• Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) was a West German aerospace manufacturer. It was formed during the late 1960s as the result of efforts to consolidate...
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    undergoing a number of mergers and changing its name from Messerschmitt to Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm before being bought by Deutsche Aerospace (DASA, now...
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  • developed helicopters for Bölkow Entwicklungen KG. In June 1968, Bölkow merged with the Messerschmitt AG to form Messerschmitt-Bölkow, a combination that created...
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    The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose helicopter developed by Bölkow of Ottobrunn, West Germany. It was the first...
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  • merged to form Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). It participates in the present day Airbus and European aerospace programs. In 1933 the Blohm & Voss shipbuilding...
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    earlier Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) Bo 105. The H135 started development prior to the formation of Eurocopter, under Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)...
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  • lightweight unguided anti-tank weapon designed and developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Chartered...
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    Rockwell-MBB X-31 (category Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm aircraft)
    The Rockwell-Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31 is an experimental jet aircraft designed to test fighter thrust vectoring technology. It was designed and...
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  • MBB Bo 115 (category Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm aircraft)
    The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 115 was a prototype light, twin-engine, attack helicopter developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Ottobrunn, Germany...
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    at which point it became MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, that became part of EADS now named Airbus) with Messerschmitt as chairman until 1970 when he...
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    spacecraft and managed the Galileo program for NASA. West Germany's Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm supplied the propulsion module. NASA's Ames Research Center managed...
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  • in 1980. During 1981, VFW was acquired by its domestic rival, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), and was largely integrated into it. Through various mergers...
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    utility–transport helicopter. It was jointly developed and manufactured by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of Germany and Kawasaki of Japan. MBB was later purchased...
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    of the combined Eurocopter line-up in 1992 with the merger of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm's helicopter division of Daimler-Benz into Eurocopter. The helicopter...
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    The HFB 320 Hansa Jet is a twin-engine, ten-seat business jet that was designed and produced by German aircraft manufacturer Hamburger Flugzeugbau between...
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  • The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust is a charity that provides a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly...
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  • aerobatic glider (for earlier designs see BFW) Messerschmitt Bf 108 sports monoplane (for earlier designs see Bölkow) MBB Bo 105 and Bo 106 light utility helicopter...
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  • DaimlerChrysler) from 1989. The company acquired rival manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) that same year, integrating it along with its other aerospace...
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    project undertaken by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of West Germany in 1972. The proposed HF-73 strike fighter...
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    grew to the biggest aeronautics and spaceflight company, MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm). In the early 1990s it was bought by DASA. He carried out the...
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    Herbst maneuver was named after Wolfgang Herbst, an employee of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). Herbst was the initiator of the Rockwell SNAKE, which formed...
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    prototype flew in May 1969. That year, Messerschmitt-Bölkow merged with Blohm & Voss to become Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, with the aircraft becoming the MBB...
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  • heritage traces back to Blériot and Lioré et Olivier in France and to Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf in Germany. Airbus Helicopters and its predecessor companies...
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    to West Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). Tank was born in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Province of Posen...
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  • MD 500 Defender MD 600 MD Explorer MH-6 Little Bird Bölkow Bo 46 Bölkow Bo 102 Heli Trainer Bölkow Bo 103 MBB Bo 105 MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 Midwest Hornet...
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    started development during the 1960s. German aerospace firm Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) produced concepts for its use as both a hypersonic passenger...
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    Daimler-Benz (aerospace unit) (est. 1926) Dornier Flugzeugwerke (est. 1922) Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) (est. 1968)...
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    embark a helicopter. The landing platform aft is suitable for a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm MBB Bo 105 CBS-5 or the Eurocopter AS-555-SN Fennec helicopters...
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    MBB Lampyridae (category Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm aircraft)
    developed during the 1980s by the West German aerospace company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). The programme was terminated during 1987 without any production...
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    trains Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering Car bodies built by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany Seats 24 passengers in each of the five cars, plus...
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