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The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also refers to its migratory characteristics.
The animals were clothed with straw, dipped in oil and set on fire. They were set loose into the enemy's camp, thereby setting the tents on fire, and driving the whole camp into chaos. [17] In 1267, the sheriff of Essex was accused of plotting to release flying cockerels carrying bombs over London. [18]
First aircraft to fly using ailerons for lateral control: was Robert Esnault-Pelterie's October 1904 glider, although ailerons were only named that in 1908 by Henry Farman. [ 41 ] First flight of an aircraft with pneumatic tires : was Traian Vuia 's March 18, 1906 flight with his Vuia 1 , travelling at a height of about 3 + 1 ⁄ 3 ft (1 m) for ...
On September 11, 2001, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was involved in an ongoing operation which involved deploying fighter aircraft to northeastern North America. The U.S. military and NORAD had also planned to conduct several military exercises and a drill was being held by the National Reconnaissance Office , an agency ...
The September 1947 ABC Guide shows 27 passenger flights a week west across the North Atlantic to the US and Canada on BOAC and other European airlines and 151 flights every two weeks on Pan Am, AOA, TWA, and TCA, 15 flights a week to the Caribbean and South America, plus three a month on Iberia and a Latécoère 631 six-engine flying boat every ...
U.S. Army General Hamilton H. Howze, put in charge of naming helicopters in 1947, disliked the existing insect names "Hoverfly" and "Dragonfly" (the official name for the R-4 and planned name for the H-5), and decided the H-13 should be named for the Sioux. [3]
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C. m. chapmani – Coues, 1888: breeds from southeast Kansas to east North Carolina and southwards to south east Texas and south Florida. It is the darkest of the subspecies. C. m. sennetti – Coues, 1888: breeds in the north Great Plains: east Montana, south Saskatchewan, Manitoba, southwards to North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. It is the ...