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1Aircraft diesel engine — Thielert Centurion aircraft diesel engine. The aircraft diesel engine or aero diesel has not been widely used as an aircraft engine. Diesel engines were used in airships and were tried in aircraft in the late 1920s …
2Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion — (ANP) was a United States Air Force program which worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft. It was the follow on to the USAF s Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA). NEPA was launched in May, 1946, and operated… …
3Aircraft carrier — From bottom to top: Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft …
4Aircraft of the Battle of Britain — The Battle of Britain (German: [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftschlacht um England Luftschlacht um England ] ) was an effort by the German Luftwaffe during during the summer and autumn, 1940 to gain air superiority over the United Kingdom in… …
5Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… …
6Test pilot — Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. Test pilots may work for military organizations or private, (mostly aerospace) companies.… …
7Test No. 6 — Country China Test site Lop Nur Test Base Period June 17, 1967 Number of tests 1 Test type Atmospheric Device type Fusion Max. yield …
8Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF — The Test Flight and Development Centre is a unit of the South African Air Force. It is currently a test flight and evaluation centre.HistoryDue to South Africa s apartheid policies of the time, a number of countries instituted an arms boycott… …
9Test Readiness Program — The Test Readiness Program was a United States Government program established in 1963 to maintain the necessary technologies and infrastructure for the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, should the treaty which prohibited such testing be… …
10Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association — The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is a non profit political organization whose membership consists mainly of general aviation pilots in the United States. AOPA exists to serve the interests of its members as aircraft owners and… …
