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Gondola is the general term for the usually-armored ventral casemate-style positions used on many World War II-era military bomber aircraft, especially on German designs, [1] where they were usually known as Bodenlafette, often shortened to Bola [2] (from German Boden, 'floor', + Lafette 'gun carriage or mounting', from French l'affût, gun carriage).
Zeppelin "L 30" seen from the front Right gondola of Zeppelin "L 30". Zeppelin "L 30" (factory number "LZ 62") was the first R-class "Super Zeppelin" of the German Empire.It was the most successful airship of the First World War with 31 reconnaissance flights and 10 bombing runs carrying a total of 23,305 kg of bombs, [1] with the first ones targeting England, and the four final raids ...
The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-147-1. OCLC 48003125. Cubbison, Douglas (2010). The American Northern Theater Army in 1776. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 9780786445646. OCLC 368031977. Hamilton, Edward (1964). Fort Ticonderoga, Key to a Continent ...
The U-class were War Emergency Programme destroyers, intended for general duties, including use as anti-submarine escort, and were to be suitable for mass-production. They were based on the hull and machinery of the pre-war J-class destroyers, but with a lighter armament (effectively whatever armament was available) in order to speed production.
The prototype Ju 88B V1, D-AUVS, flew for the first time with the 801A/B engines in early 1940.The fuselage and tail surfaces were identical to the Ju 88 A-1, which presented a problem: with the extra power, 1,560 PS (1,150 kW; 1,540 hp), the design could now carry considerably more load than the small bomb bay could fit.
HMS Undine was a U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II.On 27 March 1945, HMS Undine [1] detached from RN Fast Carrier TF57 to rescue the airmen of a downed RN TBF Avenger aircraft also rescued a USN Corsair pilot adrift for two days south of the Sakishima Gunto in the Philippine Sea.
Boy, 8, Saves Choking Friend With Heimlich Maneuver: See The Video. Mass General Brigham, a health care system in Boston, Massachusetts, shared on its website step-by-step guidance on how to ...
One of LZ 1's Daimler NL-1 engines, preserved in the Deutsches Museum, Munich. At its first trial the LZ 1 carried five people, reached an altitude of 410 m (1,350 ft) and flew a distance of 6.0 km (3.7 mi) in 17 minutes, but by then the moveable weight had jammed and one of the engines had failed: the wind then forced an emergency landing.