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2. Router plane - Wikipedia

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   A router plane is a hand plane used in woodworking for smoothing out sunken panels, and more generally for all depressions below the general surface of the pattern. [1] It planes the bottoms of recesses to a uniform depth and can work into corners that otherwise can only be reached with a chisel .

3. Plane (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Craftsman No. 5 jack plane A hand plane in use. A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing, where a miniature hand plane is used.

4. Alexander Mathieson & Sons - Wikipedia

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   Alexander Mathieson (1797–1851) is recorded in 1822 as a plane-maker at 25 Gallowgate, but in the following year at 14 Saracen's Lane, presumably having taken over the premises of John Manners. [5] The 1841 national census described Alexander Mathieson as a master plane-maker at 38 Saracen Lane with his son Thomas Adam working as a journeyman ...

5. Air transport of the British royal family and government

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   In 2016, the RAF VIP Voyager became the first dedicated VIP transport plane for government ministers and the Royal Family, after such plans had been proposed and shelved repeatedly since the 1990s. The majority of non-scheduled travel for the Royal Family is provided by private charter, with Luxaviation UK being the exclusive supplier of ...

6. List of active United Kingdom military aircraft - Wikipedia

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   [2] Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by RAF. BAE Systems Hawk T.2: United Kingdom: Jet: Jet trainer: 2009: 28: 28 [2] Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by No. IV (R) Squadron & No. XXV(F) Squadron; aircraft to remain in service until 2040. [39] [40 ...

7. List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the ...

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   21 December – Air Algérie Flight 702P, operated by Boeing 737-2D6C 7T-VEE crashed into a woodland in Binley, Coventry, Following a collision with an electric tower on approach to Coventry Airport, killing all five people on board, and injuring two who were struck by falling rubble as the landing gear of the plane clipped their houses.

8. Avro Vulcan - Wikipedia

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   In January 1947, the Ministry of Supply distributed Specification B.35/46 to UK aviation companies to satisfy Air Staff Operational Requirement OR.229 for "a medium range bomber landplane capable of carrying one 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) bomb to a target 1,500 nautical miles (1,700 mi; 2,800 km) from a base which may be anywhere in the world." A ...

9. Lockheed TriStar (RAF) - Wikipedia

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   Tristars joined Vickers VC10s in the air-to-air refuelling role for Operation Veritas (Afghanistan), during which they provided aerial refuelling for United States Navy aircraft. TriStar K1 ZD951 refuelling USN F/A-18Cs over Afghanistan, October 2008. In 2003, the RAF deployed Tristars to Bahrain as part of Operation Telic. [13]