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  2. Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 - Wikipedia

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    The accident was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which revealed that minutes before Flight 66's crash, a Flying Tiger Line Douglas DC-8 cargo jet landing on Runway 22L reported tremendous wind shear on the ground. The pilot warned the tower of the wind-shear conditions, but other aircraft continued to land.

  3. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    If a train line is "broken" either to an unexpected uncoupling or a train line hose rupture caused by a derailment or other accident, a "Big Hole" condition occurs which causes the total loss of all brake air pressure in the train line which automatically causes an emergency stop of the train. Big hook A railroad crane [44] [45] Big Mac

  4. Government procurement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term "Program of Record" originates from these programs being recorded in the budget as "line item record[s]", hence the name. [30] However, not all procurement programs are programs of record. For example, acquisition programs made on an "Urgent Needs" basis are not considered Programs of Record as they lack some of the required documentation.

  5. Aristides de Sousa Mendes - Wikipedia

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    Their ancestry included a notable aristocratic line: their mother, Maria Angelina Coelho Ribeiro, was a maternal illegitimate granddaughter of the 2nd Viscount of Midões, a lower rural aristocracy title. [12] Their father, José de Sousa Mendes, was a judge on the Coimbra Court of Appeals. [13]

  6. Diving cylinder - Wikipedia

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    The pressure vessel is a seamless cylinder normally made of cold-extruded aluminum or forged steel. [5] Filament wound composite cylinders are used in fire fighting breathing apparatus and oxygen first aid equipment because of their low weight, but are rarely used for diving, due to their high positive buoyancy.

  7. Charles Albert of Sardinia - Wikipedia

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    His father was the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, youngest legitimate son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and founder of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy. Since he did not belong to the main line of the House of Savoy his chances at birth of succeeding to the kingdom were slim.

  8. In his history of the ISI, Hein Kiessling claims that the Republic of Afghanistan support to anti-Pakistani militants had forced then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Naseerullah Khan Babar, then-Inspector General of the Frontier Corps in NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), to adopt a more aggressive approach towards Afghanistan.