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• Savoia-Marchetti S.55
  ...izing fleets of S.55s for Atlantic crossings, culminating in his [[1933 in aviation|1933]] flight with 24 aircraft to [[Chicago]]'s [[Century of Progress]] Int ===General characteristics===
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• Snecma
  '''''Société Nationale d'Étude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation''''' ...roughly translated as "National Company for the Study and Construction of Aviation Engines."
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• Francis Lombardi
  ...e received a golden medal for his contribution for the Italian aviation in general.
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• Straight engine
  ...ota, VW and Volvo Cars, have also used [[straight-5]] configurations. The General Motors ''GM Atlas engine'' family includes straight-4, straight-5, and stra ==Aviation use==
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• Piaggio P.108
  ...t first flew in [[1939 in aviation|1939]] and entered service in [[1942 in aviation|1942]] ...n the [[Eastern Front (WWII)|Eastern Front]], notably during the [[1944 in aviation|1944]] evacuation of [[Axis Powers|Axis]] troops from [[Crimea]] following
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• V8
  ...ore aerodynamic styling meant that the straight-8 was simply too large. [[General Motors]] responded to Ford's V8 success with the [[1949]] introduction of t During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, every [[General Motors]] division had their own engines, whose merits varied. This enabled
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• Rotary engine
  ...with the cylinders pointed outwards from a single crankshaft, in the same general form as a [[radial engine|radial]], but there were also rotary [[boxer engi ...nd Space Museum]]. A production version of the Omega then soon reached the aviation market, still as a 7-cylinder 50 hp (37 kW), which soon reached 8
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• Engineering
  ...ives approve data for aircraft design and repairs on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration. In general, it can be stated that a scientist builds in order to learn, but an enginee
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• Italian Army
  ...r force of 112,000 [[active duty]] personnel. The headquarters of the Army General Staff is in [[Rome]], opposite the [[Quirinal Palace|Presidential Palace]]. ...commanded by the SME or “Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito” (Chief of the Army General Staff) in Rome.
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• Gasoline
  ...or gasoline'', for use in cars is used to distinguish it from [[avgas]], ''aviation gasoline'' used in (light) [[aircraft]]. This should be distinguished in us These days, gasoline in many countries has tight limits on [[aromatic]]s in general, [[benzene]] in particular, and olefins (alkene) content. This is increasin
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• Thierry Boutsen
  ...Hours of Le Mans started at 15h00 - one hour earlier than usual due to the general elections. Today Thierry Boutsen runs his own company, [[Boutsen Aviation]], in [[Monaco]]. He also owns a [[Renault Mégane Renault Sport#Renault S
  34 KB (4,855 words) - 09:54, 2 April 2010
• Flat engine
  * [[General aviation]] aircraft often use air-cooled flat-4 and flat-6 engines made by companies
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• Aeronautica Militare
  ...lities, on [[8 May]] [[1945]], opened the gates to the rebirth of military aviation in Italy. ...ntent to see foreign-designed aircraft serving the AMI, the reborn Italian aviation industry began the develop and produce aircraft of its own like the [[Fiat
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• Prototype
  In general, an iterative series of prototypes will be designed, constructed and tested ...ialists are employed - individuals with specialized skills and training in general fabrication techniques that can help bridge between theoretical designs and
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• Diesel engine
  ...il system, which was mounted on the HINO RAISING RANGER truck and sold for general use in 1995. Later in 1997 the German automotive parts manufacturer Robert ...omplex cylinder heads (with their own gasoline combustion chambers) and in general were vulnerable to expensive damage if special care was not taken (especial
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• Wankel engine
  ...uced by [[Comotor]], and abortive attempts by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] and [[Mercedes Benz]] to design Wankel-engine [[automobile]]s, the ...ormation has surfaced in the outside world; what has been seen indicates a general similarity to Wankel designs by [[NSU]], [[Comotor]], and [[Mazda]], theref
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• SI
  ...etrication|promote a worldwide measurement system]]. As a result the 9th [[General Conference on Weights and Measures]] (CGPM), in 1948, asked the [[Internati ...d]] (but not elsewhere). This has been accepted as an alternative by the [[General Conference on Weights and Measures|CGPM]] since [[1979]]. The cursive <big>
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• Fiat
  * ''Aviation'' - aircraft and related components were produce by FiatAvio (now [[Avio]], ...However, the [[Italian Socialist Party]] and its ally organization, the [[General Confederation of Labor]], in an effort to effect a compromise with the cent
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• Motor oil
  In most aviation [[gas turbine]] applications, peak lubricant temperatures are not reached d ...ibrary/API_MotorOilGuide_2004.pdf]</sup>. The API service classes have two general classifications: S for Service (typical passenger cars and light trucks usi
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