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Balbo, Italo

(Encyclopedia) Balbo, ItaloBalbo, Italoēˈtälō [key]Balbo, Italo bälˈbō [key], 1896–1940, Italian Fascist leader and aviator. After serving in World War I, he joined the Fascist movement and in 1922…

yaw

(Encyclopedia) yaw, in aviation: see airplane; airfoil.

Hurst

(Encyclopedia) Hurst, city (2020 pop. 40,413), Tarrant co., N Tex., a suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1952. Helicopters, aviation parts, draperies, and…

aerospace medicine

(Encyclopedia) aerospace medicine: see aviation medicine; space medicine.

air, law of the

(Encyclopedia) air, law of the, in the broadest sense, all law connected with the use of the air, including radio and satellite transmissions; more commonly, it refers to laws concerning civil…

Dax

(Encyclopedia) Dax Dax däks [key], town, Landes dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Adour River. It…

Kindelberger, Dutch

(Encyclopedia) Kindelberger, Dutch (James Howard Kindelberger), 1895–1962, b. Wheeling, W.Va., American aerospace pioneer. In 1917 he joined the army and went into the signal corps, serving as a…

Fossett, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Fossett, Steve (James Stephen Fossett), 1944–2007, American investment banker and adventurer, b. California. After becoming a multimillionaire as a stockbroker and investment…