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  2. Cargo hook (helicopter) - Wikipedia

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    The load beam is the solid piece of metal at the bottom of a cargo hook that supports the load. Usually it has a curved, narrow end which is used to load a ring, rope, or net onto the hook. The keeper is the locking, spring-operated mechanism that keeps the load from sliding off the load beam during transport.

  3. File:US Army Air Assault School-Sling Load Training.ogv

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    Original file (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 1 min 2 s, 1,280 × 720 pixels, 4.51 Mbps overall, file size: 33.54 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  4. Rigging (material handling) - Wikipedia

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    Sheer legs; Sling (rigging) – Rope, webbing, wire or chain used to support a load for lifting; Rope splicing – Semi-permanent joint between two ropes; Tackle – System of two or more pulleys and a rope or cable; Tirfor – Device for pulling cable; Tugger (rigging) Turnbuckle – Device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes or cables

  5. Derrick - Wikipedia

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    A sling, which may be made from ropes, is placed around the area that two legs meet to be used to put a tackle pulley system for lifting the load. There are two guy wires, front and rear, to support the shear legs. The rear guy may be reeved to allow adjustment of the angle of the shear legs. [7]

  6. Sling Aircraft Sling 4 - Wikipedia

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    The Sling 4 is an all-metal, low-wing, fixed tricycle gear kit aircraft, developed in 2011. The canopy was modified to include gull-wing doors. The aircraft has flaps with 40 degrees of travel. [2] [3] It has been estimated that building a Sling 4 requires 900-1,200 man-hours of work. The aircraft can be supplied as a kit, or built by the ...

  7. M-1956 load-carrying equipment - Wikipedia

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    The M-1956 load-carrying equipment (LCE), also known as the individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE), was developed by the U.S. Army and first issued in the early 1960s. [1] The M-1956 LCE was designed to replace the M-1945 Combat Pack , the M-1923 cartridge belt, the M-1936 pistol belt and the M-1937 BAR magazine belt.

  8. SuperCalc - Wikipedia

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    VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program but its release for the CP/M operating system ran only on the HP-125, Sharp MZ80, and the Sony SMC-70. SuperCalc was created to fill that void and market opportunity. Alongside WordStar, it was one of the CP/M applications bundled with the Osborne 1 portable computer.

  9. Microsoft Office XML formats - Wikipedia

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    Besides differences in the schema, there are several other differences between the earlier Office XML schema formats and Office Open XML. Whereas the data in Office Open XML documents is stored in multiple parts and compressed in a ZIP file conforming to the Open Packaging Conventions, Microsoft Office XML formats are stored as plain single monolithic XML files (making them quite large ...