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The design was initially built by the Sailstar Boat Company in the United States and sold as the Caravel 22. When Bristol Yachts acquired Sailstar in 1971 the design was produced as the Bristol Caravel 22. A total of 325 boats were built from 1968 until 1978, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Bristol trawlers were sold during the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Bristol Yacht Co. laid up the hull for the early 42 foot model which was a round-bilge design by the famed Eldridge-McGinnis naval architecture firm. The 42 foot model displaced somewhere between 26 and 30,000 pounds.
USS Pensacola (LSD-38) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship to be named for the naval town of Pensacola, Florida . She was built at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts , and commissioned in 1971.
[5] [6] The library's namesake, Emil Buehler, was an aviation pioneer who funded a philanthropic trust and education programs in colleges throughout Florida and the eastern United States. [7] The library holds artifacts and special collections of items from people and events of importance to the history of aviation in America and naval history. [8]
1978 Florida elections (3 P) S. 1978 in sports in Florida (27 P) Pages in category "1978 in Florida" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Bristol 45.5 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It has a masthead sloop rig, or an optional ketch rig, with aluminum spars. It features a raked stem, a raised counter reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by an Edson wheel and a fixed fin keel with retractable centerboard.
Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range power cruisers in the 37 to 110 foot range. The company was based in Alachua, Florida, and is now closed. The first boat design was a 25-foot (7.6 meter) long sloop, and another noted design was the Ocean racing sailboat the HC 50. [2]
This airframe will be destroyed in a crash on 19 May 1978. 28 August C-141A 67-0008 stalled and crashed after an aborted landing at Sondestrom AB, Greenland killing 23 of the 27 crew and passengers. [57] [58] 28 August C-141A 67-0006 broke up in a severe thunderstorm while on descent into RAF Mildenhall, UK, killing 18 passengers and crew.