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  2. Excalibur Aircraft Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    The Excalibur was designed as "clone" [1] of the Quad City Challenger II aircraft. The company took the basic Challenger design and incorporated many changes, including mounting the engine upright allowing larger propellers and the Rotax gearbox to be mounted, lengthening the tailboom and enlarging the tail vertical surface to increase stability, shortening the ailerons and replacing control ...

  3. Lockheed Model 44 Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    The new design differed so much from the original Excalibur, that a different model designation was needed. It was first given the temporary designation L-104, then it was later officially designated the Model 49 or "Excalibur A". In time, the Model 49 would become a completely different aircraft from the original Model 44.

  4. List of aircraft of the Romanian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    1 In service 1910–1914 A Vlaicu II: Romania Monoplane 1 Crashed in 1913 A Vlaicu III: Romania Monoplane 1 Captured by Germany in 1916 Albatros B.I: Germany Reconnaissance: 1 Purchased in 1913, retired in 1917 Aviatik C.I: Germany Reconnaissance 1 Purchased in 1916 Blériot XI: France Monoplane trainer ~28 Retired in 1919 Blériot XXI: France

  5. Sikorsky VS-44 - Wikipedia

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    The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol bomber, the VS-44 was designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers. Three units were produced: Excalibur, Excambian, and Exeter, plus two XPBS-1 ...

  6. Romanian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) (Romanian: ForČ›ele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces.It has an air force headquarters, an operational command, five air bases, a logistics base, an air defense brigade, an air defense regiment and an ISR brigade.

  7. Swearingen Merlin - Wikipedia

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    The SA26 Merlin is a pressurized Excalibur fitted with a different Lycoming TIGO-540 6-cylinder geared piston engine. The TIGO 540 was used despite the fact that one of the reasons the IO-720 was used in the Excalibur was that the Queen Air series' IGSO-480 and IGSO-540 engines from the same manufacturer were so troublesome.

  8. List of equipment of the Romanian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The contract for the first phase of 32 aircraft worth $6.5 billion was signed on 21 November 2024. Another 16 aircraft will be purchased in a second phase. The first aircraft will arrive after 2030. [153] Transport/Surveillance aircraft C-27J Italy: Cargo/Transport aircraft: C-27J 7 [147] C-130 United States: Cargo/Transport aircraft: C-130B

  9. M982 Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    The Excalibur gives U.S. brigade commanders a precision weapon that is locally available, regardless of weather conditions (unlike bombs dropped from aircraft). Because the M982 is so accurate, the risks of friendly-fire casualties and collateral damage are no longer deterrents to using gun artillery in urban environments, and the Excalibur is ...