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HMA No. 1. His Majesty's Airship No. 1 was designed and built by Vickers, Sons and Maxim at their works in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, as an aerial scout airship for the Royal Navy. It was the first British rigid airship to be built, and was constructed in a direct attempt to compete with the German airship programme.
Parents. John Humphrey Bland (father) Emily Charlotte Madden (mother) Lilian Bland (28 September 1878 – 11 May 1971) [1] was an Anglo-Irish journalist and pioneer aviator who, in 1910–11, became one of the first women in Great Britain and Ireland, and maybe even in the world, to design, build, and fly an aircraft – the Bland Mayfly. [2]
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Mayfly schematics. Lillian Bland started construction of the Mayfly in the stables of her home during 1909, after making a series of tests with large-scale model gliders. The Mayfly was an equal-span biplane resembling the Farman III in general layout, with a front-mounted elevator and a rear-mounted empennage carried on booms.
Ephemera danica can reach an imago size of 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in) in males, while females are larger, reaching 16–25 mm (0.6–1.0 in). This mayfly, with its characteristic markings and three tails ( Cerci ), is the most commonly seen of British Ephemeridae. Imago wings are translucent with dark veining, while in subimago they are dull and ...
The Halton Mayfly was a British two-seat biplane designed by C.H. Latimer-Needham and built by the Halton Aero Club between 1926 and 1927. [1] Registered G-EBOO and named the HAC.1 Mayfly it first flew on 31 January 1927. [1] It was converted to a single-seater and was flown in a number of air races including the King's Cup Race. [1]
An aerial view of the Saxony Court, home in Manhasset, New York belonging to Chris Hu and Linda Sun, July 24, 2024. The FBI searched the home on July 23, 2024. - J.
Hexagenia bilineata, Oklahoma. Hexagenia bilineata is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is found in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Sometimes adults of this mayfly are so abundant as to cause a nuisance because of their enormous numbers. The larvae are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult ...