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  2. Polar aviation - Wikipedia

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    The United States, in particular, utilized ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft to transport personnel and cargo to remote locations. [5] In the modern era, from 1990s onwards, technological advancements, including the use of satellite imagery, have improved navigation and safety in Antarctic aviation. Various countries operate specialised ...

  3. Antonov An-28 - Wikipedia

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    The Antonov An-28 (NATO reporting name Cash) is a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, developed from the Antonov An-14M. It was the winner of a competition against the Beriev Be-30, for use by Aeroflot as a short-range airliner. [1] It first flew in 1969. A total of 191 were built and 16 remain in airline service as at August 2015. [2]

  4. Aviation photography - Wikipedia

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    Photos can be of aircraft exteriors, interiors, and aircraft details. The photographer has full control over lighting, aircraft placement, camera angles, and background. Involving other subjects such as the pilot or other aircraft is much easier to accomplish in ground-static photography than in other forms of aerial photography. Aviation Gallery

  5. List of military transport aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Military transport aircraft include load-carrying non-combat types such as freight and troop carriers, as well as some other specialised types, used by military forces around the world. In production [ edit ]

  6. Mannesmann Giant Triplane - Wikipedia

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    The Mannesmann Triplane was conceived in 1917 as a long-range transport by Villehad Forssman, who had designed the SSW-Forssman R-plane. Although the Inter-Allied Aeronautical Control Commission believed it to be a long-range bomber able to reach New York, archival records of the Imperial German Navy show that Mannesmann designed the triplane as a transport plane, not a bomber.

  7. A day that shocked the world: Photos capture stunned planet ...

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    The horror of crowds realizing that a plane flew into the World Trade Center, lower Manhattan covered in ash like putrid snow, The Falling Man, destruction at the site of the core of a country's ...

  8. See photos of the real 1972 Andes plane crash that inspired ...

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    "Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its a ccurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a Uruguayan rugby team.. The new Netflix drama, directed ...

  9. Antonov An-22 - Wikipedia

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    ' Antaeus '; NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a heavy military transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Powered by four turboprop engines, each driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers , the design was the first wide-body transport aircraft and remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date.