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111North American P-51 variants — Main article: North American P 51 Mustang Further information: North American A 36, F 82 Twin Mustang The North American P 51 Mustang was an American long range single seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the… …
112Wing loading — In aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing. [Thom, 1988. p. 6.] It is broadly reflective of the aircraft s lift to mass ratio, which affects its rate of climb, load carrying ability, and… …
113Norden bombsight — The Norden bombsight at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. This example does not have the associated autopilot attached …
114Convair F2Y Sea Dart — F2Y Sea Dart F2Y Sea Dart (dual ski configuration) Role Seaplane fighter …
115Speed of sound — Sound is a vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a wave. The speed of sound describes how much distance such a wave travels in a certain amount of time. In SI Units with dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is 343 m/s. This… …
116Bristol Bloodhound — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes caption= A Bloodhound missile at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London. name=Bloodhound Mk 2 type=SAM origin=United Kingdom launch platform=Fixed installation target=High altitude bomber manufacturer=Bristol Aeroplane Co.… …
117JF-17 Thunder — infobox Aircraft name = JF 17 Thunder FC 1 Fierce Dragon type = Multirole fighter manufacturer = Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation Pakistan Aeronautical Complex caption = JF 17 in the testing phase 2006 designer = first flight = 25 August… …
118Operational Requirement F.155 — was a specification issued by the British Ministry of Supply for an interceptor aircraft to defend the United Kingdom from high flying supersonic bombers. Although a nuclear threat from Soviet nuclear armed bombers was identified as early as in… …
119Wing configuration — For aircraft configurations in general, including fuselage, tail and powerplant configuration, see Aircraft. For rotary winged aircraft types, see Rotorcraft. For direct lift and compound or hybrid types, see Powered lift. Fixed wing aircraft,… …
120QW-1 Vanguard — The People s Republic of China developed QW 1 Vanguard (Qian Wei in Chinese) is an all aspect man portable surface to air missile, from which a series of missiles were developed.QW 1It was first publicly shown at the 1994 Farnborough Air Show as… …
