The B-32 is an American racing sailboat, that was designed by Leif Beiley and first built in 1995. The boat was built by B Boats in the United States,...
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B-24 did not meet Project A goals, it was a step in that direction. Project A led to the development of the Boeing B-29 and Consolidated's own B-32 and...
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In August 2019, he officially requested a federal disaster declaration for 32 Illinois counties due to flooding since February 2019. The request came after...
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Rhythm and blues (redirect from R&B)
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s...
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139 - 152). Project number S37B. Six boats were planned under the Maru Kyū Programme (Boats 370 - 375), all boats were completed. On the outside this class...
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Akula-class submarine (redirect from Shchuka-B)
There are four sub-classes or flights of Shchuka-B, consisting of the original seven Project 971 boats (codenamed Akula I), commissioned between 1984 and...
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D. B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States...
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the Southwest Pacific with the U.S. Army. During World War II, the B-17 equipped 32 overseas combat groups, inventory peaking in August 1944 at 4,574 USAAF...
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suggested two U.S. destroyers had been attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin. Although Johnson very much...
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from the double-ended pilot and rescue boats designed by the Norwegian naval architect Colin Archer. These boats were designed for extreme seaworthiness...
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addition of a 32 ft (9.8 m) German-invented "ribbon" drag chute (thrust reversers had not then been developed). For the same reason, the B-47 was the first...
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2017). "Nellie Bly: Pioneer journalist extraordinaire". Western Pennsylvania History: 32–45. Parham, Stacey Gaines (2010). Nellie Bly, "the best reporter...
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Brewster F2A Buffalo (redirect from Brewster B-239)
32 Soviet aircraft shot down for every B-239 lost, producing 36 Buffalo "aces". In December 1941, Buffalos operated by both British Commonwealth (B-339E)...
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engine B-8V - B-8 powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine B-8W Hydro-Glider - float-equipped B-8 intended to be towed behind a boat X-25B - B-8 evaluated...
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SM UB-32 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered...
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UK R&B Chart. In Scotland, the song debuted and peaked at number 32 on May 12, 2002. According to the Official Charts Company (OCC), "Rock the Boat" is...
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The Boeing B-1 (company designation Model 6) is a small biplane flying boat designed by William Boeing shortly after World War I. The Model 6 was the first...
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several boats throughout his lifetime. He donated The Seaward, his most cherished boat, to the merchant marine for service during World War II. The boat was...
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single design for a number of boats. Minor variations occur as improvements are incorporated into the design, so later boats of a class may be more capable...
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received a few B-25s under Lend-Lease. Brazil declared war against the Axis powers in August 1942 and participated in the war against the U-boats in the southern...
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Silver Star. PT-32 was scuttled during this mission, reducing the squadron to three boats: PT-41, PT-34, and PT-35. These three boats were based at Mindanao...
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FBA Type A (redirect from F.B.A. C Flying boat)
The FBA Type A and the similar Type B and C were a family of reconnaissance flying boats produced in France prior to and during World War I. All three...
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Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines (category PT boats)
Tanager and Quail, five tugboats, three small patrol boats, and the PT boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three. The loss of Manila and the U.S. Naval...
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Lifeboats of the Titanic (redirect from RMS Titanic Lifeboat Collapsible B)
can you lower a boat. With the roll of the ship the boats swing and will be smashed to smithereens against the side of the ship. The boats then should not...
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Golden ratio (redirect from A+b is to a as a is to b)
and b {\displaystyle b} with a > b > 0 {\displaystyle a>b>0} , a {\displaystyle a} is in a golden ratio to b {\displaystyle b} if a + b a = a b = φ {\displaystyle...
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artillery on a strategic bluff high above a bend in the river, and sinking boats to create an impassable series of obstacles in the river itself, the Confederates...
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tons (147 t) on the surface and 170 long tons (170 t) submerged. The B-class boats had a crew of one officer and nine enlisted men. They had a diving depth...
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started big and edged my way down to pleasure boats, which was what I really wanted to do, because in small boats you do the whole thing." Crealock described...
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Handley Page Victor (redirect from Handley Page Victor B.2)
The most Memorable S.B.A.C. Display Yet." Flight International, 12 September 1958. pp. 438, 442. Butler and Buttler 2009, p. 32. Butler and Buttler 2009...
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