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A flare or decoy flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by an aircraft to counter an infrared homing ("heat-seeking") surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile. Flares are commonly composed of a pyrotechnic composition based on magnesium or another hot-burning metal, with burning temperature equal to or hotter than engine exhaust.
Devin Grayson's run is also notable due to its controversial depiction of sexual assault in Nightwing #93. She would write until issue 100 where a vast majority of Dixon's plotlines had been tied up. Her run would then take a brief break for Dixon and McDaniel's return with Nightwing Year One (Nightwing #101-106). Devin Grayson then returned to ...
The FAA states "The height–velocity diagram or H/V curve is a graph charting the safe/unsafe flight profiles relevant to a specific helicopter. As operation outside the safe area of the chart can be fatal in the event of a power or transmission failure it is sometimes referred to as the dead man's curve."
AN/ALQ-144 by BAE Systems, used for helicopter defense. AN/ALQ-157 by BAE Systems, used for larger helicopters and aircraft. AN/ALQ-212 by BAE Systems, currently fielded on U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters. [6] CAMPS by Saab Avitronics, used for civilian and VIP aircraft. CIRCM by Northrop Grumman [7]
A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, fusee, or bengala, [1] [2] bengalo [3] in several European countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for distress signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications. Flares may be ground ...
The Z-18 is a development of the Avicopter AC313 and Changhe/Harbin Z-8, both of which are developments of the Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon. [2] [1]Notable changes include a redesigned lower fuselage similar to the AC313 which results in larger internal space. [3]
The first batch of 3 Ka-52 attack helicopters was delivered to Egypt in July 2017, with a second batch of another 3 helicopters being delivered in August. By year-end 2017, Egypt had received 19 Ka-52s, [ 42 ] but these early units came with issues related to power, night vision, navigation systems, and other avionics equipment. [ 43 ]
The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is an American family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. The MD 500 was developed from the Hughes 500, a civilian version of the US Army's OH-6A Cayuse/Loach. The series currently includes the MD 500E, MD 520N, and MD 530F. The MD 500 was initially produced by Hughes Helicopters as the Hughes ...