• Look up jettison in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jettison may refer to: Jettison (shipping), cargo discarded from a ship or wreckage Jettison (aviation)...
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    In aviation, to jettison is to discard fuel, external stores or other expendable items. The item is usually jettisoned by operating a switch or handle;...
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  • Jettison is the third studio album by Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, released on Caroline Records in 1988. All songs written by Naked Raygun, except for...
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    Fuel dumping (redirect from Fuel jettison)
    Fuel dumping (or a fuel jettison) is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after takeoff...
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    although floating is not part of the etymological meaning. Generally, "jettisoning" connotes the action of throwing goods overboard to lighten the load...
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    October 2017. On 18 February 2022, the band released their sixth album, Jettison, an ambitious "multimedia long form ensemble piece" with spoken word features...
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  • requirements the Solo was initially designed with a harness that allowed jettisoning the engine package in flight. This was required to reduce the risk of...
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  • within American evangelicalism in which Christians rethink their faith and jettison previously held beliefs, sometimes to the point of no longer identifying...
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    fitted with fuel tanks during ferry flights. The pylons are automatically jettisoned if the wing sweep moves past 26 degrees, which would mean that the aircraft...
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    and a jettison motor (JM). The AM provides the thrust needed to accelerate the capsule, while the ACM is used to point the AM and the jettison motor separates...
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  • "You Better Close Your Eyes." In 2007, the band released the studio album Jettison, and in the same year they broke up. Final lineup George Squiers – guitars...
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    had jettisoned, so Shepard activated the manual override for the jettison system to trigger the light. It was later determined that the retro-jettison light...
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  • again in subsequent episodes. Andy Griffith as Harry Broderick, owner of Jettison Scrap and Salvage Co. Joel Higgins as Addison "Skip" Carmichael, former...
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    known as the jettison play. Win the opening lead of ♠J with the ace, dropping the king of spades. Cash the queen of spades, and jettison the ace of hearts...
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  • Jettison (2022) Megafauna (2024)...
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    (1986) Basement Screams EP (1983) Throb Throb LP (1985) All Rise LP (1986) Jettison LP (1988) Understand? LP (1989) Vanilla Blue / Slim Single (1989) Home...
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    Wikipedia:Banning policy Sanger, Larry (December 31, 2004). "Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism". Kuro5hin, Op–Ed. Archived from the original on November...
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    from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module. They jettisoned Eagle before they performed the maneuvers that propelled Columbia out...
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  • Everest 48-1386 USAF 1 ? ? Launch aborted. Small explosion during propellant jettison process. Pilot evacuated to B-50. X-1D jettisoned and destroyed....
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    descent, the pilot incrementally jettisons or deflates balloons. Ballast, e.g., bottled water, can also be jettisoned to facilitate ascent. The Swiss adventurer...
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  • Artists (UA), as UA's parent company Transamerica Corporation decided to jettison the studio following the huge financial debacle of Heaven's Gate (1980);[page needed]...
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    Americas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were so quick to jettison Slavic vocabulary that the most prominent Yiddish writers of the time—the...
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    fin mounts to use explosive bolts to jettison them before an ejection was attempted – as well as twin canopy jettison levers, one per side located to either...
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    An empty Huey helicopter is jettisoned over the side of a carrier to provide room on the ship's deck for more evacuees to land....
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    "You Better Close Your Eyes." In 2007, the band released the studio album Jettison, and in the same year they broke up. The Offspring (1989) Ignition (1992)...
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    13, 1950: a Convair B-36B crashed in northern British Columbia after jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb. This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in...
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    skids did not extend beyond the ventral fin, which required the pilot to jettison the lower fin just before landing. The lower fin was recovered by parachute...
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    vehicle that returned with the crew to the Earth's surface. The LES was jettisoned during launch upon reaching the point where it was no longer needed, and...
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    with Lamb of God. Adler played in several local bands including Calibra, Jettison Charlie, Grouser and Darker Days before founding Lamb of God in 1994. Adler...
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  • Uganda v. Commissioner of Prisons, Ex Parte Michael Matovu, [1966] 1 EA 514, is a decision of the High Court of Uganda in which Hans Kelsen's "General...
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