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War emergency power (WEP) is a throttle setting that was first present on some American World War II military aircraft engines.For use in emergency situations, it produced more than 100% of the engine's normal rated power for a limited amount of time, often about five minutes.
The following steps were taken in determining the WEP PIA with the Modified Old Start 1977 Method: [4] (See Primary Insurance Amount for clarification) 1. Compute the raw 1977 Simplified Old Start PIA. 2. Reduce the PIA to 50% and round down to the nearest dime. 3. Reduce the PIA from step 1 by 50% of the non-covered pension amount. 4.
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."
WEP may stand for: Abbreviation of weapon; War emergency power, an engine mode for military aircraft; Weak equivalence principle, in relativity theory; West European Politics, a journal of comparative politics; Wetland Park stop, MTR station code; the pen name of Australian cartoonist William Edwin Pidgeon (1909–1981)
For special duties work the aircraft was modified by having a drop hatch, or “Joe hole”, cut into the bottom of the fuselage to allow for easy disembarkation. [42] The Whitley was famous for carrying the paratroopers who pulled off the Bruneval raid. Though an older design, over 1,000 Whitleys were produced after the start of the war.
Heavier-than-air aircraft were recognized as having military applications early on, despite resistance from traditionalists and the severe limitations of early aircraft. The U.S. Army Signal Corps purchased a Wright Model A on 2 August 1909 which became the first military aircraft in history. [2]
The pilot, Captain Rich Biley, brought the aircraft in at King Khalid Military City, Forward Operating Location 1 where it was stripped of parts, some sent to King Fahd International Airport, Main Operating Base for use on other aircraft, and then buried in the desert. Biley was unhurt during the crash-landing.
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter in Luftwaffe markings. The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft.