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1Water landing — Ditching redirects here. For the intentional delinquence from compulsory schooling, see truancy. A water landing is, in the broadest sense, any landing on a body of water. All waterfowl, those seabirds capable of flight, and some human built… …
2Landing — is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called landing and touchdown as well. A normal… …
3Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) — For a list of parachute regiments from other countries, see Parachute Regiment (disambiguation). The Parachute Regiment Cap Badge of the Parachute Regiment Active …
4Water rocket — A water rocket is a type of model rocket using water as its reaction mass. The pressure vessel mdash;the engine of the rocket mdash;is usually a used plastic soft drink bottle. The water is forced out by a pressurized gas, typically compressed… …
5Splashdown (spacecraft landing) — Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water. It was used by American manned spacecraft prior to the Space Shuttle program. It is also possible for the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft… …
6Powered parachute — A powered parachute (motorized parachute, PPC, paraplane) is a parachute with motor and wheels. The aircraft s airspeed is typically about 25–35 mph (40–60 km/h). PPCs operate safely at heights ranging from a few feet off the ground (while ground …
7Basic Parachute Course — The Basic Parachute Course for members of the British Armed Forces is conducted by the Static Line Training Squadron of No.1 Parachute Training School RAF, based at RAF Brize Norton.The Basic Parachute Course is 4 weeks long for regular troops.… …
8Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… …
9Mars landing — View from the NASA Phoenix lander in 2008 A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, unmanned spacecraft, six were successful. There have also been studies for a possible… …
10Norwegian heavy water sabotage — Part of World War II The Vemork Hydroelectric Plant in 1935. The heavy water was …
