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  • Thumbnail for SS Maori (1893)
    Maori was a British refrigerated cargo steamship built in 1893 by C.S. Swan & Hunter of Wallsend-on-Tyne for Shaw, Saville & Albion Co. of London with...
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    HMAS Barcoo (K375/F375/A245) was a River-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of twelve frigates constructed in Australia during World...
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    The Mercedes-Benz 600 (W100) is a line of ultra-luxury cars produced by Daimler-Benz from 1963 to 1981. The forerunner of the modern Maybach marque, the...
    40 KB (3,615 words) - 11:00, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for BMW F series parallel-twin
    The BMW F series is a family of parallel-twin engine dual-sport motorcycles manufactured in Berlin, Germany by BMW Motorrad. Launched in 2008, the range...
    14 KB (872 words) - 03:33, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Long Marston railway station
    Long Marston railway station was a station at Long Marston, Warwickshire on the Great Western Railway line between Stratford-upon-Avon and Honeybourne...
    7 KB (502 words) - 15:32, 7 October 2022
  • The SS City of Flint was a cargo ship of a type known colloquially as a Hog Islander, due to it being built at the Hog Island Shipyard, Philadelphia by...
    15 KB (1,358 words) - 17:23, 17 March 2023
  • A plankowner (also referred to a plank owner and sometimes a plank holder) is an individual who was a member of the crew of a United States Navy ship or...
    3 KB (390 words) - 20:46, 9 November 2022
  • Boreham Circuit is a disused motor racing circuit and airfield in Boreham, United Kingdom. Originally RAF Boreham, with the facility released from military...
    2 KB (330 words) - 13:24, 4 December 2020
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    Bjørn Kjos (born 18 July 1946) is a Norwegian aviator, lawyer, and business magnate. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle,...
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  • The Indraéro Aéro 20 is a small, two-seat, single-engined monoplane, built in France in the mid-1960s, for general and sports flying. Only one was built...
    9 KB (478 words) - 04:14, 25 October 2022
  • Cadence braking or stutter braking is a driving technique that involves pumping the brake pedal and is used to allow a car to both steer and brake on a...
    4 KB (627 words) - 14:03, 1 July 2021
  • The Hermanspann Chinook is an American mid-wing, two-seat, experimental research glider that was designed and constructed by Fred Hermanspann and Art Penz...
    6 KB (371 words) - 04:47, 5 September 2022
  • The 121 Squadron "Brahminy Kite" ("Gannet" before 1994) of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) currently operates the Fokker 50 Utility Aircraft...
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  • Nikola Stefanovich Toshkovich (Bulgarian: Никола Стефанович Тошкович) was born in Odessa, Tsardom of Russia, son of a tradesman. He was the first to use...
    3 KB (330 words) - 18:33, 11 April 2022