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 | | Jet Airplanes in World War II | | by Louis McCormick, Apr 11, 2008 | | There were many technological breakthroughs in World War II, but arguably the most significant for our modern global society was the development of the jet airplane. Here are those first few jets that took to the skies over sixty years ago. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | Mitsubishi G4m Hamaki | | by balisunset, Jul 20, 2008 | | Mitsubishi G4M Hamaki (cigar) was the most famous Japanese all-metal long range bombers during the Second World War in the Pacific. It flew most Japanese long range missions during the Pacific War and called by the Allied code name Betty. The G4M was also used as a torpedo bomber. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | A Short History of Flight | | by balisunset, Jul 21, 2008 | | No one knows how long humans have dreamed of flying, but this concept informed some of Western culture’s earliest stories. Around the time BC became AD, the Roman poet Ovid told the tale of Daedalus and his son Icarus. The first storytellers as well as their audiences could see snow persisting on the highest mountain peaks during warm weather; clearly, air did not grow warmer with altitude, and the sun would not have melted the wax holding Icarus’s feathers to his wings. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Troubles in C-5A Galaxy Manufacture | | by balisunset, Aug 30, 2008 | | The C-5A transport aircraft is the second largest airplane in the world. It was originally conceptualized in the 1960s, when the U.S. military establishment hoped to create a fleet of aircraft that could move large numbers of troops and equipment to any place in the world within a matter of days. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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