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Ariel Atom at Goodwood. The company manufactures the Ariel Atom, an extremely light, high performance car, [3] powered by a Honda Civic Type-R engine and gearbox.The Atom is the world's first road-going exoskeletal car; [4] it has no bodywork or roof, and is built entirely around the tube chassis, making it weigh less than 500 kg (1,102 lb).
Founded in 1909 as "The Aerial League of The British Empire", The Air League was formed to counter 'the backwardness and apathy' shown by the UK in the face of emerging aeronautical developments and to stress the 'vital importance from a commercial and national defence point of view of this new means of communication'.
Ariel 1 (also known as UK-1 and S-55), was the first British-American satellite, and the first satellite in the Ariel programme.Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
Ariel—50" high wheel bicycle Ariel tricycle circa 1902. The original company was established in 1870 by James Starley and William Hillman.They built wire-spoke wheels under the first British patent; this allowed them also to build a lighter "penny farthing" bicycle which they named 'Ariel' (the spirit of the air).
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Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) is the name given to a British project to procure a fleet of Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) aerial refuelling (AR) and air transport (AT) aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF), to replace their then existing older models such as the Vickers VC10s and Lockheed TriStars.
Type A Operating Licence holders [1]; Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Remarks 2Excel Aviation: BRO: BROADSWORD: AirTanker: 9L: TOW: TOWLINE: Operates a fleet of 14 Airbus A330 MRTT for the Royal Air Force, known as Voyager, under a 27-year contract to the UK Government; its call sign is a nod to its primary role of aerial refuelling tankers.
New York City 1932, aerial photograph of Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc Milton Kent with his aerial camera, June 1953, Milton Kent Studio, Sydney. The first commercial aerial photography company in the UK was Aerofilms Ltd, founded by World War I veterans Francis Wills and Claude Graham White in 1919. The company soon expanded into a business ...