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Brewster
Brewster may refer to: People * Brewster (surname) *Brewster Kahle (born 1960), American computer technologist *Brewster H. Shaw (born 1945), American astronaut Places * Brewster Park (Enniskillen), Northern Ireland *Brewster (crater), The Moon United States * Brewster, Florida * Brewster, Kansas * Brewster, Massachusetts **Brewster (CDP), Massachusetts * Brewster, Minnesota * Brewster, Nebraska * Brewster, New York ** Brewster (Metro-North station) * Brewster Hill, New York *Brewster, Ohio * Brewster, Washington * Brewster County, Texas * Brewster Creek, in Akron, Ohio Islands in Boston Harbor * Great Brewster Island *Little Brewster Island * Middle Brewster Island Structures * Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, in Detroit, Michigan, USA * Brewster Hospital, in Duval County, Florida, USA Schools * Brewster Academy, a boarding school in New Hampshire, USA * Brewster High School (Brewster, Washington), USA * Brewster School District (other), several Business * Brewst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brewster F2A Buffalo
The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers. The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the U.S. Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft. Although superior to the Grumman F3F biplane it replaced, and the early F4Fs,Wheeler 1992, p. 58. the Buffalo was largely obsolete when the United States entered the war, being unstable and overweight, especially when compared to the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Several nations, including Finland, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands, ordered the Buffalo. The Finns were the most successful with their Buffalos, flying them in combat against early Soviet fighters with excellent results.Ethell 1995, p. 212. During the Continuation War of 1941–1944, the B-239s (de-navalized F2A-1s) operate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
