Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, inconsistent...
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Air France (French pronunciation: [ɛːʁ fʁɑ̃s]; legally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in...
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deadliest accident of the airline occurred on June 1, 2009, when Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed...
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(October 1990). "The French Armée de l'Air in May–June 1940: A Failure of Conception". Journal of Contemporary History. 25 (4): 447–465. doi:10.1177/002200949002500404...
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built in 1995 to replace a previous one from 1930. On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200 jetliner en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris...
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played a key role in the recovery of the flight recorders in the Air France Flight 447 disaster of 2009. It has also been used in the attempts to locate...
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Marie Antoinette (redirect from Marie Antoinette of France)
2001, pp. 395–399; Castelot 1962, pp. 447–453. Castelot 1962, pp. 453–457. "Marie Antoinette: Last Queen of France". Jane Austen Centre and the Jane Austen...
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(2013). Fundamentals of Air Pollution (Third ed.). Elsevier. pp. 447–522. ISBN 9780080507071. Retrieved 10 April 2024. Regulating Air Quality: The First Global...
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2010, the FAB worked on the Search & Rescue mission of Air France Flight 447. The Brazilian Air Force has started a search and rescue from the Brazilian...
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710th Airlift Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
History 447 Bombardment Group Mar–Jun 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 20 January 2014. "Abstract, History 447 Bombardment Group Apr 1945". Air Force...
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Airbus A330 (redirect from AirBus A330)
first while in commercial service, occurred on 1 June 2009 when Air France Flight 447, an A330-200 registered as F-GZCP, en route from Rio de Janeiro...
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Mers-el-Kébir: The Armed Neutrality of the Vichy French Navy, 1940–1943". English Historical Review. 112 (447): 643–670. JSTOR 576348. Viorst, Milton (1967)...
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Operation Overlord (redirect from Northern France Campaign (1944))
French seaport in their first landing. The failure at Dieppe also highlighted the need for adequate artillery and air support, particularly close air...
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Madagascar Airlines (redirect from Air Madagascar (1947))
CFA Francs, 447 employees, and a fleet comprising two Douglas DC-4s, seven DC-3s and four Dragon Rapides. The government held 20%, Air France 44% and TAI...
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Italy declared war on France and Britain on the evening of 10 June, to take effect just after midnight. The two sides exchanged air raids on the first day...
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aviation accidents, including West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, Air France Flight 447, and a serious incident onboard Spirit Airlines Flight 970. Some...
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Canada (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Steven, Peter (2011). About Canada: Media. Fernwood. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-55266-447-6. Beaty, Bart; Sullivan, Rebecca (2006). Canadian Television Today. University...
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Boeing E-3 Sentry (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
and is used by the United States Air Force, NATO, French Air and Space Force, Royal Saudi Air Force and Chilean Air Force. The E-3 has a distinctive rotating...
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Union de Transports Aériens (redirect from UTA French Airlines)
sometimes known as UTA French Airlines), was a private independent airline in France that operated from 1963 until it merged with Air France in 1992. UTA was...
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Vought F-8 Crusader (section France)
States Marine Corps (replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass), the French Navy, and the Philippine Air Force. Early on, the type experienced an above-average mishap...
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IRIS-T (category International air-to-air missiles)
surface-to-air missiles and cruise missiles, including low-flying, stealthy missiles such as the Kalibr. In August 1980, the USA, the UK, Germany and France signed...
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Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa (redirect from Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa)
this period, in the battles to gain and maintain air superiority or air supremacy, to offer close air support to armies on battlefield, interdicting enemy...
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1093/ehr/CXII.447.643. ISSN 0013-8266. JSTOR 576348. LCCN 05040370. OCLC 474766029. Retrieved 25 January 2022. Symonds 2018, p. 77, 4. France Falls. Upward...
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research flight over the Amazon in 1995 to study sprites. Ill-fated Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Paris Charles...
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Bréguet 1150 Atlantic (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
of French Atlantics were dispatched to Dakar, Senegal, to participate in a multinational search effort to locate the crashed Air France Flight 447. In...
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (redirect from Malaysia Air Flight 370)
had been raised about four years earlier following the loss of Air France Flight 447, but had never been resolved). In response to Flight 370's disappearance...
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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather...
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shot down and two crewmen killed. The attack by air and sea was conducted by the Royal Navy, after France had signed armistices with Germany and Italy,...
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World War II by country (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Political System, 1920–1966, Journal of Black Studies Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jun., 1981), pp. 435–447. "Rhodesian Army". Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Archived...
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Grumman F8F Bearcat (section France and South Vietnam)
Vol. 20). Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1969. ISBN 0-8168-0576-8. Manevy, Jean Christophe. "French Bearcats in Indo-China 1951–1954". Air International...
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