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  2. Republic-Ford JB-2 - Wikipedia

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    The pulsejet's forward support pylon's differing shape on the original V-1 ordnance A JB-2 being inspected by USAAF personnel at Wendover AAF, 1944. JB-2 being air launched for flight test by a Boeing B-17 during testing of the weapon at Eglin Field, 1944 In flight after air launch, 1944 Ground preparation prior to air launch, 1944 A JB-2 being prepared for a test launch at Holloman Air Force ...

  3. Hunt Boat Company - Wikipedia

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    Army Air Forces 42 foot Rescue Boat. Hunt Marine Service and Hunt Boat Company was a wooden shipbuilding company in Richmond, California.To support the World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built 13 craft for the U.S. Army and five craft for the U.S. Navy.

  4. Brockway Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    G547 "Treadway" trucks had a large hoist on the rear for self-unloading, while the G690 chassis were fitted with "Quickway" cranes, also used in bridging operations. [ 4 ] All 6-ton military trucks (of all manufacturers) had Hercules HXD 855 cu in (14 L) I6 gasoline engines, developing 202 hp (151 kW) at 2150 rpm and 642 lbf⋅ft (870 N⋅m) of ...

  5. Pilot Flying J - Wikipedia

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    Pilot Flying J is also the third largest franchiser of quick service restaurants in the nation, offering one to three different concepts at each location, making it the largest franchisee of Subway in the world with over 200 locations. Unlike many travel centers and truck stops, the majority of locations with the Pilot Travel Centers brand do ...

  6. James Bernard Harkin - Wikipedia

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    James B. Harkin (30 January 1875 – 27 January 1955), also known as the Father of National Parks, was a Canadian journalist turned bureaucrat with a passion for conservation but also widely renowned for his commodification of the Canadian landscape.

  7. J. B. S. Haldane - Wikipedia

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    On that day the BBC broadcast his self-obituary as "Professor J.B.S. Haldane, obituary." [ 56 ] [ 62 ] Following his will, his body was moved to Kakinada where Vissa Ramachandra Rao performed post-mortem and preservation of his body parts.

  8. Sarah Hunt - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Hunt (born 1976), also known as Tłaliłila’ogwa, is an Indigenous researcher, author and professor based in British Columbia, Canada.Hunt is a community-based researcher with an academic focus is on Indigenous politics, decolonial methodologies, and issues facing women, girls, and two-spirit people.

  9. William Holman Hunt - Wikipedia

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    Born at Cheapside, City of London, as William Hobman Hunt, to warehouse manager William Hunt (1800–1856) and Sarah (c. 1798 –1884), daughter of William Hobman, of Rotherhithe [2] Hunt adopted the name "Holman" instead of "Hobman" when he discovered that a clerk had misspelled the name that way after his baptism at the Anglican church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Ewell.