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  • Dive bomb, dive-bomb or divebomb may refer to: Dive bomb (guitar technique) Divebomb, a Transformers character Dive bomber, bomber aircraft that dives...
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    A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target...
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  • Dive bomb effect Dive bomb effect, a typical deep pitch bend using a whammy bar, followed by string noise. Problems playing this file? See media help....
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    opposite to dive bombing, where the plane pitches downward to aim at its target, toss bombing is often performed with a short dive before the bomber...
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    designators to hit their target. The term "glide bombing" does not refer to the use of glide bombs, but a style of shallow-angle dive bombing. In October...
    20 KB (2,769 words) - 19:36, 21 May 2024
  • known as diving axe handle, diving double axe handle smash, or diving double sledge, this is accomplished by jumping from the top turnbuckle to the mat...
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  • Look up diving or dive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diving most often refers to: Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water Underwater...
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    Luftwaffe (category Wikipedia pages move-protected due to dispute)
    the accuracy. This led to Udet championing the dive bomber, particularly the Junkers Ju 87. Udet's "love affair" with dive-bombing seriously affected the...
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    immediate liking to the concept of dive-bombing after flying the Curtiss F11C Goshawk. When Walther Wever and Robert Ritter von Greim were invited to watch Udet...
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    a dive bomber pilot. He put in a request for a transfer to the Pacific Fleet in that capacity. On May 31, 1940, Best received orders to join Bombing Squadron...
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    four-engine layout would impose higher propeller drag to the detriment of performance in dive bombing. The use of only two counter-rotating propellers on...
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    60 kg bombs (e.g., Type 99 No 6 semi-AP or Type 2 No 6 land bomb) could be carried on wing racks located under each wing outboard of the dive brakes...
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    Douglas SBD Dauntless (category World War II dive bombers of the United States)
    proved to be an effective naval scout plane and dive bomber. It possessed long range, good handling characteristics, maneuverability, potent bomb load,...
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    Dornier Do 217 (category Articles to be expanded from December 2009)
    larger bomb load capacity and had much greater range than the Do 17. In later variants, dive bombing and maritime strike capabilities using glide bombs were...
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    immediate dive bombing attack. With multiple incoming missiles in visual sight it was possible to dive abruptly or sharply break to avoid them. Failure to see...
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    attacks. The Navy turned to dive bombing and skip bombing to attack ships, while the Air Forces developed the lead bomber procedure to improve accuracy, and...
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    Fritz X (redirect from Fritz X Bomb)
    Film, 'Fritz X' German Radio-Controlled Dive Bomb (YouTube). The Digital Implosion. Event occurs at 13:45 to 15:00. Archived from the original (YouTube)...
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  • dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets. Dive Bomber may also refer to: Dive Bomber (film) Dive Bomber (video game) Dive Bomber...
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    completed a bombing dive. Due to the effectiveness of the Royal Air Force fighters' tactic of waiting for a dive bomber to complete its dive and then pouncing...
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    Parker Solar Probe (category Missions to the Sun)
    January 2, 2017. Fazekas, Andrew (September 10, 2010). "New NASA Probe to Dive-bomb the Sun". National Geographic. 21st Century Fox/National Geographic Society...
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