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Regent Rocket
The Regent Rocket was a five place, tricycle-gear, all-metal airplane designed by R. S. "Pop" Johnson, designer of the Swift, Johnson Rocket and Texas Bullet. After losing control of the Texas Bullet program, "Pop" Johnson found investors in Henderson, Texas and formed the Regent Aircraft Corporation to build a new design. One investor was Vess Taylor, whose father, S. J. Taylor, had been an investor in Aircraft Manufacturing Company which built the Texas Bullet. J. Mitrovich was chief engineer. The Regent Rocket was slighter larger than the Texas Bullet and powered by a 260 hp Lycoming GSO-435 engine. First flight was in April 1951 at the Rusk County Airport in Henderson, Texas. On July 1, 1952, all assets of Regent Aircraft Corporation were turned over to Regent Aircraft Inc. of Houston, Texas. Over the next three years, Regent Aircraft moved successively to Pearland, Edinburg and finally McAllen, Texas. Installation of a 400 hp Lycoming engine was proposed but nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Rocket
Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a habitational name. Etymology The name itself is a patronym of the given name '' John'', literally meaning "son of John". The name ''John'' derives from Latin '' Johannes'', which is derived through Greek ''Iōannēs'' from Hebrew '' Yohanan'', meaning "Yahweh has favoured". Origin The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints. Other Germanic languages * Swedish: Johnsson, Jonsson * Icelandic: Jónsson See also * List of people with surname Johnson *Gjoni (Gjonaj) *Ioannou * Jensen *Johansson * Johns * Johnsson * Johnston *Johnstone *Jones * Jonson *Jonsson *Jovanović Jovanović ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Bullet
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most populous in the state and seventh-largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are, respectively, the fourth- and fifth-largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country. Other major cities include Austin, the second most populous sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
