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Aquila (yacht)
Aquila may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Aquila'', a series of books by S.P. Somtow * ''Aquila'', a 1997 book by Andrew Norriss * ''Aquila'' (children's magazine), a UK-based children's magazine * ''Aquila'' (journal), an ornithological journal * ''Aquila'' (TV series), a BBC TV production for children based on the Norriss book * Aquila Theatre, a theatre company of New York Fictional entities * ''Aquila'', a ship in the video game '' Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' * ''Aquila'', a ship in the video game '' Assassin's Creed III'' * Aquila Yuna, a character in the anime '' Saint Seiya Omega'' * Aquila, a medieval city in the fantasy film '' Ladyhawke'' (1985) People * Aquila (name), a given name or surname Places * Aquila, Michoacán, a town in Mexico * Aquila, Switzerland, a former municipality * Aquila, Veracruz, a municipality in Mexico * L'Aquila, sometimes Aquila, the regional capital of Abruzzo in Italy * Province of L'Aquila, Italy Transportation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Norriss
Andrew Norriss (born 1947) is a British children's author and a writer for television. Background Andrew Norriss was born in 1947. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead followed by University at Trinity College Dublin (1966–70). After teaching at Stroud School, Romsey he trained for his PGCE at University of Winchester from 1973 to 1974, then taught History at Peter Symonds College, Winchester from 1974 to 1985. Whilst teaching he started writing television sitcoms and children's comedy dramas with Richard Fegen. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife, and writes children's books. Writing Norriss won The Whitbread (Costa) Children's Book Award (1997) for his children's book ''Aquila'', which he wrote both as a book and as the '' Aquila'' series for the BBC. He also adapted his book '' Matt's Million'' for ITV and novelized the second to fourth series of his TV show ''Woof!'' (itself based on a book by Allan Ahlberg), the first three series of ''Bernard's W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyosung GV250
Hyosung GV250 is a 249 cc cruiser motorcycle manufactured by Hyosung Motors & Machinery Inc. The motorcycle's 2010 version produces . The GV250 features the same electronic fuel injection (EFI) as the larger Hyosung GV650. Its 4-stroke, 4-valve, double overhead cam An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion cha ... engine is air- and oil-cooled. Notes GV250 Mirage Premier Cruiser motorcycles {{motorcycle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila (constellation)
Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology. Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism. The constellation is best seen in the northern summer, as it is located along the Milky Way. Because of this location, many clusters and nebulae are found within its borders, but they are dim and galaxies are few. History Aquila was one of the 48 constellations described by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy. It had been earlier mentioned by Eudoxus in the fourth century BC and Aratus in the third century BC. It is now one of the 88 constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. The constellation was also known as ''Vultur volans'' (the flying vulture) to the Romans, not to be confused with ''Vultur cadens'' which was their name for Lyra. It is often held to represent the eagle which held Zeus's/Jupiter's t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila (bird)
''Aquila'' is the genus of true eagles. The genus name is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from ''aquilus'', "dark in colour". It is often united with the buteos, sea eagles, and other more heavyset Accipitridae, but more recently they appear to be less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks than previously believed. Eagles are not a natural group, but denote essentially any bird of prey large enough to hunt sizeable (about 50 cm long or more overall) vertebrate prey. Taxonomy and systematics The genus ''Aquila'' was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the golden eagle (''Aquila chrysaetos'') as the type species. ''Aquila'' belongs to a close-knit group of "typical" eagles including genera Hieraaetus, ''Lophaetus'', '' Ictinaetus'' ''and Clanga.'' This group occurs as a clade within the larger group of "booted" eagles (tribe Aquilini or subfamily Aquilinae).Boyd, JohAccipitriformes, ''Taxonomy in Flux Checklist''. The plum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Aircraft Carrier Aquila
''Aquila'' (Italian for "Eagle") was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the trans-Atlantic passenger liner . During World War II, Work on ''Aquila'' began in late 1941 at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8 September 1943, however, all work was halted and the vessel remained unfinished. ''Aquila'' was eventually scrapped in 1952. Genesis ''Aquila'' was Italy's first aircraft carrier project; it was not built from the keel up as such, and was never completed. Following World War I, the Italian Royal Navy (''Regia Marina'') began exploring the use of ship-borne aircraft by converting the merchant ship ''Città di Messina'' into the twin-catapult-equipped seaplane tender ''Giuseppe Miraglia''. Commissioned in 1927, the ship could carry as many as four large and 16 medium seaplanes and was primarily used as an experimental catapult ship for most of her career. By 1940, she was designated an aircr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Aquila (PHM-4)
The second USS ''Aquila'' (PHM-4) was the fourth ship of her class of hydrofoils operated by the United States Navy. ''Pegasus'' class vessels were designed for high speed and mobility, and carried a powerful (for their size) armament. Named for the constellation, ''Aquila'' ("Eagle") was laid down on 10 July 1979 at Seattle, Washington, by Boeing Marine Systems; launched on 16 September 1981; sponsored by Mrs. John D. Bulkeley, the wife of Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, World War II, PT-boat hero; and commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 26 June 1982. Service history After completing her fitting out, ''Aquila'' got underway from Bremerton, Washington, on 15 July 1982 in company with and and shaped a course for her home port, Key West, Florida. ''Frederick'' escorted the two guided-missile hydrofoil gunboats as far as Rodman in the Canal Zone where took over. ''Aquila'' and her traveling companions transited the Panama Canal on 8 August and arrived in Key W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Aquila (AK-47)
MS ''Tunis'' was a Danish motor ship in commercial service for Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab (DFDS), Copenhagen, Denmark, as a cargo ship delivered to DFDS on 15 January 1936. ''Tunis'' was the first of four sister ships, two built in 1936 and two in 1938, that operated for DFDS. The ship's normal service was Copenhagen to the Mediterranean until war in Europe when all four of the ships were put into Atlantic service. The United States seized Danish vessels in its ports in 1941 after Germany occupied Denmark on 9 April 1940. ''Tunis'' was seized in New York and delivered by the War Shipping Administration to the U.S. Navy under bareboat charter and commissioned USS ''Aquila'' (AK-47) for service in World War II. ''Aquila'' operated in the North Atlantic delivering general cargo and equipment to ships and stations in the war zone. After Danish ships were returned to Denmark the ship resumed service from June 1946 to April 1966, largely on its prewar route of Denmark and the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila 27
The Aquila 27 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Harlé, as a cruiser- racer and first built in 1975. Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1975 until 1984, with 1048 boats completed. Design The Aquila 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or shoal draft keel. The boat is fitted with an inboard diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths and one pilot berth in the main cabin around a drop leaf table. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila
The Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila (Eagle) was the first small battlefield drone developed in the United States during the 1970s to act as a target designator for the US Army. Early history The modern history of the Army's battlefield drone efforts began in 1972, when DARPA began the Remotely Piloted Aerial Observation/Designation System program which included PRAIRIE, Calare, and Aequare. The program was conceptualized in January 1973 in the joint U.S. Army and DARPA-funded project called RPAODS (''Remotely Piloted Aerial Observer Designator System''). PRAIRIE was a Philco Ford UAV with a TV camera and a laser target designator. PRAIRIE was able to target a truck and guide a laser-guided bomb to it. Calare and Aequare was delivered by Melpar and JHU/APL respectively. Melpar's prototype was launched from the top of the truck and landed on skids on a prepared runway. APL's prototype was a delta-wing aircraft, launched from a small cart and assisted by a bungee cord [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook Aquila
The Facebook Aquila is an experimental solar-powered drone developed by Facebook for use as an atmospheric satellite, intended to act as relay stations for providing internet access to remote areas. It first flew on 28 June 2016 with a second aircraft successfully flying in 2017. Internal development of the Aquila aircraft was stopped in June 2018. Development Aquila was developed by Facebook's Connectivity Lab. The prototype airframe design and construction was led by Ascenta, a Somerset, England-based company acquired by Facebook in 2014. Several scale models of the Aquila were built and flown to prove the concept prior to the full scale prototype being built. Following construction at Ascenta's factory in Bridgwater, England, the Aquila prototype was disassembled and shipped to Arizona, where it was first flown on 28 June 2016. The 96-minute flight was considered successful. However, during landing, the aircraft touched down short of the intended landing zone and was damage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila Airways
Aquila Airways was a British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline, formed on 18 May 1948 and based in Southampton, Hampshire. History Aquila was founded by Barry Aikman, initially using two converted Royal Air Force Short Sunderland flying boats, ex-British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), for freight work. During the Berlin Airlift a further 10 Sunderland 3s were acquired, and these flew a total of 265 supply missions during 1948/49 from Finkenwerder on the river Elbe to the river Havel on the outskirts of Berlin. Operations during 1949–1951 After the end of the Berlin Airlift, Aquila hoped to find work for their fleet on worldwide ''ad hoc'' passenger and freight charters, but this plan quickly proved unsuccessful. Aquila obtained an association agreement with British European Airways (BEA) under which they were permitted to operate scheduled services from Southampton to Lisbon and Madeira. These flight were supplemented by charter f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila A 210
__NOTOC__ The Aquila A 210 is a two-seat reinforced plastic light aircraft produced in Germany from 2002. It remains in production in 2022 as the updated A211. Design and development The marketing name A 210 is usually used to refer to Aquila's light side by side two seat aircraft, though its official engineering and certification name is Aquila AT01. Design work started in 1997 and the first flight was made in March 2000. The A 210 is entirely built from carbon and glass fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP and GFRP). CRFP is used for the more highly stressed members, spars, frames and stringers, GFRP for shells and control surfaces, the latter with GFRP/polyurethane sandwich construction. The low wing has straight tapered inboard sections with increasing sweep outboard and winglets at the tips on production examples. It has a laminar flow section and 4.5° of dihedral. The ailerons are balanced and the inboard single slotted Fowler flaps have two positions. The A 210 is power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
