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• Sebring Raceway
  ...lorida]]. The raceway occupies a portion of [[Hendricks Field]], a former military training base and currently an [[Sebring Regional Airport|active airport]] ..., aeronautical engineer [[Alec Ullman]], seeking sites to restore military aircraft for civilian use, saw potential in Hendricks' runways to stage a [[sports c
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• Microcar
  ..., [[Messerschmitt KR200|KR200]] and [[Messerschmitt TG500|TG500]] even had aircraft-style bubble canopies, giving rise to the term '''bubble car''' to refer to
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• Shock absorber
  ...n important part of [[automobile]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]]s, [[aircraft]] [[landing gear]], and the supports for many industrial [[machine]]s. Larg ...the necessary maximum, air dashpots will act like hydraulic dashpots. In [[aircraft]] landing gear air dashpots may be combined with hydraulic dampening to red
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• Marina Militare
  ...e ''Italian Navy'') is one of the four branches of the [[Military of Italy|military forces]] of [[Italy]]. It was born in [[1946]], as the Navy of the Italian The shield has a golden crown, that distinguish military vessels from merchant: the crown, "Corona rostrata", was proposed in 1939
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• SPA
  ...he company soon discontinued manufacturing cars in favor of commercial and military vehicles. After the [[World War II]], Fiat resumed car production for a whi During the war, began production lines parallel with the construction of aircraft [[engines]] and commercial vehicles.
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• Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
  ...rove its capabilities. This change resulted in the formation of [[SISMI]] (military intelligence), [[SISDE]] (civilian intelligence) and a [[police]] [[counter ...ull fledged [[counter-terrorism]] unit, with capabilities of operations on aircraft, trains, buses, embassies, and stadium areas and established good relations
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• Aeronautica Militare
  ...the hostilities, on [[8 May]] [[1945]], opened the gates to the rebirth of military aviation in Italy. ...he AMI, the reborn Italian aviation industry began the develop and produce aircraft of its own like the [[Fiat G91]], [[Aermacchi MB326]], [[Piaggio Aero]] P16
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  ...dore]] Whitney Willard Straight''' ([[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Military Cross |MC]], [[Distinguished Flying Cross (British)|DFC]] [[November 6]], [ ...ran flying clubs. In 1936 he helped develop the [[Miles Whitney Straight]] aircraft. He became a naturalised British citizen that year. On October 18, 1938, th
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• Aquila
  ...owever, saw production shift to commercial vehicles for the military and [[aircraft engines]]. In 1916 Cappa left to go to [[Fiat]], in 1917 the bankers son di
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• Engine
  ...earliest mechanical computing device was called the [[difference engine]]; Military devices such as [[catapult]]s are referred to as ''[[siege engine]]s''. *[[Aircraft engine]]
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• Marine engine
  ...earliest mechanical computing device was called the [[difference engine]]; Military devices such as [[catapult]]s are referred to as ''[[siege engine]]s''. *[[Aircraft engine]]
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• Ceirano GB & C
  ...Automobili Torino) shall be converted to the production of spare parts for military and civilian vehicles. Activity that continued until 1945. During the War, Scat was obliged to convert their military to civilian production.
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• Scooter
  ...laces where inexpensive transportation was in dire need. Constructed using aircraft design and materials it redefined the vehicle type for 35 years. Despite Ve
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• Italian Army
  The Italian [[Military]] is under the command of the Italian Supreme Defense Council, presided ove ...has direct control of all support and logistics operations in Italy (i.e. military clinics, repair facilities, acquisitions,…), but no direct control of the
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• Diesel engine
  ...y of damaging the engine during initial start-up and running. Some smaller military diesels can be started with an explosive cartridge that provides the extra ===Aircraft, Airship, Hovercraft and Light Engine===
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• Fiat
  ...nelli]]. Fiat has also manufactured [[railroad]] vehicles, [[tanks]] and [[aircraft]]. As of 2009, Fiat is the world's sixth largest carmaker as well as Italy' ...made fighter aircraft, which was one of the most common [[Italy|Italian]] aircraft used along with the [[Savoia-Marchetti]], and also made light tanks and arm
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• Ship
  ...cerns about safety and waste disposal. It has become usual only in large [[aircraft carrier]]s and in [[submarine]]s, where the ability to run submerged for lo A collection of ships for military purposes may compose a [[navy]] or a [[task force]].
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• Rapid
  ...y as 1916, from 65 up to 210 mm), and parts for machine guns, cannons, and aircraft engines. Of course continues in the contemporary construction of trucks, th ...er a great workshop for repairs, for each type and brand of trucks, buses, military vehicles and industrial, and passenger cars.
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• Octopussy
  ...stro), and features him flying a [[Homebuilt aircraft|homebuilt]] microjet aircraft. ...they will be 'rid of Bond too'. Bond has trouble getting into the American military base, and gets into the circus disguised as a [[clown]]. The American guard
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