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  2. Avro Vulcan XH558 - Wikipedia

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    Avro Vulcan XH558 ( military serial XH558, civil aircraft registration G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain was the last remaining airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan jet-powered delta winged strategic nuclear bomber aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War. It was the last Vulcan in military service, and the last to fly at ...

  3. Logarithm - Wikipedia

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    e. In mathematics, the logarithm is the inverse function to exponentiation. That means that the logarithm of a number x to the base b is the exponent to which b must be raised to produce x. For example, since 1000 = 103, the logarithm base of 1000 is 3, or log10 (1000) = 3.

  4. Great-West Lifeco - Wikipedia

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    Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Company is a company that provides individuals and businesses in all of the USA's states with life insurance, retirement benefits (which are paid for by employers) and annuities distributed by its own brokers and institutions. This division began operations in the USA on May 28, 1997.

  5. Vulcan (Star Trek) - Wikipedia

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    The fictional Vulcan homeworld, also named Vulcan, was visited several times in the Star Trek series and feature films. The inhabitants are known as "Vulcans" or "Vulcanians". First seen in the TOS episode "Amok Time", Vulcan, a Class M planet, is an arid world with a thinner atmosphere than Earth. Upon beaming down, McCoy states "Hot as Vulcan ...

  6. Vulcan (hypothetical planet) - Wikipedia

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    Vulcan (hypothetical planet) Vulcan / ˈvʌlkən / [2] was a theorized planet that some pre-20th century astronomers thought existed in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun. Speculation about, and even purported observations of, intermercurial bodies or planets date back to the beginning of the 17th century. The case for their probable ...

  7. M163 VADS - Wikipedia

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    300 mi (480 km) (M163A1) Maximum speed. 40 mph (64 km/h) The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System ( VADS ), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army. The M163 provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units ...

  8. Vulcan (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia

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    Cover art to X-Men: Kingbreaker #1. Art by Brandon Peterson. Vulcan ( Gabriel Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (January 2006). [2] He is the third Summers brother to be revealed, the younger brother of X-Men characters Cyclops and Havok .

  9. USS Vulcan (AR-5) - Wikipedia

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    USS Vulcan (AR-5) was the lead ship of her class of repair ships of the United States Navy.The ship was laid down on 16 December 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 14 December 1940; sponsored by Mrs. James Forrestal, wife of the Under Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 14 June 1941.