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  • 71jet — English has two distinct words jet. The older, which denotes a type of black stone used in jewellery [14], comes via Old French jaiet and Latin gagātēs from Greek gagátēs, which denoted ‘stone from Gagai’, a town in Lycia, in Asia Minor, where it …

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  • 72jet — English has two distinct words jet. The older, which denotes a type of black stone used in jewellery [14], comes via Old French jaiet and Latin gagātēs from Greek gagátēs, which denoted ‘stone from Gagai’, a town in Lycia, in Asia Minor, where it …

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  • 73Hybrid rocket — A hybrid rocket propulsion system comprises propellants of two different states of matter, the most common configuration being a rocket engine composed of a solid propellant lining a combustion chamber into which a liquid or gaseous propellant is …

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  • 74Soyuz TM-5 — Infobox Space mission mission name = Soyuz TM 5 sign = Родник (Rodnik Spring) crew members = 3 launched / 2 landed launch = June 7, 1988 14:03:13 UTC Gagarin s Start landing = September 7, 1988 00:49:38 UTC 202 km SE of Dzhezkazgan duration = 91… …

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  • 75Ikara (missile) — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes caption=Ikara missile on launcher name=Ikara type=Anti submarine origin=Australia era=1960s launch platform=Ship borne target=Submarines manufacturer=Australian Government Aircraft Factories/Commonwealth Aircraft… …

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  • 77Evacuation slide — An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial (passenger carrying) aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would… …

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  • 78Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk — F117 redirects here. For the F117 PW 100 turbofan engine, see Pratt Whitney PW2000. F 117 Nighthawk Role …

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  • 79aviation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of flight Nouns 1. (science of flight) aviation, flight, flying; navigation, aerial navigation; aeronautics, aerodynamics, aerodonetics, aerostatics, avionics, rocketry; aerial navigation,… …

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  • 80Project Mercury — Duration 1959 1963 Goal Place Americans into orbit for as long as one day Achievements First manned flight: May 5, 1961 First orbital flight …

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