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  2. Vertol VZ-2 - Wikipedia

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    The Vertol VZ-2 (or Model 76) was a research aircraft built in the United States in 1957 to investigate the tiltwing approach to vertical take-off and landing. Design and development [ edit ] The aircraft had a fuselage of tubular framework (originally uncovered) and accommodation for its pilot in a helicopter-like bubble canopy.

  3. Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee - Wikipedia

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    The Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (U.S. Army designation; earlier Army designation: HO-1) was a unique direct-lift rotor aircraft, using contra-rotating ducted fans for lift inside a platform upon which the single pilot shifted body weight for directional control. The platform was developed starting in 1953 under an Office of Naval Research (ONR) contract ...

  4. Vzglyad (newspaper) - Wikipedia

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  5. Toyota VZ engine - Wikipedia

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    The Toyota VZ engine family is a series of V6 gasoline piston engines ranging from 2.0 to 3.4 L (1,992 to 3,378 cc) in displacement and both SOHC and DOHC configurations. It was Toyota's first V6 engine, being made as a response to Nissan ’s VG engine, one of Japan’s first mass-produced V6 engines. The VZ family uses a 60° V-angle design ...

  6. Voxy - Wikipedia

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    Gregg Carey, Co-founder. Katharine Nielson, PhD., Chief Education Officer. Website. www.voxy.com. Voxy is an American eLearning company and English learning platform. [1] [2] [3] The company was founded in February 2010 by Gregg Carey and Paul Gollash and is headquartered in New York City along with an office in São Paulo, Brazil.

  7. ZB-53 - Wikipedia

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    7.9 mm. Action. Gas-operated. Rate of fire. 500–800 round/min. Feed system. 225-round metal link belt. The ZB-53 was a Czechoslovak machine gun. A versatile weapon, it was used both as a squad support weapon, as a mounted machine gun for tanks and other armoured vehicles, and on fixed positions inside Czechoslovak border fortifications.

  8. Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 - Wikipedia

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    1960. Status. Canceled. Primary user. United States Air Force. Number built. 2. The Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 (also known as the VZ-7AP [1]) was a VTOL quadrotor helicopter aircraft designed by the Curtiss-Wright company for the US Army. Like the Chrysler VZ-6 and the VZ-8 Airgeep it was to be a "flying jeep".

  9. Škorpion - Wikipedia

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    Škorpion. The Škorpion vz. 61 (or Sa vz. 61 Skorpion) is a Czechoslovak machine pistol developed in 1959 by Miroslav Rybář (1924–1970) and produced under the official designation Samopal vzor 61 ("submachine gun model 1961") by the Česká zbrojovka arms factory in Uherský Brod from 1963 to 1979. The standard version uses .32 ACP ammunition.