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  • 41aerospace engineering — aerospace engineer. the branch of engineering that deals with the design, development, testing, and production of aircraft and related systems (aeronautical engineering) and of spacecraft, missiles, rocket propulsion systems, and other equipment… …

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  • 42Paper plane — This article is about toy aircraft fashioned from paper. For other uses, see Paper plane (disambiguation). Instructions for a traditional paper plane. A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a …

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  • 43airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also …

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  • 44OWEN — UNITED KINGDOM (see also List of Individuals) 24.1.1920 London/UK 11.11.1990 London/UK Paul Robert Owen graduated in engineering from the Queen Mary College, London, and specialized in aeronautics from 1940. He moved in 1941 to the Aerodynamics… …

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  • 45Hunsaker, Jerome C. — ▪ American aeronautical engineer in full  Jerome Clarke Hunsaker   born Aug. 26, 1886, Creston, Iowa, U.S. died Sept. 10, 1984, Boston, Mass.       American aeronautical engineer who made major innovations in the design of aircraft and lighter… …

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  • 46Akaflieg — is an abbreviation for Akademische Fliegergruppe , an academic group of fliers in pre and postwar Germany. HistoryOtto Lilienthal published his book Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst in 1889. This described the basics of modern… …

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  • 47Entomopter — (England), ETS Labs and others.The name Entomopter is derived from entomo (meaning insect as in entomology) + pteron meaning wing. Michelson s Entomopter is a type of ornithopter , which is the broader term for any device intended to fly by… …

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  • 48Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps — Infobox Organization name = Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps image border = size = 137 caption = Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps Emblem msize = mcaption = motto = formation = 7 April, 1971 extinction = type = Aviation headquarters = Kai Tak Airport location …

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  • 49Diehl — may refer to: People As a surname: Arthur Diehl (1870–1929), English impressionist landscape artist August Diehl (b. 1976), German actor David Diehl (b. 1980), American football player Ella Diehl (b. Ella Karachkova), Russian badminton player… …

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  • 50Aile oblique — En (6) l aile oblique L aile oblique est un type particulier d aile à géométrie variable articulée sur un unique pivot central, ainsi lorsque l aile pivote, son angle de flèche est négatif sur une des demi voilure et positif sur l autre. Les… …

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