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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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  • Space propaganda is a form of propaganda relating to achievements in space exploration and space science. It is used primarily to further a nation's perceived...
    38 KB (4,868 words) - 11:18, 21 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Mercedes-Benz 600
    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 (3,749 words) - 06:17, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)
    HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, which entered service in 1992. Melbourne has been deployed...
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  • 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...
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  • The history of Wichita details the history of Wichita, Kansas from its initial settlement in the 1860s to the present day. The site at the confluence of...
    49 KB (5,774 words) - 06:16, 30 March 2023
  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Boreham Circuit is a disused motor racing circuit and airfield in Boreham, United Kingdom. Originally RAF Boreham, with the facility released from military...
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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...
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  • 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
  • Port Jack Halt (Manx: Stadd Phurt Coon) is the name of the first official stopping place on the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man and is situated...
    7 KB (841 words) - 16:37, 24 January 2023
  • 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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  • Liwa Petroleum & Industrial Supplies is a trading company in the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors and focuses on specialized equipment and services,...
    4 KB (368 words) - 13:11, 3 June 2023
  • Nikola Stefanovich Toshkovich (Bulgarian: Никола Стефанович Тошкович) was born in Odessa, Tsardom of Russia, son of a tradesman. He was the first to use...
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