enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Curtiss A-8 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_A-8

    YA-10 Shrike A-12 Shrike The Curtiss A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company , designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon .

  3. Aero Commander 500 family - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Commander_500_family

    An improved version, the 500S, manufactured after 1967, is known as the Shrike Commander. Larger variants are known by numerous model names and designations, ranging up to the 330 mph (530 km/h; 290 kn), 11-seat Model 695B/Jetprop 1000B turboprop. [1] As of recent, the Aero Commander is known as the Twin Commander.

  4. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190

    From the Fw 190's inception, there had been ongoing efforts to address this with a turbosupercharged BMW 801 in the B model, the much longer-nosed C model with efforts to also turbocharge its chosen Daimler-Benz DB 603 inverted V12 powerplant, and the similarly long-nosed D model with the Junkers Jumo 213. Problems with the turbocharger ...

  5. Greco guitars - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco_guitars

    The zero fret and thin neck is reminiscent of a Mosrite. The 975 model Shrike was considered to be of higher build quality than the many entry-level Japanese guitars that had become widely available earlier in the decade, but by 1970 the 975-style models were discontinued, a victim of the decline of the 1960s guitar boom.

  6. Curtiss YA-10 Shrike - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_YA-10_Shrike

    The Curtiss YA-10 Shrike was the first YA-8 fitted with a Pratt & Whitney R-1690-9 (R-1690D) Hornet radial engine.The conversion was carried out in September 1932, and it was found that the aircraft's performance was not degraded by the change of engine, and low-level maneuverability was improved due to the lower mass moment of inertia with the short radial engine.

  7. AGM-45 Shrike - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-45_Shrike

    AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar. The Shrike was developed by the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake in 1963 by mating a seeker head to the rocket body of an AIM-7 Sparrow .

  8. Haynes Manual - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haynes_Manual

    J. H. Haynes & Co. Limited was founded on 18 May 1960, and its first manual was entitled Haynes Owners Workshop Manual. Austin-Healey Sprite was published in 1965. [4] [7] The cover of many Haynes Manuals depicts a cutaway view technical drawing of the vehicle, drawn and signed by Terry Davey. [citation needed]

  9. Chilton Company - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilton_Company

    Chilton Company (also known as Chilton Printing Co., Chilton Publishing Co., Chilton Book Co. and Chilton Research Services) is an American former publishing company, most famous for its trade magazines, and automotive manuals. It also provided conference and market research services to a wide variety of industries.