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Perhaps the HP-42S was to be released as a replacement for the aging HP-41 series as it is designed to be compatible with all programs written for the HP-41. Since it lacked expandability, and lacked any real I/O ability, both key features of the HP-41 series, it was marketed as an HP-15C replacement.
RPL originated from HP's Corvallis, Oregon development facility in 1984 as a replacement for the previous practice of implementing the operating systems of calculators in assembly language. [7] The first calculator utilizing it internally was the HP-18C and the first calculator making it available to users was the HP-28C, both from 1986.
Pratt & Whitney developed the R-985 Wasp Junior as a smaller version of the R-1340 Wasp to compete in the market for medium-sized aircraft engines. Like its larger brother, the Wasp Junior was an air-cooled, nine-cylinder radial, with its power boosted by a gear-driven single-speed centrifugal type supercharger.
Rally driver and influencer Ken Block's modified Ford F-150 pickup known as the "Hoonitruck" sold for nearly $1 million at the Barrett-Jackson auction.
The Polikarpov I-180 (Russian: И-180) was a 1938 Soviet fighter prototype. It was the last attempt to extract performance from the basic Polikarpov I-16 design. [1] The development cycle was plagued with problems, [2] [3] especially with the death of the star Soviet test pilot Valery Chkalov in one of the prototypes.
Like most ships of her kind, she was propelled by a single 5.84-metre (19.2 ft) nickel-aluminum alloy fixed pitch propeller directly coupled to the main engine. Her prime mover, a 7-cylinder MAN-B&W 7S46MC-C low-speed crosshead diesel engine, had an output of 9,710 kW (13,020 hp) at 129 rpm. [5]
SS Wiltshire was a sister ship of SS Argyllshire (1911–1936) and SS Shropshire (1911–1940), built a few months earlier. She had three main decks, four insulated holds (10,618 m 3 (375,000 cu ft) refrigerated), 117 first-class berths and three- and four-berth cabins [2] for 130 first-class and 270 emigrant passengers. [1]
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