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1946–47 Yugoslav First League

In April 1946 NK Mornar ("Sailor F.C.") based in Split and in 1947 FK Naša Krila ("Our Wings F.C.") based in Zemun were also established, intended to represent the Yugoslav Navy and the Yugoslav Air Force, with both clubs entering the 1947–48 Yugoslav Second League.

384th Air Expeditionary Wing

As part of a program to keep historically significant wings active, its 22d Air Refueling Wing was reassigned to McConnell without personnel or equipment on 1 January 1994.

388th Fighter Wing

The wing was reactivated following Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' promise to provide NATO with four additional tactical fighter wings to increase its defenses against the Soviet Union due to the outbreak of the Cold War.

563d Flying Training Squadron

The 563d was reactivated again in 1953 following Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' promise to provide NATO with four fighter wings.

Alfred G. Hansen

He initially enlisted in the Air Force and later was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the aviation cadet program, receiving his pilot wings in February 1955 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Arado Ar 196

It added shackles for two 50 kg (110 lb) bombs, two 20 mm MG FF cannons in the wings, and a 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine gun in the cowling.

Arrow Sport

The plane was designed by Swen Swanson and it was of largely conventional configuration with tailskid undercarriage, but was interesting in that the pilot and passenger sat side by side in the open cockpit, and because as originally designed, the fully cantilever wings lacked interplane struts – the upper wing attaching directly to the top of the fuselage.

Bach Air Yacht

Different models were powered by varying combinations of Wright, Ryan-Siemens, Kinner, Comet, and Pratt & Whitney engines, a large engine in the nose of the aircraft and two smaller "helpers" under the wings in nacelles supported by struts.

Barbara Jefferis Award

The Anatomy of Wings, Karen Foxlee, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, ISBN 978-0-7022-3616-7

Before Women Had Wings

Before Women Had Wings is a 1997 television film, based on the story by Connie May Fowler about a mother whose abusive husband commits suicide.

Bristol Brigand

It could carry either a 22 in (560 mm) torpedo under the fuselage with two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs beneath the wings, one 2,000 lb (910 kg) or two 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs beneath the fuselage and had under-wing racks for 16 RP-3 60 lb (30 kg) rocket projectiles.

CarWings

February 2002 - Corporation TBS Radio & Communications in collaboration with the "Car Wings" on-demand start joint experiments utilizing radio

Chōjin Sentai Jetman

Each Jetman has a wing suit called the Jet Wings in order for them to glide in the air.

Edward Gibson

He completed a 53-week course in flight training at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, and earned his Air Force wings.

Ernest Emery Harmon

Harmon earned his wings in May 1918 at Gerstner Field, Louisiana, where he went on to become a flight, gunnery, and bombing instructor.

French Provincial

The Flashback sequence of Pedret’s youth wings from Wuthering Heights and the flaming silhouettes of Gone with the Wind to The Conformist and The Spider's Stratagem.

Gonepteryx cleopatra

It is a sexually dimorphic species - the female has pale yellow or greenish wings, the male is darker yellow with an orange patch on the forewing.

Gonna Take a Miracle

The additional tracks were all recorded live at New York's Fillmore East and were later issued on the live album Spread Your Wings and Fly: Live at the Fillmore East May 30, 1971.

Hasan Abdal

For this purpose, Military Wings were started in 1952 in Government College, Sahiwal, and Islamia College, Peshawar.

Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō

One reason for the discrepancy in numbers was (in sharp contrast to the United States) the Imperial Japanese Navy's lack of insistence that its carrier planes have the smallest possible folded wingspan (many designs' folded only near the tips, while the wings of the Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive-bomber did not fold at all).

Jimmy McCulloch

James 'Jimmy' McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish musician and songwriter best known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977.

Johan Franzén

That was the Wings' first playoff hat trick since Darren McCarty did it six years prior (18 May 2002) — also against the Avalanche — in 2002.

Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.

Kelowna Flightcraft also owns Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, a Canada-based charter company, and Allied Wings, contract operator of the Canadian Forces Contracted Flying Training and Support program.

Kreutzer Air Coach

After becoming derelict, it was recovered using pack animals and is now maintained airworthy by the private Golden Wings Air Museum near Minneapolis Minnesota.

Langon, Gironde

Langon is also a pivotal point in the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, the waterway and road route constructed to allow the transportation of the fuselage sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner to the final assembly point in Toulouse.

Louis Charles Breguet

In 1905, with his brother Jacques, and under the guidance of Charles Richet, he began work on a gyroplane (the forerunner of the helicopter) with flexible wings.

Ludham

Ludham was one of the film locations for the 1954 movie "Conflict of Wings" starring John Gregson and Muriel Pavlow.

Macroglossum assimilis

It is similar to Macroglossum belis, but the abdomen upperside has dark lateral patches that are less black and the underside of the abdomen and wings are less reddish.

Maillas

The N524 forms part of the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, a route which has been modified to allow its use by the oversize road convoys conveying body sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner.

Malankara Church Peace Movement

These Peace Movements were initiated by Shinil Paul Mathews Thuruthummel, Eldhose Mathew Padickakudiyil,Johnson Jacob Koodathinalil, who are members of Youth Wings ofJacobite Syrian Christian Church and Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, through Facebook which turned out to be a blessing for Malankara Church.

Mil Mi-36

In addition stub wings could be attached, giving the capability to carry bombs, gunpods, rockets and up to eight anti-tank missiles (this would have likely been 9K114 Shturm missiles in either the new four round launcher being developed for the Mil Mi-8 or possibly on special stub wings each with a pair of twin launchers).

Moose Jaw Canadian National Railway Station

The station, consisting of a two-storey central block with single-storey wings to the north and south, is constructed primarily of Claybank brick and Tyndall stone.

National Lacrosse League

1998 Philadelphia Wings 2–0 Baltimore Thunder (Best of 3 Games Series)

No. 2 Group RAF

On 1 July 1956, No. 2 Group appeared to encompass wings at RAF Ahlhorn (No. 125 Wing RAF), RAF Fassberg (No. 121 Wing RAF), RAF Gutersloh (No. 551 Wing RAF, under the control of Bomber Command), Jever (No. 122 Wing RAF), RAF Laarbruch (No. 34 Wing RAF), RAF Oldenburg (No. 124 Wing RAF), and RAF Wunstorf (No. 123 Wing RAF).

Nortia

Meleager is depicted under the wings of another Etruscan goddess of fate, identified by inscription as Athrpa, the counterpart of the Greek fate goddess Atropos who is one of the three Moirai.

Oh My Goddess!

A Dreamcast quiz game titled Quiz: Ah! My Goddess - Stay With Fighting Wings was released in August 1998 for the Sega Dreamcast.

Plant With Purpose

In February 2013, an organization called Wings of Kilimanjaro organized a group of almost 100 paragliders to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and fly from the top.

Podded engine

This can cause the wings to shear off or flip the aircraft and destroy the fuselage as happened to Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961.

Red Wings–Avalanche brawl

As tensions mounted early in the first period, defencemen Brent Severyn (Avalanche) and Jamie Pushor (Red Wings) fought at 4:45 of the first period, followed by a fight between forwards Kirk Maltby (Red Wings) and René Corbet (Avalanche) at 10:14.

Reg Sinclair

The Red Wings, who also acquired John Morrison and cash, sent defenceman Leo Reise, Jr. to New York.

Royal Selangor Club

The building was later redesigned by architect Arthur Benison Hubback (who was notably credited for the design of the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station) and rebuilt in 1910, with two additional wings on either side of the main building and a Mock Tudor styling.

Siniša Martinović

Siniša Martinović (born Tuzla, December 19, 1980) is a Croatian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the 2nd Bundesliga.

Slagfiðr

Böðvildr and her attendant also appear, and Egill, who in one version made Völundr's wings, is depicted in the act of catching birds.

The Broken Wings

The Broken Wings was the first Fish film produced in Lebanon to receive an international commercial release.

The Divine Wings of Tragedy

The title track, "The Divine Wings of Tragedy," contains excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor and Gustav Holst's The Planets.

The Fall of Icarus

Icarus is a character in Greek Mythology who fell to his death when the sun melted the wax holding together the wings he was using to fly.

Vääna

The wings of the long main house have circular pavilions with preserved decorated vaulted roofs, where formerly the family displayed their art collection, which reputedly held works by Hans Holbein, Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain and Antoine Watteau .

Vic Moore

Robert Trias with his skills and ability took Moore under his wings.

Wings at the Speed of Sound

This was followed in July with "Let 'Em In", which also scaled the singles charts. Amid all this, Wings finally went to North America for the Wings Over America Tour, playing McCartney's first shows there for ten years (after The Beatles' last tour in 1966) to euphoric reaction; a few selections from Speed of Sound were included.

Younglord

Chris Henderson, another talent under Frierson's wings, went on to write the hit record "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx, and has written for R&B hit man R. Kelly.


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