Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Whirlwind I undergoing fighter-bomber trials at the A&AEE. The Whirlwind was quite small, only slightly larger than the Hurricane but with a smaller frontal area. The landing gear was fully retractable and the entire aircraft had a very clean finish with few openings or protuberances.
The Westland Whirlwind helicopter was a British licence-built version of the U.S. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw.It primarily served with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in anti-submarine and search and rescue roles.
Tourbillon movement (high resolution)In horology, a tourbillion (/ t ʊər ˈ b ɪ l j ən /) or tourbillon (/ t ʊər b ɪ ˈ j ɒ n /; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy.
The league's 2025 offseason will kick into gear not too long after the winner of the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles game is crowned champion. The NFL's legal tampering period begins on ...
Dave the Barbarian is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale for Disney Channel. It follows a barbarian, and his friends and family, on surreal comedy Medieval-themed adventures. [1] The series premiered on January 23, 2004, [2] and ended on January 22, 2005, with a total of one season with 21 episodes.
The Hyborian Age is a fictional period of Earth's history within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, serving as the setting for the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian. The word "Hyborian" is derived from the legendary northern land of the ancient Greeks , Hyperborea , and it is rendered as such in the earliest ...
Noel Fielding (/ ˈ n ə ʊ ə l /; born 21 May 1973) is an English comedian and actor.He was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and has been a co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off since 2017.
Whirlwind I was a Cold War-era vacuum-tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory for the U.S. Navy. Operational in 1951, it was among the first digital electronic computers that operated in real-time for output, and the first that was not simply an electronic replacement of older mechanical systems.