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The Pennsylvania Bulletin is a weekly journal produced by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Created on a weekly basis by staff in the Legislative Reference Bureau of Pennsylvania, which is housed at the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this publication serves as "the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking" and is released for public ...
In 1931, The Detroit News made history when they bought the first Pitcairn PCA-2 for use as a news aircraft due to it ability to fly well at low altitude and speed, land and take off from restricted spaces, and semihover for better camera shots. This PCA-2 was the ancestor of today's news helicopters. [10]
Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division (PAA GMRD) was a distinct division of Pan American World Airways in the period 1950-1980, responsible as prime contractor of the U.S. Air Force Eastern Test Range, based out of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
Français : Un Pitcairn PAA-1, stationné devant un hangar du centre de recherches Langley du NACA, à Hampton, en Virginie, photographié en juin 1943. English: This Pitcairn PAA-1 autogiro was flown at Langley for the NACA investigation of an experimental cantilevered three-bladed rotor.
The Pitcairn PAA-1 was an autogyro developed in the United States in the early 1930s. [1] Of similar configuration to Pitcairn's earlier machines, the PAA-1 had an airplane-like fuselage with two open cockpits in tandem and a tractor-mounted engine in the nose. [ 2 ]
In 1926, Reilly proposed the idea of installing a news ticker bulletin on the Times Tower to the owner of the New York Times Adolph Ochs and deputy Arthur Hays Sulzberger. They all signed a contract July 26, 1928. [2] It took 8 weeks to install the display with work being done 24 hours a day in order to meet the contracted deadline.
TrueScale Miniatures’ first products were 1:18 and 1:43 scale replicas of specific tools from the Snap-on catalog. These miniature tool sets are typically used by modelers and collectors for use in automotive dioramas. These first sets are called "Garage Essentials" and include miniature replicas of 10 tools in the 2006 Snap-on Tool Catalog ...
Data from Aerofiles General characteristics Capacity: 5 Length: 25 ft 11 in (7.90 m) Wingspan: 38 ft (12 m) Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss C-6, 160 hp (120 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 96 kn (110 mph, 180 km/h) Cruise speed: 81 kn (93 mph, 150 km/h) Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h) References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing. ^ American Aviation Historical Society ...