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The Aviator (1929 Film)
An aviator is a person who flies aircraft. Aviator may also refer to: Films * The Aviator (1929 film), ''The Aviator'' (1929 film), a comedy film considered lost * The Aviator (1985 film), ''The Aviator'' (1985 film), an adventure film starring Christopher Reeve * The Aviator (2004 film), ''The Aviator'' (2004 film), a biopic based on the life of entrepreneur Howard Hughes Music * Aviator (British band), a late 1970s progressive rock band ** Aviator (Aviator album), ''Aviator'' (Aviator album), Aviator's first album * Aviator (Ukrainian band), pop band formed in 2005 * Aviator (Funker Vogt album), ''Aviator'' (Funker Vogt album), a 2007 album by Funker Vogt * "The Aviator", a song by Deep Purple from their 1996 album ''Purpendicular'' * The Aviator (soundtrack), ''The Aviator'' (soundtrack), the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film ''The Aviator'' Other uses * ''Aviator'', a 1983 computer game by Geoff Crammond * Aviator, a brand of playing cards made by the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviator
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they are involved in operating the aircraft's navigation and engine systems. Other aircrew members, such as drone operators, flight attendants, Aircraft maintenance technician, mechanics and Line technician (aviation), ground crew, are not classified as aviators. In recognition of the pilots' qualifications and responsibilities, most militaries and many airlines worldwide award aviator badges to their pilots. History The first recorded use of the term ''aviator'' (''aviateur'' in French) was in 1887, as a variation of ''aviation'', from the Latin ''avis'' (meaning ''bird''), coined in 1863 by in ''Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne'' ("Aviation or Air Navigation"). The term ''aviatrix'' (''aviatrice'' in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Playing Card Company
The United States Playing Card Company (USPC, though also commonly known as USPCC) is a large American producer and distributor of playing cards. It was established in 1867 as Russell, Morgan & Co. and founded in its current incarnation in 1885. Its many brands include Bicycle, Bee, Tally-Ho, Congress, Aviator, Aristocrat, Mohawk, Maverick, KEM, Hoyle and Fournier. It also produces novelty and custom playing cards, and other playing card accessories such as poker chips. For decades the company was based in Cincinnati, Ohio, but is now headquartered in the Cincinnati suburb of Erlanger, Kentucky as of 2009. In December 2019, The United States Playing Card Company became a subsidiary of Belgian card manufacturer Cartamundi. History The company was founded in 1867 as Russell, Morgan & Co., a printing company. In 1881, Colonel Robert J. Morgan, recruited a talented, young inventor from New York named Samuel J. Murray, whose patented inventions increased the output of cards at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aviator (short Story)
"The Aviator" is the 1965 English translation of a short story, '' L'Aviateur'', by the French aristocrat writer, poet and pioneering aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944, ''Mort pour la France''). The original story (''L'Aviateur'') upon which the translation was based was Saint-Exupéry's first published work. ''L'Aviateur'' was excerpted from a longer unpublished manuscript, ''L'Évasion de Jacques Bernis'' (The Escape of Jacques Bernis). ''L'Aviateur'' was released in April 1926 in its excerpted form by editor Jean Prévost. It was published by Adrienne Monnier in the eleventh issue of the short-lived French literary magazine ''Le Navire d'Argent'' (The Silver Ship), after Saint-Exupéry rewrote ''L'Évasion de Jacques Bernis'' from memory, having lost his original manuscript.M.A.KBook Reviews: A Sense Of Life Flying Magazine, January 1966, pg.114. Saint-Exupéry was killed during the Second World War while flying with the Free French Air Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenzhen Aviators
The Shenzhen New Century Liebao Club, also known as Shenzhen Marco Polo or Shenzhen Leopards (previously Shenzhen Aviators) are a Chinese professional basketball team which plays in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). New Century is the club's corporate sponsor. The team is based in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, and plays its home games at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre (SUSC). History The club was founded in 2003 as Dongguan New Century Leopards and was initially located in Dongguan, Guangdong. After twelve seasons, the team relocated to nearby Shenzhen in 2015. Success came early in their existence for the Leopards, as they were the runners-up in the 2004 Chinese Basketball League (CBL) championship, and were promoted to the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) for the 2005–06 season. In its first season in the CBA in 2005–06, Dongguan finished in seventh and last place in the South Division, and was out of the playoffs. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray-Ban Aviator
Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that were developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses. Design Aviator style sunglasses are intended to be worn under headgear and are characterised by dark, sometimes reflective lenses and thin monel, steel or titanium metal frames with double or triple bridge and bayonet earpieces or flexible cable temples that hook more securely behind the ears. The large lenses are not flat but slightly convex. The design attempts to cover the entire field of vision of the human eye and significantly reduce the amount of transmitted visible light and (near) infrared radiation and prevent (erythemal) ultraviolet radiation from entering the eye from any angle. For selecting sunglasses, the United States Federal Aviation Administration has published an aeromedical safety brochure for general aviation pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Aviator
The Lincoln Aviator is a mid-size luxury SUV with three-row seating marketed and sold by the Lincoln Motor Company, Lincoln brand of Ford Motor Company. One of four SUVs offered by Lincoln, the Aviator is currently in its second generation, slotted between the Lincoln Nautilus and Lincoln Navigator in size. The first generation of the Aviator was produced from the 2003 to 2005 model years as a rebadged version of the Mercury Mountaineer#Second generation (2002–2005), Mercury Mountaineer (itself based on the Ford Explorer#Third generation (U152; 2002), Ford Explorer); following the Lincoln Versailles and Lincoln Blackwood pickup truck, the Aviator was one of the shortest-produced vehicles ever sold by Lincoln. For the 2007 model year, Lincoln expanded its use of Crossover (automobile), crossover SUVs; the five-passenger Lincoln MKX, MKX offered a similar exterior footprint, while the Lincoln MKT, MKT (introduced in 2009) offered the three-row seating of the Aviator. For the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Aviator
The Honda Aviator was a motor scooter produced by Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India. Its slogan is "Live Your Style". It has a four-stroke single-cylinder engine, HET air-cooled engine (the same as in the Dio and the Activa) which produces 8 bhp at 7000 rpm and maximum torque of 8.77 Nm at 5500 rpm. The scooter has V-Matic transmission and can be kick-started or self-started. With the recently updated Honda Eco Technology (HET) the scooter has company-claimed efficiency of 60 km/L. In 2018, the scooter received a minor update from Honda which included a new instrument console and LED headlamp. It was discontinued in April 2020 after the BS6 emission norms took effect. References External links * Aviator An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ... Indian motor scoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans World Airlines
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline which operated from 1930 until 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors. With American Airlines, American, United Airlines, United, and Eastern Air Lines, Eastern, it was one of the "Legacy carrier#Defunct legacy carriers, Big Four" domestic airlines in the United States formed by the Air Mail scandal, Spoils Conference of 1930. Howard Hughes acquired control of TWA in 1939, and after World War II led the expansion of the airline to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, making TWA a second unofficial flag carrier of the United States after Pan American World Airways, Pan Am. Hughes gave up control in the 1960s, and the new management of TWA acquired Hilton Worldwide, Hilton International and Century 21 Real Estate, Century 21 in an attempt to diversify the company's business. As the Airline D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviator (rank)
Aircraftman (AC) or aircraftwoman (ACW) is the lowest rank in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the air forces of several other Commonwealth countries. In RAF slang, aircraftmen are sometimes called "erks". Aircraftman ranks below leading aircraftman and has a NATO rank code of OR-1. It is now a training rank only and no airmen in productive service hold this rank. Aircraftmen do not wear any rank insignia. The rank was renamed air recruit (AR) in the Royal Air Force in July 2022. History The rank was introduced to the RAF in January 1919, replacing the ranks of "air mechanic", "private" and "clerk" that had been introduced under Air Memorandum No. 1 in March 1918. There were three grades: leading aircraftman (LAC), aircraftman 1st class (AC1) and aircraftman 2nd class. A similar grading existed for junior ratings in the Royal Navy. The rank of senior aircraftman (SAC) was introduced on 1 January 1951. The lowest grade was an AC2; also colloquially known as an "AC plonk". W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Crammond
Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer and programmer who specialises in motor racing games. A former defence industry systems engineer, he claims to have had little interest in motor racing before programming his first racing game (Revs) back in 1984, but he holds a physics degree, which may explain the realism of some of his programming. As a consequence of that project he became a big fan of Formula One motor racing. At the end of the 80s, this interest, plus the ever improving capabilities of home computers, inspired him to specialise in programming Formula One racing simulations. Games One of his early releases was ''Aviator'', a Spitfire simulator released by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro in March 1984. Having been motivated to make his own flight simulator from the hardware level upwards, Crammond identified the possibility of using one of the increasingly sophisticated home computers, if only "to cannibalise it". Recognising the potential of the BBC Micro, he ordered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aviator (1929 Film)
An aviator is a person who flies aircraft. Aviator may also refer to: Films * The Aviator (1929 film), ''The Aviator'' (1929 film), a comedy film considered lost * The Aviator (1985 film), ''The Aviator'' (1985 film), an adventure film starring Christopher Reeve * The Aviator (2004 film), ''The Aviator'' (2004 film), a biopic based on the life of entrepreneur Howard Hughes Music * Aviator (British band), a late 1970s progressive rock band ** Aviator (Aviator album), ''Aviator'' (Aviator album), Aviator's first album * Aviator (Ukrainian band), pop band formed in 2005 * Aviator (Funker Vogt album), ''Aviator'' (Funker Vogt album), a 2007 album by Funker Vogt * "The Aviator", a song by Deep Purple from their 1996 album ''Purpendicular'' * The Aviator (soundtrack), ''The Aviator'' (soundtrack), the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film ''The Aviator'' Other uses * ''Aviator'', a 1983 computer game by Geoff Crammond * Aviator, a brand of playing cards made by the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aviator (soundtrack)
''The Aviator: Music from the Motion Picture'' is the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film '' The Aviator'' starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by Howard Shore and performed by Brussels Philharmonic (former Flemish Radio Orchestra). It was recorded at Studio 4 of the Flagey Building in Brussels, Belgium. The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. The soundtrack makes use of orchestral works, such as Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (''Pathétique''). It also uses Artie Shaw Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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