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    John Rudder was an Australian linguist who studied the Australian Aboriginal languages, of Arnhem Land (Gupapuyngu) in the Northern Territory and the...
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    A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually...
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  • John Earl Rudder (October 4, 1924 – July 9, 2006) became the first black Marine officer commissioned in the regular United States Marine Corps, in 1948...
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  • former NTSB investigator John Cox stated that time has proven the NTSB correct in its findings because no additional rudder-reversal incidents have occurred...
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  • A&M University. David Rudder (born 1953), calypsonian Trinidadian *Dale "Mistah Dale" Rudder, Barbadian singer John E. Rudder (1924–2006), the first...
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    which was invented in the early 20th century by John G. A. Kitchen of Lancashire, England. It turns the rudder into a directional thruster, and allows the...
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    (link) Wiradjui Dictionary, Stan Grant Snr and John Rudder, 2010 Grant, Stan; Grant, Stan, 1940–; Rudder, John (2010), A new Wiradjuri dictionary, Restoration...
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    After attending John Tarleton Agricultural College and then graduating from Texas A&M in 1932 with a degree in industrial education, Rudder had been commissioned...
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    Balanced rudders are used by both ships and aircraft. Both may indicate a portion of the rudder surface ahead of the hinge, placed to lower the control...
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  • Michael Rudder (born June 14, 1950) is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actor. Rudder was injured in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Born...
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    Sea, the Boeing 747-400 experienced a lower rudder hardover event, which occurs when an aircraft's rudder deflects to its travel limit without crew input...
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    created a natural tendency to extend one's right foot against the right rudder pedal to support oneself while turning in the seat, which caused the aircraft...
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  • This reclamation work was originally propelled by elder Stan Grant and John Rudder who had previously studied Australian Aboriginal languages in Arnhem...
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    (NTSB), it was determined that the probable cause was that the aircraft's rudder malfunctioned and went hard over in a direction opposite to that commanded...
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    Board (NTSB) attributed the disaster to the first officer's overuse of rudder controls in response to wake turbulence from a preceding Japan Airlines...
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    been crucial to the reconstruction of the Wiradjuri language along with John Rudder, with whom he travels among the Wiradjuri people, teaching their language...
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    control surfaces but the basic principles remain. The controls (stick and rudder) for rotary wing aircraft (helicopter or autogyro) accomplish the same motions...
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    Stan (2010). A new Wiradjuri dictionary, compiled by Stan Grant and John Rudder. Canberra: Restoration House. ISBN 9780869421505. "Word Up: Nathan Sentance"...
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    Barrel roll (redirect from Rudder roll)
    by aileron input to rotate the aircraft along its roll axis. Sometimes rudder input is applied to help assist the roll through the yaw axis (nose rotates...
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    professional helmsman maintains a steady course, properly executes all rudder orders, and communicates to the officer on the bridge using navigational...
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    attached to an outboard motor, rudder post or stock to provide leverage in the form of torque for the helmsman to turn the rudder. A tiller may also be used...
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    fresh water for the engine's boilers, a mechanism that enabled the iron rudder and propeller to be drawn into iron wells to protect them from damage, ships'...
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  • official Wiradjuri dictionary (as researched by Dr Stan Grant and Dr John Rudder) the word for play is wagigi. Robert Hamilton Mathews, studying Aboriginal...
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  • ) putting the rudder hard over to the side of the casualty, 2.) deviating 250 degrees from the original course, 3.) placing the rudder amidships and maintaining...
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  • Braine. The Braine steering gear was a fine-tuned system of quadrant on the rudder stock driven by the tension of the mainsail sheet and damped by a rubber...
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    from CDW to MVY. His instructors said Kennedy required help working the rudder pedals to taxi and land the plane because of his ankle injury. During a...
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  • Virginia Bennett and James Rudder, she earned her Ph.D. in 1972 from Vanderbilt University after beginning her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in...
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  • Iris Rudder (born November 11, 1960) is an American politician. A Republican, she represents District 39, accompanies Moore County along with parts of...
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    described as having a short thick coat, rudder-like tail, high endurance, and a great love of swimming. The St. John's water dog was made extinct in its homeland...
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  • and/or mechanisms which automatically apply some amount of coordinated rudder. As the major causes of adverse yaw vary with lift, any fixed-ratio mechanism...
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