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  • 21Lift jet — A lift jet is a jet engine angled to provide an aircraft with aerostatic (i.e., not requiring the movement of air over an airfoil) lift instead of (or in addition to) thrust. On a fixed wing aircraft, lift jets may be installed as auxiliary… …

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  • 22Coleopter — For the insect order, see beetle. Coleopter VXT 8 mockup on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum …

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  • 23VTOL airplane — ▪ aircraft abbreviation  of Vertical Takeoff And Landing Airplane,         any of several unconventional aircraft with rotating wing systems, such as the helicopter and autogiro. They may also have rotatable jet systems capable of vertical lift… …

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  • 24Orbital airship — Space blimp redirects here. For airships used in a role similar to satellites, see stratospheric airship. The orbital airship, also called the space blimp, is a proposed space transportation system that carries payloads to and from low Earth… …

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  • 25Byzantine Architecture — • A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco Roman and Oriental elements which, in earlier centuries, cannot be clearly separated Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Byzantine Architecture     Byzantine Architectur …

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  • 26Baroque architecture — Façade of the Church of the Gesù, the first truly baroque façade.[1] Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance… …

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  • 27Antonov An-2 — An 2R on skis allowing for operations in the snow Role Agricultural …

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  • 28Les Invalides — This article is about the area in Paris. For the Paris metro station serving it, see Invalides (Paris Métro and RER). Coordinates: 48°51′18″N 2°18′45″E / 48.855°N 2.3125°E …

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  • 29Hobgoblin (comics) — Infobox comics set index code name=Hobgoblin caption=Hobgoblin drawn by John Romita, Jr. publisher=Marvel Comics debut=(as Kingsley) Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider Man #43; (as Hobgoblin) Amazing Spider Man #238 creators=Roger Stern John… …

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  • 30Byzantine architecture — The Pammakaristos Church in Constantinople. Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire. The empire gradually emerged as a distinct artistic and cultural entity from what is today referred to as the Roman Empire after AD… …

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