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The Cobra was a quickly-made helicopter based on the UH-1 Iroquois and was introduced in the mid-1960s as an interim design until the U.S. Army's "Advanced Aerial Fire Support System" helicopter could be delivered. The Army selected the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, a more capable attack aircraft with greater speed for initial production.
The A-10 engines were initially susceptible to flameout when subjected to gases generated in the firing of the gun. When the GAU-8 is being fired, the smoke from the gun can make the engines stop, and this did occur during initial flight testing. [4] Gun exhaust is essentially oxygen-free, and is capable of causing flameouts of gas turbines ...
The use of gun cameras first became common for gunnery training in the 1920s, though examples were used during World War I by the British Royal Flying Corps.A special version of the Lewis gun, the Hythe Mark III, was manufactured as a camera gun for the Royal Flying Corps, used by trainees in lieu of actual Lewis guns during mock combat exercises.
As a teenager, Johnson attended Williamson High School, an all-black school in Mobile. [5] He drew much of his inspiration from George Washington Carver. [6] In 1968, Johnson represented his high school at a science fair in Alabama, where he was the only black student attending the fair; This was a time when African Americans had very little presence in science. [4]
In 1885 Marey mentioned how he could playback the animation from his gun using the phenakistiscope. [10] In 1889 he developed the chronophotographe camera which took images on film at even spacing. He however did not manage to play it back as he was unable to move between the frames in an even manner.
3. Bond Arms. Taking great pride in their 'Made in Texas, by Texans' motto, Bond Arms has been producing robust, double-barrel derringer-style firearms for over a quarter-century.
The first permanent photograph of a camera image was made in 1826 by Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier in Paris. [11]: 9–11 Niépce had been experimenting with ways to fix the images of a camera obscura since 1816. The photograph Niépce succeeded in creating shows the view from his window.
Gordon B. Ingram was born in Los Angeles, California.His first foray into the weapons design world was during his years of service in the United States Army.He designed the Ingram Model 6 in 1949 and later went on to design and manufacture the MAC-10 and MAC-11.