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Inertial Upper Stage

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), originally known as the Interim Upper Stage, is a two-stage solid-fueled booster rocket developed by the U.S. Air Force for the launching of large payloads from either a Titan III (later Titan IV) rocket or from the payload bay of the Space Shuttle.

Koolhoven F.K.40

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Koolhoven F.K.40 was a small airliner built in the Netherlands in 1928 for KLM. It was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with enclosed seating for up to six passengers and powered by a single engine in the nose. The fuselage was of welded steel tube construction with a wooden wing skinned in plywood held in place by four bolts to facilitate removal. The cabin was spacious for an aircraft of its size, and was intended to be readily reconfigured for passengers, mail, or freight. Although up to six seats could be fitted, the only F.K.40 built flew with four.

Jurca Gnatsum

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Jurca Gnatsum is a French homebuilt near scale replica aircraft based on the North American Mustang. The Gnatsum is a low-wing cantilever monoplane an enclosed single-seat cockpit and manually retractable tailwheel landing gear based on that of the Jurca Sirocco. Suitable for a number of engines around 200hp, plans for the Gnatsum are available as the 2/3 scale MJ.7 and the 3/4 scale MJ.77, as well as the M.J.70 full-size representation. All versions are constructed from wood with fabric covering, and manufacturing rights to the Kit aircraft have been acquired by Falconar Aircraft.

Bristol Titan

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Bristol Titan was a British five cylinder air cooled radial engine, designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the late 1920s. It had the same size cylinders as the earlier Bristol Mercury engine, 5.75 in x 6.5 in (844 cu in/13.8 L) and produced between 200-240 hp. Later versions of the Bristol Titan also used a Farman style reduction gear produced by Gnome-Rhône.

Mikoyan MiG-31

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Mikoyan MiG-31 is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 'Foxbat'. The MiG-31 was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau based on the MiG-25. The MiG-25 'Foxbat', despite Western panic about its tremendous performance, made substantial design sacrifices in capability for the sake of achieving high speed, altitude, and rate of climb. It lacked maneuverability at interception speeds, was difficult to fly at low altitudes, and its inefficient turbojet engines resulted in a very short combat range at supersonic speeds. The MiG-25's speed gauge was redlined at Mach 2.8, and pilots were instructed not to top Mach 2.5 in order to preserve the engines. Achieving the MiG-25's maximum potential speed of Mach 3.2 would result in the destruction of the engines.

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