• called a wing-controlled aerodyne. Wallis named the project Wild Goose. His employer Vickers was not able to sponsor such a large-scale project, so the...
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    to maximise the economy of high-speed flight. His first study was the Wild Goose project. Subsequently, Barnes devised the Swallow, a blended wing tailless...
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    The Vickers Swallow was a supersonic aircraft project headed by Barnes Wallis, working at the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs. It was a wing...
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    first working on airships and later aeroplanes. He joined Vickers – later part of Vickers-Armstrongs and then part of the British Aircraft Corporation...
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    skills, Alcock approached the Vickers engineering and aviation firm at Weybridge, who had considered entering their Vickers Vimy IV twin-engined bomber...
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    (1928) Vickers Viking (1919) Waco 10 (1927) Waco Standard Cabin series (1931) Waco AQC-6/Waco ZQC-6 Freighter (1936) Westland Limousine (1919) Wild DoubleEnder...
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  • Air Colombia Colombia Commenced operations on May 25, 2012 VSB Vickers Limited VICKERS United Kingdom VSN Vision Airways Corporation VISION Canada VSO...
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    Celtic Christians depicted the Holy Spirit as a goose called Ah Geadh-Glas, which means wild goose. A goose was chosen rather than the traditional dove because...
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    nominations, Guns of Darkness (1962), The L-Shaped Room (1962), Father Goose (1964) and A Very Special Favor (1965). For her role as a single pregnant...
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  • "Malaysia Receives First Batch of Nexter 105mm LG1". "Malaysia Orders Vickers Bridging System". "Floating Bridge gets stronger [DSEI17D3] | Jane's 360"...
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