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    A jet blast deflector (JBD) or blast fence is a safety device that redirects the high energy exhaust from a jet engine to prevent damage and injury. The...
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    Jet blast is the phenomenon of rapid air movement produced by the jet engines of aircraft, particularly on or before takeoff. A large jet-engined aircraft...
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  • Look up deflector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deflector may refer to: Fire screen Jet blast deflector Shields (Star Trek) Wind deflector All pages...
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    with iron sights. A Lewis gun with a muzzle shroud. Muzzle booster Jet blast deflector Glossary of firearms terms "LearnAboutGuns.com". Ferfrans CRD Shield...
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    returning to sea in April 1999. During the maintenance period, a jet blast deflector collapsed, severely injuring two sailors. In May 1999, the ship ran...
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    means to generate steam for a conventional catapult. Ground carriage Jet blast deflector Modern US Navy carrier operations Naval aviation Arresting gear –...
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  • Submarines JAG – Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy JBD – Jet Blast Deflector (on board carriers) JHSV – Joint High Speed Vessel JO – Journalist...
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  • meteorological conditions – Ion-propelled aircraft Jet Airliner – Jet blast deflector (JBD) – Jet engine – Jetliner – Jet wash – Jetway – Joint-use airport – Joystick...
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    engines, water brakes, jet blast deflectors, deckedge and integrated catapult control stations (ICCS), and jet blast deflector control panels; arresting...
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    of the runway extension and taxiway loop closer to Crewe Road. A jet blast deflector was erected around the taxiway loop and at the end of the new runway...
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    the jet blast deflector of catapult number 3. The resulting fire was fanned by 32-knot (59 km/h; 37 mph) winds and the exhaust of at least three jets.: 34 ...
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    Supermarine Scimitar and Fairey Gannet aircraft, but water-cooled jet blast deflectors (needed to operate the RN Phantom fighters) were not fitted, and...
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    Northrop Grumman X-47B (category Single-engined jet aircraft)
    manned aircraft without disrupting carrier operations. It also used a jet-blast deflector on deck for the first time, enabling takeoff without impacting operations...
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    aircraft is taxied onto the catapult, the wings are spread and a large jet blast deflector panel rises out of the flight deck behind the engine exhaust. Prior...
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    Nozzle (redirect from Jet (nozzle))
    fountains. The foam jet is another type of jet which uses foam instead of a gas or fluid. Nozzles used for feeding hot blast into a blast furnace or forge...
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    recovery. As a result of the reheat from the Spey turbofans, the ship's jet blast deflectors (JBD) were not used; instead a steel plate was fixed to the deck...
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    Sukhoi Su-33 (category Fourth-generation jet fighter)
    carrier's jet blast deflectors were too close to the engine nozzles when raised at an angle of 60°; thus an improvised solution held the deflectors at 45°...
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    far more powerful steam catapults, bridle-catchers, heavy-grade jet-blast deflectors (both of which Eagle did not receive), and heavy-weight arrestor...
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    significant changes to the flight deck, including enlarging the jet blast deflectors (JBD) and installing more powerful catapults to handle the new Grumman...
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    jets' increased weight and speed. Among these modification were jet-blast deflectors (JBDs), greater aviation fuel capacity, stronger decks and elevators...
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    A muzzle blast is an explosive shockwave created at the muzzle of a firearm during shooting. Before a projectile leaves the gun barrel, it obturates the...
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  • Technology Awarded Phase II Navy Contract to Develop Passively Cooled Jet Blast Deflector (JBD)" (PDF). AMT, Inc. Retrieved 2024-01-14. Nicholas, Lorna (2021-08-01)...
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  • scales ranging from the nanoscale to macroscopic objects such as jet blast deflectors. She is Frederick Tracy Morse Professor Emeritus at the University...
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    SCB-27A sisters. Additionally, the SBC-27C carriers were equipped with jet blast deflectors, deck cooling, fuel blending facilities, emergency recovery barrier...
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    systems were upgraded and maintenance was done to the hull. Her four jet blast deflectors were removed and upgraded to handle the increased heat generated...
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    On 23 August 2023, an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with ten people crashed near Kuzhenkino in Tver Oblast, approximately 100 kilometres (60 mi) north...
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    simultaneous launch and recovery. Jet blast deflectors became necessary to protect aircraft and handlers from jet blast. The first US Navy carriers to be...
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    Thrust reversal (category Jet engine technology)
    beach.[citation needed] On aircraft using jet engines, thrust reversal is accomplished by causing the jet blast to flow forward. The engine does not run...
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    A blaster is a fictional gun that appears in the Star Wars universe. Lucasfilm defines the blaster as "ranged energized particle weaponry". Many blasters...
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    the Blasters announced the signing of the Australian winger Jaushua Sotirio on a two-year deal after reaching an agreement with Newcastle Jets FC for...
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