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  2. t. e. The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System ( MCAS) is a flight stabilizing feature developed by Boeing that became notorious for its role in two fatal accidents of the 737 MAX in 2018 and 2019, which killed all 346 passengers and crew among both flights. Because the CFM International LEAP engine used on the 737 MAX was larger and ...

  3. Rockwell B-1 Lancer - Wikipedia

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    United States Air Force. Produced. 1973–1974, 1983–1988. Number built. 104 [a] The Rockwell B-1 Lancer [b] is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It has been nicknamed the "Bone" (from "B-One"). [2] [3] It is one of the Air Force's three strategic bombers, along with the B-2 Spirit and the B ...

  4. R-390A - Wikipedia

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    The R-390A is a general coverage radio receiver capable of receiving amplitude modulated, code, and frequency shift keying signals. Its tuning range is from 500 kHz to 32 MHz, in thirty-two 1 MHz bands. The circuit is the superheterodyne type, double conversion above 8 MHz, below which triple conversion is used.

  5. North American Aviation - Wikipedia

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    North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket ...

  6. Sundstrand Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Sundstrand Corporation was founded in 1926 as a merger of the Rockford Tool Company and Rockford Milling Machine Company in Rockford, Illinois. It was known as Sundstrand Machine Tool Company until 1959 when shareholders voted to change the name to Sundstrand Corporation. Sundstrand was a manufacturer of aerospace and industrial products.

  7. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    However, this legislation was set to expire in April 2016. As a result, the Post Office retained one cent of the price change as a previously allotted adjustment for inflation, but the price of a first-class stamp became 47 cents: for the first time in 97 years (and for the fourth time in the agency's history) the price of a stamp decreased.

  8. Admiral (electrical appliances) - Wikipedia

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    With annual sales totaling $2 million, Admiral's products ranged from electronic equipment used by the U.S. military in World War II to consumer televisions. In 1950, Admiral was selling: a line of seven TV sets, with four models having a 12.5 in (32 cm) tube size, at prices between $179.95 and $379.95 (equivalent to $2,279 to $5,065 today); a ...

  9. Teledyne Technologies - Wikipedia

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    This caused a major jump in the stock price, from $15 to $65. By the end of the fiscal year, Teledyne had acquired 34 companies, sales were $86.5 million with net income of $3.4 million, there were about 5,400 employees, assets reached $66.5 million, and there were near 8 million outstanding shares of stock. Major growth years