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  • | death_place = [[Johannisthal Air Field]], [[German Empire]] ...arned a [[pilot's licence]]. He began working for the [[Wright brothers]]' German subsidiary, [[Flugmaschinen Wright]] in [[Johannisthal Air Field|Johannisth ...
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  • ...Airlines Flight 175]]; and [[Ziad Jarrah]], who piloted [[United Airlines Flight 93]] and failed to hit a target in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Other members incl ...turned out to be [[Mohamedou Ould Slahi]], who was well known to U.S. and German intelligence. ...
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  • ...training and breeding of dogs suitable for military purposes, especially [[German Shepherd]]s. [[Shortwave radio]] operation was another popular activity, an ...ice]], trained pilots for the air force. Training included at least twenty flight hours of [[Military glider|glider]] training and forty hours of basic train ...
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  • ...make an officially authenticated take-off and flight in a [[Human powered flight|man-powered aircraft]]. He also worked as a stunt pilot in several feature ...on a multi-engine instructors' course and then on a course for elementary instructors before returning to England. By 1944, there was a surplus of trained pilots ...
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  • ...north of Natal. The pilot, Danilo Bello Seixas, died during his first solo flight. * [[2010 in aviation|2010]] – '''[[Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771]]''' operated by [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-202]] 5A-ONG crashed on appr ...
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  • ==Flight experience== ...tes in October 1972 to assume [[A-7 Corsair II|A-7D]] instructor pilot and flight examiner duties at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. ...
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  • | nationality = [[German Bohemian|German]] ...ngineer]] and a [[nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]] of [[Austrian German|German origin]] who is widely credited with leading the team which developed the [ ...
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  • ...ning Group in 2015. The over 300 civilian members of the staff include the instructors who are qualified in the area of [[English as a second language]].<ref>{{ci ...es|teach the Japanese language]]. Classes began 1 November 1941, with four instructors and 60 students in an abandoned airplane hangar at [[Crissy Field]] known a ...
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  • ...fee4e8d72c42a (page 2).jpg|thumb|right|RAF Tain on a target dossier of the German [[Luftwaffe]], 1941]] ...g) Flight RAF (December 1941 – May 1942) became No. 1491 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (May - November 1942){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=136}} ...
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  • ...sdale, Victoria, in October 1942|alt=Two twin-engined military aircraft in flight]] ...leven civil aircraft pressed into service to form [[RAAF Special Transport Flight]], which operated out of [[Wards Airfield]] from 14&nbsp;December 1942 to 1 ...
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  • | alt = Sea King HAR3 of No. 202 Squadron (E-Flight) based at RAF Leconfield. | caption = Sea King HAR3 of [[No. 202 Squadron RAF|No. 202 Squadron]] (E-Flight) based at RAF Leconfield. ...
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  • ...rtificates |issue=251 |volume=V |page=1139 |journal=[[Flight International|Flight]] |date=18 October 1913 |accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> ...der the command of Commander [[Charles Rumney Samson]]. He was promoted to flight lieutenant in June,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=30 June 1914 |issue=28845 |p ...
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  • ...the [[German Army]] and [[German Air Force]]. Officer designates in the [[German Navy]] go through the corresponding ranks of ''{{lang|de|[[Seekadett]]}}'', ...nary of the English and German language: "Der Große Muret-Sander", Part II German-English, Second Volume L–Z, 8th edition 1999, {{ISBN|3-468-01126-1}}; p. 1. ...
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  • ...iation|British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA)]] recognised school. Instructors include a [[Judy Leden|three-times world champion]], world record holders, [[File:Mike Fifield CA 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Two powered paragliders in flight]] ...
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  • ...tle Norway]] in [[Canada]] and a [[prisoner of war]] in the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[POW camp]] [[Stalag Luft III]]. He was one of only three men to escape ...n in his inflatable [[dinghy]] after 66 hours. However, he was caught by a German sentry almost immediately.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/histor ...
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  • {{Short description|American government flight training program}} The '''Civilian Pilot Training Program''' ('''CPTP''') was a [[flight training]] program (1938–1944) sponsored by the [[United States]] governmen ...
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  • {{Short description|German aerobatic aircraft}} ...signed in [[1987 in aviation|1987]] by [[Walter Extra]], a [[German people|German]] aerobatic pilot, and built by [[Extra Flugzeugbau]]. ...
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  • ...rigid wing connected to a fuselage so that the wing is not in position for flight until the aircraft is in motion. The fuselage of a powered parachute contai While in flight, and due to the design of the parafoil, PPCs effectively travel at a fixed ...
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  • * [[2009 in aviation|2009]] – Aerolift Flight 1015, an Antonov AN-12, registration S9-SVN, crashes shortly after take-off ...pilot error and not mechanical failure. Both pilots failed to clear their flight paths and anticipate their impending high-aspect, midair impact, according ...
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  • [[File:Mike Fifield CA 2007.jpg|thumb|Two powered paragliders in flight]] ...rer in certain wing configurations such as reflex. The throttle controls [[Flight dynamics|pitch]] (along with speed bar and trimmers). Unlike regular aircra ...
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