 21, 1966. However, the correct date of the accident is February 21, 1986, as verified ] Type=Overrun Site=Erie… …

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  • 26World Airways — Infobox Airline airline=World Airways logo=World Airways logo.png IATA=WO ICAO=WOA callsign=WORLD parent=Global Aero Logistics, Inc. founded=29 March 1948 destinations=Various headquarters=Peachtree City, Georgia key people=Charlie McDonald, COO… …

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  • 27АТИС — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Атис (значения). АТИС (англ. Automatic Terminal Information Service, ATIS[1])  Автоматическая Терминальная Информационная Система производит приём, обработку и вещание метеорологической …

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  • 28brake shoe — 1. a rigid plate, usually of steel in the shape of an arc of a cylinder, coated on the outside of its curved surface with a friction producing material and tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action. 2. (on a… …

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  • 29brake shoe — brake′ shoe n. 1) trs a rigid curved plate, usu. of steel coated with a friction producing material, tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action 2) trs (on a bicycle) a metal block holding a rubber pad, pressed… …

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  • 30brake band — noun a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation • Hypernyms: ↑band • Part Holonyms: ↑brake system, ↑brakes * * * noun : the flexible band of a band brake * * * a flexible strap, usually of steel, lined with a friction… …

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