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  • 71Adolf Busemann — Adolph Busemann (20 April 1901 3 November 1986) was a German aerospace engineer and influential early pioneer in aerodynamics, specialising in supersonic airflows. He introduced the concept of swept wings, and after immigrating to the United… …

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  • 721972 — This article is about the year 1972. Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century – 20th century – 21st century Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s   …

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  • 73Vehicle registration plates of the United States — License plates of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia phonetically spelling the Preamble to the United States Constitution, displayed in the Smithsonian Institution. In the United States, license plates[1] are issued by an …

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  • 74Aerodynamic heating — is the heating of a solid body produced by the passage of fluid (such as air) over a body such as a meteor, missile, or airplane. It is a form of forced convection in that the flow field is created by forces beyond those associated with the… …

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  • 75Flight — is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the air (or movement beyond earth s atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight) by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using… …

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  • 76Ogive — For other uses, see Ogive (disambiguation). An ogive (pronounced /ˈoʊdʒaɪv/ oh jyv) is the roundly tapered end of a two dimensional or three dimensional object. Contents 1 Applied physical science and engineering 2 …

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  • 77Hans Guido Mutke — s Me 262A on display at the Deutsches Museum Dr Hans Guido Mutke (25 March 1921 – 8 April 2004) was a fighter pilot for the German Luftwaffe during World War II. He was born in Neisse, Upper Silesia (now Nysa, Poland). It is claimed that Mutke… …

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  • 78U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School — The U.S. Air Force Flight Test School is located on Edwards Air Force Base in California. Its mission is to produce test pilots and flight test engineers to test new and experimental aircraft. The job is dangerous, and many test pilots have died… …

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  • 80XCOR EZ-Rocket — The XCOR EZ Rocket is a test platform for the XCOR rocket propulsion system. The plane is a modified Rutan Long EZ, with the propeller replaced by first one, then a pair of pressure fed regeneratively cooled liquid fuelled rocket engines and an… …

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