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  • 1Helicopter carrier — Infobox Aviation name = Helicopter carrier caption = Jeanne d Arc , French navyHelicopter carrier is a term for an aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters. The term is sometimes used for both ASW carriers and amphibious… …

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  • 2Helicopter-based hunting in Fiordland — IntroductionHelicopter huntingAs long ago as the 1920s, the Fiordland National Park was plagued with introduced European deer, detrimental to the native New Zealand flora and fauna. The government placed a bounty on the deer, paying local hunters …

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  • 3Backpack helicopter — A backpack helicopter is a helicopter motor and rotor and controls assembly that can be strapped to a person s back, so that he can walk about on the ground wearing it, and can use it to fly. Its harness, like a parachute harness, should have a… …

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  • 4Gyrodyne — This article is about a class of rotorcraft. For the company bearing the name, see Gyrodyne Company of America. Gyrodyne …

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  • 5Escort carrier — The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier (popularly known as the jeep carrier ), was a small aircraft carrier utilized by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy in World War II. In the Atlantic the escort… …

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  • 6Space accidents and incidents — Space accidents, either during operations or training for spaceflights, have killed 22 astronauts (five percent of all people who have been in space, two percent of individual spaceflights), and a much larger number of ground crew. This article… …

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  • 7military aircraft — Introduction       any type of aircraft that has been adapted for military use.       Aircraft have been a fundamental part of military power since the mid 20th century. Generally speaking, all military aircraft fall into one of the following… …

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  • 8Special reconnaissance — This article is a subset article under Human Intelligence. For a complete hierarchical list of articles, see the intelligence cycle management hierarchy. Special Reconnaissance (SR) is conducted by small units of highly trained military personnel …

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  • 9Fairey Rotodyne — infobox Aircraft name = Rotodyne caption = The Fairey Rotodyne prototype XE521 on a test flight type = Compound gyroplane manufacturer = Fairey Aviation designer = first flight = 6 November 1957 introduced = retired = status = Cancelled 1962… …

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  • 10religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …

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