Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships (including blimps), gliders, paramotors and hot air balloons.The human activity that surrounds aircraft is called aviation. The science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, but unmanned aerial vehicles may be remotely controlled or …
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24 May 2022 English
Content in British Society, 1939-1951 is arranged in collections corresponding to the archives from which they were sourced. You can read more about the archive materials selected for this resource …
variety of topics, including: instances of enemy aircraft flying over Britain, the progress of evacuations … These comprise General Headquarters and Anti-Aircraft, Eastern, Northern, Scottish, South Eastern, Southern … where recruits could also be expected to man anti-aircraft equipment. A sample of files from across these …
24 May 2022 English
A list of ministers and other officials which constituted the government of the U.K. during the Second World War. Heads of the Cabinet; Treasury and Exchequer; Ministers for Domestic Affairs; …
1945 8 February 1941 – 23 May 1945 Minister of Aircraft Production The Lord Beaverbrook (Con) John Moore-Brabazon … 1942 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aircraft Production John Llewellin (Con) Frederick Montague …
5 May 2022 English
Notes of interest with links to documents in Cold War Eastern Europe. Links to photos, maps and compelling stories.
maps of the routes to be used by Western military aircraft should the West find itself needing to provide … 371/188780 39-40 Visual Photographs of Polish military aircraft and radar sites FO 371/188836 133-139 Textual … 371/189274 141-end Textual Crash of a Soviet Yak-28 aircraft in West Berlin FO 371/182699-701 [all] Textual …
UNE: University of New England · 28 February 2018 English
By the late 1930s it was widely expected, drawing on the experience of German air raids on Britain in the First World War, that if and when the next war …
caused by the sounds from British and American aircraft, or even from motorcyclists changing gears, being … 1944 [34, 35]. 33 HO 199/465, “German Pilotless Aircraft, ‘Flying Bombs.’” 32 HO 205/233, Dunne, “Report …
University of Kent · 1 January 2018 English
This essay gives you an introductory view of the topic of war and social change on the British Home Front by using the changing position of women as a case …
watch.7 When a British pilot bailed out of his aircraft following a dogfight during the Battle of Britain … enlist in the forces. A report from a Bristol aircraft factory noted “there is practically no work which …
Korea University · 1 January 2017 English
In 1960–61, the outbreak of an increasingly acrimonious dispute between Nikita Khrushchev’s Soviet Union and Enver Hoxha’s Albania caught most foreign observers by surprise, all the more so because the …
ground that the Ilyushin was a danger to other aircraft, to the airport, and to its own crew.”66 Unlike …
1 January 2017 English
We will focus here on how British and U.S. officials assessed the prospects of Sino-Soviet relations, why they were of the opinion that NATO benefited from the Sino-Soviet and Soviet-Albanian …
market (see the 1961 sale of Vickers Viscount aircraft to China). https://history-commons.net/artif …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file containing documents concerning a visit to West Berlin by the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, in October 1982. Subjects covered in the file include Thatcher's desire to place …
RAF Gatow The Prime Minister arrives by RAF aircraft from Koln/Bonn. Accompanied by: Dr Helmut Kohl: … Facility) 24 2140 Tegel Airport Depart by RAF aircraft for RAF Northolt A - 1 RESTRICTED LOCSEN APPENDIX … HONOUR SEQUENCE OF EVENTS 1. After descending the aircraft steps, passing through the RAF Guard, meeting … no ceremonial. Press photo facility 2140 Aircraft departs 2330 Arrive London Heathrow (Terminal … REGULATIONS 1. BAGGAGE a. Those travelling by RAF aircraft are reminded that baggage should be left unlocked …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
EMBASSY BELIEVE THAT THE HIJACKERS OF THE PI A AIRCRAFT ARE IN L I B Y A . WE CANNOT SAY HOW MUCH CREDENCE …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Soviet attitude towards the Falklands War. The documents cover discussions with Soviet officials on the crisis, outlining the British and Soviet positions; …
'Wall Street Journal' are directly calling for US aircraft carriers to take part in military operations … INCLUDING SUBMARINES, NAVAL AUXILIARIES OR MILITARY AIRCRAFT WHICH COULD AMOUNT TO A THREAT TO INTERFERE WITH … TO ARGENTINA. SOVIET MARITIME RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT HAVE FLOWN SORTIES IN THE AREA AND A SOVIET INTELLIGENCE … INCLUDING SUBMARINES, NAVAL AUXILIARIES, OR MILITARY AIRCRAFT WHICH COULD AMOUNT TO A THREAT TO INTERFERE WITH … APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. ALL ARGENTINE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING CIVIL AIRCRAFT ENGAGING IN SURVEILLANCE OF THESE …
