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The Pipit [1] was Parnall's submission to Air Ministry specification 21/26, which called for a single-seat shipborne fighter.The same specification attracted a version of the Vickers 141, modified from the original landplane fighter [2] and the private venture Hawker Hoopoe [3] The specification required operation off deck or water.
Competition on unsheltered water exposed to current, tide, wind and requiring navigation skills as well as strength, endurance, and technique. Generally uses a mass start and includes a mix of human-powered boats. Typical race distances are 6 to 26 miles. Pot A tankard awarded as a prize to each member of a winning crew. [citation needed ...
Its purposes include carrying sails, spars, and derricks, giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial or signal lamp. [1] Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship. Nearly all sailing masts are guyed. [2]
The maiden flight proceeded normally until a hurried landing was made when the elevator trim tabs failed because of flutter. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] On 1 October 1940, the XF4U-1 became the first single-engined U.S. fighter to fly faster than 400 mph (640 km/h) by flying at an average ground speed of 405 mph (652 km/h) from Stratford to Hartford . [ 15 ]
All of the Hanpin-made turntables seem to have an inordinately high wow and flutter spec, even their own top-of-the-line models, the DJ-5500 and DJ-3560. The only exception to this for Hanpin-made turntables seems to be the ReLoop RP-7000 and RP-8000 which claim a wow and flutter spec of 0.01% wrms.
Trump HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face questions on several controversial topics from senators when he makes the rounds on Capitol Hill this week.
Pilot Masumi Okuyama of the flight test division of the Aeronautical Establishment is seen to deploy his chute, but then, inexplicably, releases harness and is killed by fall from height of 300 m (980 ft). Crash is determined to have been caused by tail flutter due to missing mass balance weight on elevator.
Mike Coppola/Getty ; Tim Warner/Getty . Cooper Manning attends Bleacher Report's 'Bleacher Ball at The Mezzanine' on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California ; Arch Manning #16 of the Texas ...