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  • 101Pontiac GTO — Infobox Automobile name = Pontiac GTO manufacturer = Pontiac parent company = General Motors class = Muscle car production = 1964 ndash;1974 2004 ndash;2006 predecessor = Pontiac Grand Prix Coupe successor = Pontiac G8 (2008) layout = FR… …

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  • 102Deluge (prehistoric) — In the relatively recent geological past, several great floods are widely suspected to have occurred, with varying amounts of supporting evidence, usually as a result of the last Ice Age ending.Great floodAt the most recent glacial maximum, so… …

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  • 103Pressure coefficient — The pressure coefficient is a dimensionless number which describes the relative pressures throughout a flow field in fluid dynamics. The pressure coefficient is used in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics. Every point in a fluid flow field has its own …

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  • 104Spoiler (automotive) — A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to spoil unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion. Spoilers are often fitted to race and high performance sports cars, although they have become… …

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  • 105Gap fillers — are an element of the Thermal Protection System on the Space Shuttle. The TPS is comprised, in part, by tiles that deflect the heat generated by re entry away from the spacecraft. There are doors and moving surfaces in areas that must be… …

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  • 106Schleicher ASW 20 — NOTOC The ASW 20 is an FAI 15 metre Class glider designed by Gerhard Waibel and built by Alexander Schleicher GmbH Co. Its fuselage is nearly identical to the ASW19 s, mated to newly designed wings for the 15 metre Class. The prototype first flew …

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  • 107Stinson L-1 Vigilant — L 1 (O 49) Vigilant RAF Stinson Vigilant photographed at Air Fighting Development Unit, Duxford, UK, 1941 42 Role Light Observ …

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  • 108slot — i. Fixed openings near the leading edge of the wing. At higher angles of attack, air from below the wing is guided through the slots and discharged over the upper surface, tangential to the wing surface, thereby re energizing the boundary layer… …

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  • 109slotted flaps — A type of trailing edge flap. These may be single, double, or triple slotted. They form a slot(s) between their leading edge and the inside of the flap well in the wing. The resultant airflow helps to control the boundary layer, resulting in… …

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  • 110General Dynamics F-111 — infobox Aircraft name= F 111 Aardvark caption= An F 111C of the Royal Australian Air Force with its wings unswept in 2006. type= Fighter bomber national origin = United States manufacturer= General Dynamics designer= first flight= 21 December… …

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