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  2. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    [21] [29] The scammer convinces the victim to provide them with the credentials required to initiate a remote-control session, giving the scammer complete control of the victim's desktop. [1] The scammer will not tell the victim that he is using a remote control software and that the purpose is to gain access to the victim’s PC.

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving general aviation

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    This category includes, in addition to smaller aeroplanes, balloons, dirigibles, para- and motorgliders, microlights and small helicopters. EASA’s Annual Safety Review notes that most fatalities occur in accidents with small aeroplanes (especially during the landing phase) and gliders. —

  4. Bid rigging - Wikipedia

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    Bid rigging is a fraudulent scheme in a procurement action which enables companies to submit non-competitive bids. It can be performed by corrupt officials, by firms in an orchestrated act of collusion , or by officials and firms acting together.

  5. Piper PA-16 Clipper - Wikipedia

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    The PA-16 Clipper retained the control sticks that had up to that point been common in aircraft derived from the "Cub" family. In 1949, the Clipper sold for $2995. The average four-place airplane on the market at that time cost over $5000. Only 736 Clippers were built in the one year of production before Piper changed to the Piper PA-20 Pacer. [3]

  6. Rigging (material handling) - Wikipedia

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    Rigging is both a noun, the equipment, and verb, the action of designing and installing the equipment, in the preparation to move objects. A team of riggers design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as heavy machinery, structural components, building materials, or large-scale fixtures ...

  7. Flight control surfaces - Wikipedia

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    Basic aircraft control surfaces and motion. A)aileron B)control stick C)elevator D)rudder. Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight control surfaces was a critical advance in the development of aircraft.

  8. Michael Bentine - Wikipedia

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    His father was an early aeronautical engineer for the Sopwith Aviation Company during and after World War I and invented a tension meter for setting the tension on aircraft rigging wires. In World War II , Bentine volunteered for all services when the war broke out (the RAF was his first choice owing to the influence of his father's experience ...

  9. Maria Duval scam - Wikipedia

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    The Maria Duval scam is one of the most successful mail scams in history, having defrauded millions of people out of at least $200 million over twenty years. Targeting sick and elderly people through a combination of personalized letters and personal information databases, it has been shut down in the United States in 2016, but is still ongoing in many countries.