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  • 101Bede BD-10 — Infobox Aircraft name=BD 10 caption=The Bede BD 10 in its Peregrine Falcon guise, c. 2005 type=Recreational aircraft manufacturer=Bede Jet Corporation Fox 10 Corporation Peregrine Flight International Monitor Jet designer=Jim Bede first… …

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  • 102Washout (aviation) — Washout refers to a feature of wing design to deliberately reduce the lift distribution across the span of the wing of an aircraft. The wing is designed so that lift is strongest at the wing roots and decreases across the span until reaching zero …

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  • 103Squall line — [ thumb|right|200 px|Cyclonic vortex over Pennsylvania with a trailing squall line.] A squall line is a line of severe thunderstorms that can form along and/or ahead of a cold front. In the early 20th century, the term was used as a synonym for… …

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  • 104Cessna 150 — Model 150 Role Multipurpose civil aircraft Manufacturer Cessna First flight …

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  • 105Derecho — A shelf cloud along the leading edge of a derecho photographed in Minnesota A derecho (from Spanish: derecho meaning straight ) is a widespread and long lived, violent convectively induced straight line windstorm that is associated with a fast… …

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  • 106Vought XF5U — XF5U The XF5U 1 during testing Role Fighter Manufacturer Vought …

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  • 107Foil (fluid mechanics) — A foil is a surface designed to maximize lift (force generated perpendicular to the fluid flow) while minimizing drag (force generated in the direction of the fluid flow) in a given range of conditions. Foils may be designed to operate in any… …

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  • 108Flow separation — All solid objects travelling through a fluid (or alternatively a stationary object exposed to a moving fluid) acquire a boundary layer of fluid around them where viscous forces occur in the layer of fluid close to the solid surface. Boundary… …

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  • 109Robert W. Fuller — (1936 )earned his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University in 1961, and taught [Dignitarian Foundation, Conversation with Robert W. Fuller, 2004 2006, http://www.dignitarians.org/conversationRobertFu.html] at Columbia University where he co… …

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  • 110Podded engine — A podded engine is a jet engine in a pod, typically attached below the wing or to the tail of the aircraft. The pod itself is called a nacelle.Placing engines on the wing provides beneficial wing bending relief in flight. Early British jet… …

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