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• Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
  ...[[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]], where it showed itself to be a versatile aircraft, serving as a bomber, transport and reconnaissance plane. SM.81s also fough ...r Italian forces were fighting. Its low speed and vulnerability to fighter aircraft meant that, during day time, it was restricted to [[second line]] duties, f
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• Flying boat
  A '''flying boat''' is an [[aircraft]] that is designed to take off and alight upon [[water]]. Although some arg ...heir use gradually trailed off, with many of the roles taken over by other aircraft types. In the 21st century, flying boats maintain a few niche uses, such as
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• Brake
  ...s and some [[World War II|WWII]]-era [[fighter aircraft]]. These allow the aircraft to maintain a safe speed in a steep descent. The [[Saab 17|Saab B 17]] [[di * [[Air brake (aircraft)]]
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• Piaggio P.180 Avanti
  ...]] P.180 Avanti''' is a twin-engine [[:Category:Business aircraft|business aircraft]] produced by [[Piaggio Aero]]. It seats up to nine passengers in a generou ...anti's aerodynamics and turboprop engines result in an extremely efficient aircraft.
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• Agusta
  ...n [[1923]], the company first designed, produced and maintained fixed wing aircraft at its plant in Cascina Costa. ...ny got involved in helicopter manufacturing, first licence-building [[Bell Aircraft Corporation|Bell]] helicopters, but later [[Sikorsky]], [[Boeing]] and [[Mc
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• Rotary engine
  ...was an early type of [[internal-combustion engine|internal combustion]] [[aircraft engine]], used mostly in the years shortly before and during [[World War I] ...around it. In the most common form, the crankshaft was fixed solidly to an aircraft frame, and the [[propeller]] simply bolted onto the front of the cylinder b
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• Aerodynamics
  A [[vortex]] is created by the passage of an aircraft wing, revealed by colored smoke. Vortices are one of the many phenomena as ...g the [[lift (force)|lift]] and [[drag (physics)|drag]] on an [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]], the [[shock wave]]s that form in front of the nose of a [[rocke
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...] for other uses of this term, and [[rotary engine]] for the World War I [[aircraft engine]]s by that name.'' ...alternative name for these engines to distinguish them from the obsolete [[aircraft engine]]s also known as ''[[rotary engine]]s''. However both continue to be
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...s kind of electronic control is less common in piston-engined [[fixed-wing aircraft|aeroplane]]s than in automobiles, because of the large costs of certifying
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• Crankshaft
  Many early aircraft engines (and a few in other applications) had the crankshaft fixed to the [
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• Supercharger
  ==Aircraft== A more natural use of the supercharger is with [[aircraft engine]]s. As an aircraft climbs to higher altitudes the pressure of the surrounding air quickly fall
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• Wankel engine
  ...ted piston engine is likely to do; this is a substantial safety benefit in aircraft use. A further advantage of the Wankel engine for use in aircraft, is the fact a Wankel engine can have a smaller frontal area than a piston
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• Pistonless rotary engine
  ...] for other uses of this term, and [[rotary engine]] for the World War I [[aircraft engine]]s by that name.'' ...alternative name for these engines to distinguish them from the obsolete [[aircraft engine]]s also known as ''[[rotary engine]]s''. However both continue to be
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• Italian Army
  ...orces in overseas operations as well as possessing fixed-wing vessel-based aircraft for twenty-five years following the end of the war.
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...cut to the radio-controlled [[scale model]] built by [[John Stears]]. See Aircraft section below. ==Aircraft==
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• Aluminium
  ...y when [[tempering|tempered]]. Aluminium alloys form vital components of [[aircraft]] and [[rocket]]s as a result of their high strength-to-weight ratio. Alumi * Transportation ([[automobile]]s, aircraft, [[truck]]s, [[railroad car]]s, marine vessels, [[bicycle]]s etc.)
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• Carburetor
  ...rews on an automotive carburetor, or a pilot-operated lever on a propeller aircraft (since mixture is air [[density]] (altitude) dependent). The correct air to * [http://www.bingcarburetor.com Bing Carburetor] (used on BMW motorcycles, aircraft, boats)
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...rastically reduces their efficiency. This is not prohibitive for a ship or aircraft that is mostly operated at very constant power output, or for a power plant ...s reviews, articles and information regarding hybrid cars, trucks, trains, aircraft and watercraft.
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• Bicycle
  ...orically, materials used in bicycles have followed a similar pattern as in aircraft, the goal being strength and low weight. Since the late 1930s alloy steels ...nd mechanics to develop the components used in early [[automobile]]s and [[aircraft]]. J. K. Starley's company became the ''Rover Cycle Company Ltd.'' in the l
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