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The New Jersey Wing Civil Air Patrol maintains a fleet of 12 vehicles, 6 fixed wing aircraft, radio communications bases in North, Central and South Jersey and various other communication and SAR equipment and is tasked with aeronautical search and rescue missions for the state of New Jersey, coordinated by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.
Main spar of a de Havilland DH.60 Moth. In a fixed-wing aircraft, the spar is often the main structural member of the wing, running spanwise at right angles (or thereabouts depending on wing sweep) to the fuselage. The spar carries flight loads and the weight of the wings while on the ground.
Ultra Pup N3 Pup Single seat variant designed to resemble a 3/4 scale Piper J-3 Cub.Originally named the Nostalgair N-3 Pup. Engine is a TEC Half VW of 40 hp (30 kW). Meets FAR 103 requirements with an empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg) and gross weight of 535 lb (243 kg). 830 had been completed by December 2011.
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft (in which a rotor mounted on a spinning shaft generates lift), and ornithopters (in which the wings oscillate to generate lift).
Tail Code "NW". Established 1 May 1970 [12] to organize west coast USNR aircraft carrier type fixed wing and helicopter anti-submarine squadrons and also included an airborne early warning squadron and a fighter type fixed wing squadron. Disestablished 30 Jul 1976. Naval Air Reserve wings established in 1974 and 1975
The wing leading edge is made from poplar plywood and supported by nose ribs made from marine-grade plywood. The wing spar cap strips and tail ribs are fashioned from spruce. The tailboom is an aluminium tube. Its wing is cantilevered and tapered from wing root to wing tip. The VJ-23 lands and takes off on foot, but the aircraft is equipped ...
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing configuration and is the simplest to build.
The 177th Fighter Wing (177 FW) provides a Homeland Security air defense mission to the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) After the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States , elements of every Air National Guard unit in New Jersey has been activated in support of the ...