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The BAC 167 Strikemaster is a jet-powered training and light attack aircraft designed and produced by the British Aircraft Corporation.It was a development of the Hunting Jet Provost trainer, itself a jet engined version of the Percival Provost, which originally flew in 1950 with a radial engine.
Snowkiting or kite skiing is an outdoor winter sport where people use kite power to glide on snow or ice. The skier uses a kite to give them power over large jumps. The sport is similar to water-based kiteboarding, but with the footwear used in snowboarding or skiing. The principles of using the kite are the same, but in different terrain.
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The sled kite was invented and patented by the American William Allison in the 1950s. [1] This kite helped pave the way for a class of kites known as "semi-rigid." Allison's kite has only vertical spars. The wind pressure curves the single sheet of material between the spars into a semicircle. The positioning of the two horizontal wingtip ...
Sled kites with ram-air cavities and Jalbert parafoil power kites are ram-air kites. The wind rams into the cavities and inflates sections of a kite to give the kite shape and sturdiness. [283] Recycled kites Kites made from recycled goods [284] Revolution kite or Rev kites (four-line revolution stunt kites by Joe Hadzicki) [101] [285] [286 ...
The production aircraft with these modifications, which flew in 1998, were called "Genesis 2". There was a breakdown in relations between the American design group and the manufacturers, and so production was stopped after 27 had been made.
Data from General characteristics Crew: 1 Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) Wing area: 136 sq ft (12.6 m 2) Aspect ratio: 13:1 Empty weight: 106 lb (48 kg) Performance Rate of sink: 200 ft/min (1.0 m/s) in a 100 ft (30 m) radius turn Minimum sink rate: 118 ft/min (0.6 m/s) Lift-to-drag: 20:1 (maximum) 15:1 at 60 kn (111 km/h) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Hall Vector 1 ...
Glide is a flight trajectory where the spacecraft stays in the atmosphere for a sustained flight period of time. [1] In most examples, a skip reentry roughly doubles the range of suborbital spaceplanes and reentry vehicles over the purely ballistic trajectory.