Heinkel

Heinkel was established at Warnemünde in 1922 as the restrictions on German aviation imposed by the Treaty of Versailles were relaxed. The company's first great success was the design of the Heinkel He 70 Blitz high-speed mailplane and airliner for Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1932. The type broke a number of air speed records for its class and was followed by the two-engine Heinkel He 111 Doppel-Blitz. Heinkel's most important designers at this point were the twin Günter brothers, Siegfri ...

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Heinkel, Heinkel - History, Heinkel - Products, Heinkel - Aircraft, Heinkel - Scooters

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Zündapp was a famous German motorcycle brand. The company was originally founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel under the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G.m.b.H." as a producer of detonators. In 1919, as the demand for weapons parts declined after World War I, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company and two years later, he diversified into the construct ...

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Evaporative cooling is a system in which latent heat of evaporation is used to carry heat away from an object to cool it. The latent heat contains a considerable amount of energy, and carries away more heat than if the same temperature liquid was simply removed physically. The simplest example would be sweat, which the body secretes in order to cool itself. The amount of heat transfer depends on the evaporation rate, which in turn depends on the humidity of the air and its te ...

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The following automobile manufacturers produce or have produced automobiles. Note that these are automobile makers rather than individual types. Some of these have never been independent companies but are sub-brands established by a parent company. See also Automobile_Manufacturer_Logos List of automobile manufacturers - Argentina. Andino Lists of companies List of automobile manufacturers - Armenia.

The show's improbable (not to say impossible) premise was that the Allied prisoners of war at Stalag 13 were using the camp as a base of operations for sabotaging the German war effort and assisting the Allies. The prisoners operated a secret network of tunnels that led outside the camp, located near the town of Hammelburg, Germany, and had radio contact with Allied command. They were aided by the fact that the camp commandant was the bumbling Colonel Klink (played by Werner Klemperer), who proudly proclaimed that "no one has ever escaped fr ...

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Hogan's Heroes, Hogan's Heroes - Plot, Hogan's Heroes - Possible inspiration for series, Hogan's Heroes - The German Officers, Hogan's Heroes - Klink the Bureaucrat?, Hogan's Heroes - Plot holes?, Hogan's Heroes - Jewish actors played most of the German parts, Hogan's Heroes - Popularity, Hogan's Heroes - Criticisms, Hogan's Heroes - Fan fiction, Hogan's Heroes - Cast and characters, Hogan's Heroes - Series Pilot, Hogan's Heroes - Hogan's Heroes in the European Parliament?, Hogan's Heroes - Links

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Hirth HM 60 Hirth HM 504 - 4-cylinder air cooled inverted inline, 105hp Hirth HM 506 - 6-cylinder air cooled inverted inline, 165hp Hirth HM 508 - 8-cylinder air cooled inverted-V, 280hp Hirth HM 512 - 12-cylinder air cooled inverted-V, 400hp Heinkel-Hirth HeS 001 - the first operational jet engine Heinkel-Hirth HeS 003 - the first jet engine to fly Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011 - advanced twin-s ...

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Hirth, Hirth - Engines, Hirth - External link

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In the 11th century there was a Slavic settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc (which means broadening of a river); the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161. Afterwards the place was settled by German traders. At the beginning there were three separate cities, the Altstadt (Old Town) around the Alter Markt (Old Market) with St. Petri (St. Peter's Church), the Mittelstadt (Middle Town) around the Neuer Markt (New Market) with St. Ma ...

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Rostock, Rostock - Transport, Rostock - Historical notes, Rostock - Sights, Rostock - Sport Teams

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109A/B/C. The planned Bf 109A series was canceled before production begun, because of its weak armament (it was planned to have only two nose-mounted machine guns). Instead of this, the Bf 109 V4 was constructed, carrying a third MG 17, mounted behind the engine, firing through the propeller axis. In the following three prototype planes (V5, V6, V7), the new Jumo 210B engine was installed. They also were armed with three machine guns and were identical ...

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Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Designation, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Contest history, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Design Features, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Prototypes, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - The Contest, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Models, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109A/B/C, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109D Dora, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109E Emil, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109F Friedrich, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109G Gustav, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109H, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109K Kurfürst, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109T Trägerflugzeug Carrier Aircraft, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109Z Zwilling, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Bf 109W Wasserfluzeug projekt, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Developments after the war, Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Operators

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The first air raids on London were mainly aimed at the Port of London in the East End of London. The damage caused was severe, with the raid of 7 September involving 300 bombers escorted by 600 fighters. Another 180 bombers attacked that night. Due to the inaccurate nature of bombing at the time, many of the bombs aimed at the docks fell on neighboring residential areas, killing 430 Londoners and injuring another 1,600. Initially, British defenses proved inadequate. Few of the defenders' anti-aircraft guns had fire-control systems, an ...

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The Blitz, The Blitz - The start of the Blitz, The Blitz - The second phase, The Blitz - The third phase, The Blitz - Baedeker Blitz, The Blitz - Outcome of the Blitz, The Blitz - Major sites structures and churches damaged or destroyed in the Blitz, The Blitz - External link

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The earliest Sino-German trading occurred overland through Siberia, and was subject to transit taxes by the Russian government. In order to make trading more profitable, Germany decided to take the sea route and the first German merchant ships arrived in China, then under the Qing Dynasty, as part of the Royal Prussian Asian Trading Company of Emden, in the 1750s. In 1861, following China's defeat in the Second Opium War, the Treaty of Tientsin was signed, which opened formal com ...

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Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Early Sino-German relations, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Sino-German cooperation in the 1920s, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Sino-German cooperation in the 1930s, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Germany and Chinese industrialization, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Germany and Chinese military modernization, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - End of Sino-German cooperation, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Legacy, Sino-German cooperation 1911-1941 - Notes

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There were over 1800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period. List of automobile manufacturers - Major current US automakers. With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies: AM General (not sold to private individuals; similar vehicles are sold to ordinary consumers as Hummers) DaimlerChrysler (Though headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, ...

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List of automobile manufacturers, List of automobile manufacturers - Argentina, List of automobile manufacturers - Armenia, List of automobile manufacturers - Australia, List of automobile manufacturers - Austria, List of automobile manufacturers - Belarus, List of automobile manufacturers - Belgium, List of automobile manufacturers - Brazil, List of automobile manufacturers - Bulgaria, List of automobile manufacturers - Canada, List of automobile manufacturers - A-E, List of automobile manufacturers - F-I, List of automobile manufacturers - L-R, List of automobile manufacturers - S-Z, List of automobile manufacturers - China, List of automobile manufacturers - Czech Republic, List of automobile manufacturers - Denmark, List of automobile manufacturers - Estonia, List of automobile manufacturers - Finland, List of automobile manufacturers - France, List of automobile manufacturers - A-H, List of automobile manufacturers - J-V, List of automobile manufacturers - Germany, List of automobile manufacturers - Major Current German Automobile Manufacturers, List of automobile manufacturers - Other German Manufacturers, List of automobile manufacturers - Hungary, List of automobile manufacturers - India, List of automobile manufacturers - Iran, List of automobile manufacturers - Ireland, List of automobile manufacturers - Israel, List of automobile manufacturers - Italy, List of automobile manufacturers - A-H, List of automobile manufacturers - I-Z, List of automobile manufacturers - Japan, List of automobile manufacturers - Latvia, List of automobile manufacturers - Liechtenstein, List of automobile manufacturers - Lithuania, List of automobile manufacturers - Malaysia, List of automobile manufacturers - Morocco, List of automobile manufacturers - Namibia, List of automobile manufacturers - Netherlands, List of automobile manufacturers - North Korea, List of automobile manufacturers - Norway, List of automobile manufacturers - Philippines, List of automobile manufacturers - Poland, List of automobile manufacturers - Portugal, List of automobile manufacturers - Romania, List of automobile manufacturers - Russia, List of automobile manufacturers - Serbia, List of automobile manufacturers - Slovenia, List of automobile manufacturers - South Korea, List of automobile manufacturers - Spain, List of automobile manufacturers - Sweden, List of automobile manufacturers - Switzerland, List of automobile manufacturers - Taiwan, List of automobile manufacturers - Thailand, List of automobile manufacturers - Turkey, List of automobile manufacturers - Ukraine, List of automobile manufacturers - United Arab Emirates, List of automobile manufacturers - United Kingdom, List of automobile manufacturers - A-E, List of automobile manufacturers - F-L, List of automobile manufacturers - M-R, List of automobile manufacturers - S-W, List of automobile manufacturers - United States, List of automobile manufacturers - Major current US automakers, List of automobile manufacturers - Defunct US automakers, List of automobile manufacturers - Vietnam

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Ten He 111A-0 models based on the V3 were built, but they proved to be underpowered and were eventually sold to China. In early 1936, the V3 was fitted with 950 hp (708 kW) Daimler-Benz DB 600Aa engines. Performance jumped to about 225 mph (360 km/h), and the Luftwaffe placed orders for over 300 He 111B models. Some of these planes were sent to Spain to serve with the Condor Legion, where they proved to be able to out fly the majority of fighters sent to intercept them, and it appeared that the light three-gun armament w ...

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Heinkel He 111, Heinkel He 111 - History, Heinkel He 111 - Prototypes, Heinkel He 111 - Early production, Heinkel He 111 - He 111H, Heinkel He 111 - Spanish Use

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When the US 8th Air Force re-opened the bombing campaign on Germany in early 1944, the bombers returned to the skies along with the P-51 Mustang in escort. This changed the nature of the air war entirely; formerly German fighter units could form up for attack on the bombers unmolested, but with escort they were soon spending more time avoiding the US patrols than attacking the bombers. Changes made over the previous year to improve the fighter's bomber-killing abilities with extremely heavy guns also had the side effect of turning them into deathtraps when the much lighter Mustangs were able to easily ...

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Heinkel He 162, Heinkel He 162 - Development, Heinkel He 162 - Design, Heinkel He 162 - Operations, Heinkel He 162 - Variants, Heinkel He 162 - Trivia

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Scooter motorcycle - Historic. BSA 'Sunbeam' scooter Cushman 1936 to 1965 Fuji Heinkel 'Tourist' scooter Lambretta Maico 'Maicoletta' scooter Mitsubishi Puch Triumph 'Tigress' and 'Tina' Scooters Zundapp 'Bella' Scooter ...

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Scooter motorcycle, Scooter motorcycle - Manufacturers, Scooter motorcycle - Historic, Scooter motorcycle - Collecting, Scooter motorcycle - Different kinds

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While a bungee-assisted escape from an aircraft took place in 1910, the ejection seat as we recognise it today was invented in Germany during World War II. Prior to this, the only means of escape from an incapacitated aircraft was to jump clear, and in many cases this was difficult due to injury, the difficulty of egress from a confined space, the airflow past the aircraft and other factors. The first ejection seats were developed independently during the second world war by Heinkel and SAAB. Early models were powered by compressed ai ...

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Ejector seat, Ejector seat - History, Ejector seat - Pilot safety, Ejector seat - Soviet K-36 series, Ejector seat - Non-standard ejection systems, Ejector seat - Ejection seats in other aircraft

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Supermarine's Chief Designer, R.J. Mitchell, had won three Schneider Trophy seaplane races with his designs, combining powerful Napier or Rolls Royce engines with minute attention to streamlining. These same qualities are equally useful for a fighter design, and in 1930 Mitchell produced such a plane in response to an Air Ministry request for a new and modern monoplane fighter. This first attempt at a fighter resulted in an open-cockpit monoplane with gull-wings and a large fixed spatted undercarriage. The Supermarine Type 224 did not live up to expectations; nor did any of the com ...

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Supermarine Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire - Design, Supermarine Spitfire - Variants, Supermarine Spitfire - Naval version, Supermarine Spitfire - Battle of Britain, Supermarine Spitfire - Speed and altitude records, Supermarine Spitfire - Other operators, Supermarine Spitfire - Germans using captured Spitfires, Supermarine Spitfire - Planes remaining in use, Supermarine Spitfire - Memorials and artwork, Supermarine Spitfire - Specifications, Supermarine Spitfire - Related content, Supermarine Spitfire - Designation sequence, Supermarine Spitfire - Related development, Supermarine Spitfire - Similar aircraft, Supermarine Spitfire - Related lists, Supermarine Spitfire - External links

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After the fall of France, the Battle of Britain began in July 1940. From July to September, the Luftwaffe pursued a strategy of directly challenging the British Royal Air Force in an attempt to gain air superiority as a prelude to a planned seaborne and land invasion (see Operation Sealion). This involved the large-scale bombardment of British airfields in an effort to destroy the RAF's ability to combat an invasion. The RAF suffered a high rate of attrition of both aircraft and pilots, although the Germans never committed more than a thir ...

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The Blitz, The Blitz - Prelude, The Blitz - The start of the Blitz, The Blitz - The second phase, The Blitz - The third phase, The Blitz - Baedeker Blitz, The Blitz - Outcome of the Blitz, The Blitz - Major sites structures and churches damaged or destroyed in the Blitz, The Blitz - External link

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The large number of Asian scooter manufacturers is included only to a small extent. Scooter Brands no Longer in Production. ...

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List of scooter manufacturers, List of scooter manufacturers - A, List of scooter manufacturers - B, List of scooter manufacturers - C, List of scooter manufacturers - D, List of scooter manufacturers - E, List of scooter manufacturers - F, List of scooter manufacturers - G, List of scooter manufacturers - H, List of scooter manufacturers - I, List of scooter manufacturers - J, List of scooter manufacturers - K, List of scooter manufacturers - L, List of scooter manufacturers - M, List of scooter manufacturers - N, List of scooter manufacturers - P, List of scooter manufacturers - R, List of scooter manufacturers - S, List of scooter manufacturers - T, List of scooter manufacturers - U, List of scooter manufacturers - V, List of scooter manufacturers - W, List of scooter manufacturers - Y, List of scooter manufacturers - A, List of scooter manufacturers - B, List of scooter manufacturers - C, List of scooter manufacturers - D, List of scooter manufacturers - E, List of scooter manufacturers - F, List of scooter manufacturers - G, List of scooter manufacturers - H, List of scooter manufacturers - I, List of scooter manufacturers - J, List of scooter manufacturers - K, List of scooter manufacturers - L, List of scooter manufacturers - M, List of scooter manufacturers - N, List of scooter manufacturers - O, List of scooter manufacturers - P, List of scooter manufacturers - R, List of scooter manufacturers - S, List of scooter manufacturers - T, List of scooter manufacturers - U, List of scooter manufacturers - V, List of scooter manufacturers - W, List of scooter manufacturers - Z, List of scooter manufacturers - Links

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Microcar - Austria. Felber Autoroller Möve Libelle Microcar - Brazil. Dacon Obvio! Romi Isetta Microcar - France. Aixam Ardex Bugatti supercharged 375 cc (half the size of a Bébé). Canceled when Ettore Bugatti died. Early small engined Citroën 2CVs, in spite of passenger space and comfort. Citroën Prototype C Ligier BeUp ...

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Microcar, Microcar - Reasons for microcars, Microcar - Microcars by countries, Microcar - Austria, Microcar - Brazil, Microcar - France, Microcar - Germany, Microcar - Hungary, Microcar - Italy, Microcar - India, Microcar - Japan, Microcar - Spain, Microcar - United Kingdom, Microcar - United States, Microcar - USSR, Microcar - Electric microcars

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Weapons technology experienced rapid advances during the Second World War. The war began with most armies utilising technology that had changed little from the First World War, and in some cases (such as Polish lancers), had remained unchanged from the nineteenth century. The war began with cavalry, trenches, and WWI-era battleships, but within only six years, armies around the world had developed jet aircraft, ballistic missiles, and even atomic weapons by one. ...

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Technology during World War II, Technology during World War II - Areas of technology, Technology during World War II - Weaponry, Technology during World War II - Aircraft, Technology during World War II - Vehicles, Technology during World War II - Ships, Technology during World War II - Weapons, Technology during World War II - Small Arms Development, Technology during World War II - The Atomic Bomb, Technology during World War II - Electronics and infrared and visible light optics, Technology during World War II - Industrial technology

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