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Flapjack is a young boy who was raised by a talking whale named Bubbie. Flapjack and Bubbie lead a peaceful life until the duo rescue a pirate by the name of Captain K'nuckles, who regales Flapjack with tales of a place called Candied Island, an island made entirely of candy (as its name suggests), which he's spent much of his life searching for.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network.The series centers on Flapjack, voiced by Van Orman, an aspiring young sailor raised by Bubbie the whale and mentored by the grisly ex-pirate Captain K'nuckles.
The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc-shaped body (resembling a flying flapjack /pancake, hence its nickname) serving as the lifting surface. [ 1 ]
Vought F6U Pirate: 1946 33 Jet engine monoplane fighter Vought XF5U: 1943 2 Prototype piston engine "circular wing" fighter Vought F7U Cutlass: 1948 320 Jet engine monoplane tailless fighter Vought XS2U: N/A 0 Unbuilt piston engine monoplane anti-submarine aircraft Vought F8U Crusader: 1955 1,219 Jet engine monoplane fighter Vought XF8U-3 ...
Mark "Thurop" Ashton Van Orman (born April 26, 1976) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He worked with Cartoon Network to create and produce the animated series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008–2010), in which he voices the titular character.
The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" is an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II.. Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body (like a pancake flying, hence the nickname) serving as the lifting surface. [1]
The United States Navy contracted three companies to produce prototypes to meet a requirement for a catapult launched biplane, with a central float and folding wings.
The 600-690 hp (448-515 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690-42 Hornet engine was used to power Corsairs designated SU-1 to SU-4.The change in designation reflected their role as scouts (their larger engines and heavier weight precluded their use as floatplanes, and USN examples were only used on wheels from either carrier decks or land bases).