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The GX-2 (Greyhound Experimental #2 – The Scenicruiser) was a prototype bus built for Greyhound that was eventually developed into the Scenicruiser.It began in mid-1948 as a 35-foot design, but, in part to accommodate more passengers, Greyhouse President Orville Caesar directed his engineering department to add five feet in length to the upper deck of a PD-3751 obtained from GM. [1]
The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft designed to carry supplies, mail, and passengers to and from aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. Its primary mission is carrier onboard delivery (COD). The aircraft provides critical logistics support to carrier strike groups.
The GMC PD-4501 Scenicruiser, manufactured by General Motors (GM) for Greyhound Lines, Inc., was a three-axle monocoque two-level coach that Greyhound used from July 1954 into the mid-1970s. 1001 were made between 1954 and 1956.
Even Greyhound's chief engineer, Milo Dean, was giving talks on the “new” coach in early 1949. [7] But then nothing further was heard until the annual report for 1948, which appeared March 10, 1949. This revealed both that GX-1 had been undergoing thorough tests, and that Greyhound was now building a GX-2, based on what it had learned.
GREY2K USA Worldwide is an American non-profit political lobbying organization dedicated to passing stronger greyhound protection laws and ending dog racing.It was founded in March 2001 as Grey2K [2] and changed its name in 2013 to reflect an international focus.
VAW-120 E-2C at NAS Oceana in 1989 VAW-120 C-2A at NAS Oceana in 1989 VAW-120 E-2C lands aboard USS George H. W. Bush. The squadron was originally established on 6 July 1948 as Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron TWO (VAW-2) at NAS Oceana.
A blue female greyhound. Males are usually 71 to 76 centimetres (28 to 30 in) tall at the withers, and weigh on average 27 to 40 kilograms (60 to 88 lb).Females tend to be smaller, with shoulder heights ranging from 66 to 71 centimetres (26 to 28 in) and weights from 25 to 34 kilograms (55 to 75 lb), although weights can be above and below these average weights. [1]
Greyhound is a 2020 American war film directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay. [5] The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and follows a US Navy commander on his first assignment commanding a multi-national escort destroyer group of four, defending an Allied convoy from U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic.