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Flies
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flying buttress
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UFO
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Royal Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps. The Royal Engineers experimented with balloons in the 1870s and a small factory was established at Chatham in 1883. Several balloons were used for observations during the Boer war. Blériot's flight across the Channel in 1909 and the German Zeppelin programme persuaded the... Read more |
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Intercontinental ballistic missiles
ICBM Need ICBM stands for intercontinental ballistic missile—a long-range missile that takes advantage of the scientific laws of flight trajectory. The concept was born in the cold war, when new atomic bombs, or warheads, were developed in an attempt to maintain ... Read more |
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bee fly
bee fly name for the small- to medium-sized flies of the family Bombyliidae, many of which resemble bees in appearance and behavior. This mimicry provides bee flies with some measure of protection against predators that have learned to avoid the sting of true bees. A bee fly has a stout, hairy... Read more |
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crane fly
crane fly true fly resembling a mosquito, often called daddy longlegs because of its six long, delicate legs. (The harvestman , also called daddy longlegs, belongs to an unrelated order.) Most species of crane flies have a single pair of wings and slender bodies. They feed upon plant substances... Read more |
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Gene Roddenberry
Roddenberry, Gene American Writer and Futurist 1921-1991 Gene Roddenberry, creator of the television series Star Trek,saw space as a place for learning new ideas and ways of thinking. Born in El Paso, Texas, on August 19, 1921, Roddenberry was a pre-law student in... Read more |
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flying
flying Transport by air became a very common activity during the second half of the twentieth century. It provides a rapid means of transport over long distances, in relative comfort. Commercial air travel is amongst the safest forms of transportation. Military aircraft have played a very major role... Read more |
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Wayne Newton
Newton, Wayne 1942–PERSONALFull name, Carson Wayne Newton; born April 3, 1942, in Roanoke, VA; son of Patrick (an auto mechanic) and Evelyn (maiden name, Smith) Newton; brother of Jerry Newton (a musician); married Elaine Okamura (an airline flight attendant), June 2, 1968 (divorced, July, 1985);... Read more |
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