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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.
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 ...
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.
A whirlwind A dust devil at school ground Whirlwind, 61 km northeast of Broome, Western Australia. A whirlwind is a phenomenon in which a vortex of wind (a vertically oriented rotating column of air) forms due to instabilities and turbulence created by heating and flow gradients. Whirlwinds can vary in size and last from a couple minutes to a ...
Voice of the Whirlwind is a 1987 cyberpunk science fiction novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams. The novel is part of a series which includes Hardwired (1986) and " Solip:System " (1989). Plot introduction