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The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum.
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Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021
Esper planned to lay a wreath at the site off Palau's coast where a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber crashed on July 27, 1944.
—Robert Burns, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
The efforts have been likened to World War II when GM’s factories were retooled to make tanks, trucks, aircraft engines, shells and even fighters and torpedo bombers.
—Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2020
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Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021
Esper planned to lay a wreath at the site off Palau's coast where a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber crashed on July 27, 1944.
—Robert Burns, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
The efforts have been likened to World War II when GM’s factories were retooled to make tanks, trucks, aircraft engines, shells and even fighters and torpedo bombers.
—Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2020
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The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six months, giving a few Virgin Galactic customers a taste of spaceflight after waiting more than a decade.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2024
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July 12, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Listen 7 min Share Comment Save Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 at his home in Houston.Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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Then came the concocted bomber gap and missile gap with the Soviet Union, the hyperinflated danger of Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Laos, and the fraudulent claim that publication of the classified Pentagon Papers would kill U.S. diplomacy and prolong the Vietnam War.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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Photocopied pages from it were found in Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh’s getaway car when he was apprehended by law enforcement.Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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One thing that Anadolu has that the America class does not is a ski ramp, a holdover from Juan Carlos and the need to support Spain’s fleet of Harrier jump jets.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
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The crash of a hovering F-35B jump jet on December 14, 2022 led to a freeze on F135 deliveries 13 days later.Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2023
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Available now through December 22, guests can look forward to 45% off of round-trip seaplane transfers, complimentary stays and meals for two children below 12 years of age at the six restaurants on site, and complimentary usage of snorkeling equipment and kayaks during the stay.Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
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Since touching down via seaplane for a tropical vacation with her family, the actress, 52, has shared several photos of herself enjoying the sun, sand and surf.Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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For comparison, that is around 300 times faster than the top speed of a Lockheed Martin jet fighter here on Earth.Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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For example, in October 2018, during an Israeli airstrike in western Syria, an antiquated Syrian S-200 missile launched against the incoming Israeli jets hit a nearby Russian military transport killing all 14 Russian military personnel on board.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The dramatic footage, which was taken from the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet, showed a Russian Su-35 execute what NORAD called an unsafe maneuver when the American warplane was intercepting a Russian Tu-95 bomber.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Four Russian warplanes on Tuesday flew just outside of United States airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, marking the latest incident involving Russian aircraft off the coast of the U.S. state.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Torpedo bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo%20bomber. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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