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unusual facts about Camber


Camber, East Sussex

The village of Camber takes its name from "the Camber" (la Chambre) the huge embayment of the English Channel located between Rye, old Winchelsea and Old Romney that was gradually lost to "innings" and silting-up following changes to the coastline and the changed course of the Eastern Rother since the Middle Ages.


Bandini 1000 V

Rear: Independent, triangle and lower arms swinging shock hydraulic telescopic inclined agents on portamozzo, torsion bar, camber caster, and Toe adjustable

Beatty-Johl BJ-2 Assegai

Camber changing Fowler flaps had been used before on gliders, notably on the 1938 Akaflieg Hannover AFH-4 and the 1948 Cijan-Obad Orao II, though not fitted to this design's later version.

Camber the Heretic

In 1982, Camber the Heretic was ranked 6th in an annual poll of fantasy novels by Locus magazine readers, placing it between Robert Stallman's The Captive and F. Paul Wilson's The Keep.

Dover Pencester Road

In Lydd 1 bus an hour (Mon to Sat) Limited service (Sun) continues to Hastings as routw 100 The Wave via Camber, Rye, Winchelsea, Icklesham, Guestling and Ore.

Saint Camber

In 1979, Saint Camber ranked 18th in an annual poll of Locus magazine readers, placing it between Michael Moorcock's Gloriana and C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun: Shon'jir.

Seven Storey Mountain

A handful of leftover tracks that Lammers recorded on his own were released on a split EP with Brandtson and Camber in 2003.

Shane McConkey

He was also known for his contributions to ski design, notably being the father of reverse sidecut and reverse camber skis (aka: skis with rocker); first mounting bindings onto water skis for use in Alaska, then with the Volant Spatula and, more recently, the K2 Pontoon ski design.


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