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The Speed Queen brand was created in 1928 with the introduction of stainless steel wash tubs in 1939 [10] and automatic washers and dryers in 1952. [11] Eventually Barlow & Seelig was renamed Speed Queen Company, and was later purchased by McGraw-Edison. In 1979, McGraw-Edison sold its appliance division to Raytheon Company.
Speed Queen is a laundry machine manufacturer headquartered in Ripon, Wisconsin, United States. Speed Queen is a subsidiary of Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, which billed itself as the world's largest manufacturer of commercial laundry equipment as of 2004.
It can take off from austere runways as little as 152 m (500 ft) in length. [7] In a surveillance mode it can take off from a 300 m (1,000 ft) runway and stay aloft for over 20 hours, and it can perform armed ISR taking off from a 488 m (1,600 ft) runway carrying 12 Hellfire missiles with nine hours maximum endurance. The longest the Mojave can ...
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump , the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps".
The Thor Power Tool Company was a manufacturer of tools, washing machines, motorcycles, vacuum cleaners, rotary irons, electric ranges, kitchen sinks, speed snips, electric shoe shine machines, and the Juvenator.
A headwind will reduce the ground speed needed for takeoff, as there is a greater flow of air over the wings. Typical takeoff air speeds for jetliners are in the range of 240–285 km/h (130–154 kn; 149–177 mph). Light aircraft, such as a Cessna 150, take off at around 100 km/h (54 kn; 62 mph). Ultralights have even lower takeoff speeds.
INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya with a ski-jump takeoff-ramp for STOBAR STOBAR ("short take-off but arrested recovery" or "short take-off, barrier-arrested recovery") is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier, combining elements of "short take-off and vertical landing" with "catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery" ().
This style spread quickly, and soon "floppers" became dominant in high jump competitions. The last world record jump with the straddle technique was Vladimir Yashchenko's 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) in 1978. [3] (His best result was 2.35 m (7 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) obtained in Milan at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships). He was only 19 years ...