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The Grumman Avenger (US Navy designations TBF and TBM) was an American three-seater carrier-borne torpedo-bomber of the Second World War, entering service in 1942. The Grumman Avenger was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with folding outer wing-sections. The Grumman Avenger was powered by a 1700 hp Wright R-2600-8 14-cylinder radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 445 kmh and a range of 1450 km. Armaments consisted of one 0.30 inch calibre machine-gun in the cowling and two 0.50 inch calibre machine-guns one in each outer wing, one 0.50 inch calibre machine-gun in a power-operated turret and one 0.30 inch calibre machine-gun in the ventral hatch at the aft end of the bomb-bay. The bomb-bay could accommodate one US Navy short air torpedo, one 2000 lb bomb, one 1600 lb armour piercing bomb, four 500 lb bombs or equivalent disposable ordnance.
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The Lavochkin La-11 was a Soviet single-seater fighter aircraft of the 1950's. The Lavochkin La-11 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by a Ash-82FNV fourteen-cylinder radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 600. Armaments consisted of three 23 mm cannons mounted in the cowling above the engine.
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The Macchi MC.200 Saetta was an Italian single-seat interceptor fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The Macchi MC.200 was powered by a 870 hp Fiat A.74 RC.38 14-cylinder radial piston engine which provided a top speed of 502 kmh and a range of 870 km with auxiliary fuel. Armaments consisted of two 12.7 mm Breada-SAFAT machine-guns in the upper cowling and in some later models, two 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine-guns mounted in the wings.
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The Macchi MC.202 Folgore was an Italian single-seat interceptor fighter of the Second World War developed from the Macchi MC.200, and was basically a Macchi MC.200 with a new fuselage structure, an enclosed cockpit and most importantly an inline engine. The Macchi MC.202 was powered by a 1175 hp Alfa Romeo RA.1000 RC.41-I Monsone 12-cylinder inverted-Vee piston engine (a license built Daimler-Benz DB 601A engine) which provided a top speed of 595 kmh and a range of 765 km. Armaments consisted of two 12.7 mm Breada-SAFAT machine-guns in the upper cowling and in later models, two 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine-guns mounted in the wings.
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The Macchi MC.205V Veltro was an Italian single-seat interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber of the Second World War developed from the Macchi MC.202. The Macchi MC.205V was powered by a 1475 hp Fiat RA.1050 RC.58 Tifone 12-cylinder inverted Vee piston engine which provided a top speed of 642 kmh and a range of 1040 km. Armaments consisted of two 12.7 mm machine-guns in the upper engine cowling, and two wing mounted 7.7 mm guns which in later models were replaced with two 20 mm cannons.
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The Turner T-40 Ophelia Bumps was an American single-seater, amateur home-built sporting aircraft first flown in 1961, and four months later won the Experimental Aircraft Association Outstanding Design Award for 1961 and in 1962 it won second place in Experimental Aircraft Association design contest for a folding-wing, home-built aircraft. The Turner T-40 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with wings that folded backward for storage, constructed of wood with a glass-fibre engine cowling. The Turner T-40 was powered by a Continental C85-FJH fuel-injection four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 273 kmh and a range of 810 km.
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The Yakovlev Yak-20 is a Soviet two-seater light aircraft developed from the Yak-18 (the Yak-18U variation) for flying clubs and first seen in 1958, and basically the same as the Yak-18U except that the engine is enclosed in an NACA-type cowling.
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The Battle At Apache Pass is a western starring John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Beverly Tyler and Bruce Cowling in a story about an Indian chief joining forces with a US Cavalry officer to stop another Indian going on the warpath. The Battle At Apache Pass was directed by George Sherman in 1952.
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Cowling is a village in Lancashire, England.
Cowling (recorded in the Domesday Book as Collinghe) is a village in North Yorkshire, England.
Cowling is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England.
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