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First operational use of a military assault glider: was by the Luftwaffe, which used DFS 230 gliders to take the Fort Eben-Emael, and to capture critical bridges over the Albert Canal on May 10, 1940. [206] First flight of an aircraft powered by a motorjet/thermojet: was with a Caproni Campini N.1 flown by Mario de Bernardi on August 27, 1940 [207]
Within each class, individual airships often had significant design variations, and were sometimes sourced from different manufacturers; the class designations referred to nominal power and size. [7] The first mission designation system for non-rigid airships, introduced in 1940, [citation needed] took the following form:
All India Secondary School Examination, commonly known as the class 10th board exam, is a centralized public examination that students in schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, primarily in India but also in other Indian-patterned schools affiliated to the CBSE across the world, taken at the end of class 10. The board ...
The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet service and featured updated avionics.
Design work started in 1954, [8] Three prototypes built, [9] with first flight on 9 January 1956. [10] Programme terminated after crash of Ye-50/3 on 7 August 1957. [11] Ye-50A (1956) The Ye-50A was a refinement of the Ye-50 based on the Ye-2A with R11E-300 cruise turbojet.
Blériot was also the first to make a working, powered, piloted monoplane. [9] In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first aeroplane flight across the English Channel, winning the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. [10] [Note 1] He was the founder of Blériot Aéronautique, a successful aircraft manufacturing company.
The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909. This is one of the most famous accomplishments of the pioneer era of aviation, and not only won Blériot a lasting place in history but also assured the future of his aircraft manufacturing business.
The first aircraft built to production standard made its maiden flight on 28 December 1994. [15] It was fitted with a fire-control system, at the heart of which was the Leninets OKB-designed V004 passive electronically scanned array radar. [15] It was different enough from the earlier versions that it was re-designated the "Su-34". [17]