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  2. Desert Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The Desert Eagle or "Deagle" [4] is a single-action, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol capable of chambering the .50 Action Express, the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol and famous for other large caliber chamberings.

  3. Slide stop - Wikipedia

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    A P226 with breech closed (top) and opened (bottom). On the bottom view, the slide is locked in place by the slide stop.. A slide stop, sometimes referred to as a slide lock, slide release, slide catch, [1] or bolt hold open, is a function on a semi-automatic handgun that both visually indicates when it has expended all loaded ammunition and facilitates faster reloading by pulling back the ...

  4. Evacuation slide - Wikipedia

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    Evacuation slide used in an emergency drill. An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial (passenger carrying) aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to step down from the door uninjured (Federal Aviation Administration requires slides on all ...

  5. Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain - Wikipedia

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    The Alpine slide, for which the park is named, has riders go down one of two 0.25 mi (0.40 km) cement slides on wheeled sleds. The Mineshaft Coaster is approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) long and lasts 7 to 9 minutes, peaking at 30 mph (48 km/h). [5] [6] The track includes hairpin turns, tunnels, and corkscrew turns that are built into the mountain ...

  6. Winchester Model 62 - Wikipedia

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    The Winchester Model 62 is a slide-action repeating rifle produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the early 20th century.. The gun replaced the Model 1906.It was a take-down rifle that was able to accept most .22 caliber rimfire cartridges, specifically .22 Short, .22 Long, and .22 Long Rifle.

  7. Aron Ralston - Wikipedia

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    Aron Ralston was born on October 27, 1975, in Marion, Ohio. [1] He and his family moved to Denver in the 1980s when he was 12, where he attended Cherry Creek High School and learned to ski and backpack.

  8. Boeing 737 rudder issues - Wikipedia

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    During the 1990s, a series of issues affecting the rudder of Boeing 737 passenger aircraft resulted in multiple incidents. In two separate accidents (United Airlines Flight 585 and USAir Flight 427), pilots lost control of their aircraft due to a sudden and unexpected rudder movement, and the resulting crashes killed everyone on board, 157 people in total. [1]

  9. Eagle syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Eagle syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, [1] styloid syndrome, [2] stylalgia, [3] styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, [2] or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) [4] is an uncommon condition commonly characterized but not limited to sudden, sharp nerve-like pain in the jaw bone and joint, back of the throat, and base of the tongue, triggered by swallowing, moving the jaw, or turning the neck. [1]