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  2. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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    The Emerson "Heat Fan", the first ceiling fan to use a stack motor A close-up of the dropped flywheel on a FASCO "Charleston" ceiling fan Stack-motor ceiling fans. In the late 1970s, due to rising energy costs prompted by the energy crisis , Emerson adapted their "K63" motor, commonly used in household appliances and industrial machinery, to be ...

  3. Microsoft SideWinder - Wikipedia

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    The Precision Pro joystick. The "hat" switch is visible at the top of the stick, and the throttle wheel at the bottom. Microsoft introduced the SideWinder Precision Pro in 1995, correcting the ergonomic issues, fixing some of the electrical issues, and adding new features. Microsoft Game port to USB Adapter.

  4. Computer cooling - Wikipedia

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    A finned air cooled heatsink with fan clipped onto a CPU, with a smaller passive heatsink without fan in the background A 3-fan heatsink mounted on a video card to maximize cooling efficiency of the GPU and surrounding components Commodore 128DCR computer's switch-mode power supply, with a user-installed 60 mm cooling fan. Vertical aluminium ...

  5. Boeing EA-18G Growler - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in service with the United States Navy.

  6. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet - Wikipedia

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    Though the aircraft retained a lightened tailhook, the most obvious external difference was the removal of "snags" on the leading edge of the wings and stabilators. It still retained 71% commonality with the F/A-18 by parts weight, and 90% of the high-value systems, including the avionics, radar, and electronic countermeasure suite, though ...

  7. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - Wikipedia

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    The B-52H had the same crew and structural changes as the B-52G. The most significant upgrade was the switch to TF33-P-3 turbofan engines, which, despite the initial reliability problems (corrected by 1964 under the Hot Fan program), offered considerably better performance and fuel economy than the J57 turbojets.

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.

  9. List of incidents at independent amusement parks - Wikipedia

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    This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various independently owned amusement parks, water parks or theme parks.This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every such event, but only those that have a significant impact on the parks or park operations, or are otherwise significantly newsworthy.