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The Chance Vought Corsair was an American single-seater fighter aircraft of the Second World War, developed as a prototype in 1940. The Chance Vought Corsair (US Navy designation F4U, F3A and FG) was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with the outer wing sections set at a coarse dihedral angle powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-2800-8 double-row radial air-cooled engine. The
Chance Vought Corsair was armed with six .50 inch machine-guns in the outer wings and could carry two 1000 lb bombs under the fuselage and eight rockets, four under each wing.
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The IPD FG-8 Guanabara (YT-22) is a Brazilian two-seater executive transport aircraft developed as a modified Fokker S-12 aircraft. The FG-8 Guanabara is powered by a Lycoming O-540-A1A engine providing a top speed of 260 kmh and a range of 1300 km.
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FG is an abbreviation for Fine Grain
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FG-A is an abbreviation for Feature Group A
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FG-B is an abbreviation for Feature Group B
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FG-D is an abbreviation for Feature Group D
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The Amethyste is a French Rubis class nuclear submarine with a displacement of 2400 tons launched in 1988. She is powered by two turbo alternators; one main motor (with an emergency electric motor); one CAS 48 pressurised water-cooled nuclear reactor rated at 48 MW; one Jeumont-Schneider auxiliary diesel electric motor, providing a top speed of 25 knots. Two alternating crews each of 67 personnel provide the ships complement. Armaments consist of Aerospatiale SM 39 Exocet anti-ship missiles launched from four 533 mm torpedo tubes; ECAN L5 Mod 3 dual purpose torpedoes; or up to 32 FG 29 mines carried in lieu of torpedoes.
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The Casabianca is a French Rubis class nuclear submarine with a displacement of 2385 tons launched in 1984. She is powered by two turbo alternators; one main motor (with an emergency electric motor); one CAS 48 pressurised water-cooled nuclear reactor rated at 48 MW; one Jeumont-Schneider auxiliary diesel electric motor, providing a top speed of 25 knots. Two alternating crews each of 67 personnel provide the ships complement. Armaments consist of Aerospatiale SM 39 Exocet anti-ship missiles launched from four 533 mm torpedo tubes; ECAN L5 Mod 3 dual purpose torpedoes; or up to 32 FG 29 mines carried in lieu of torpedoes.
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The Diamant is a French Rubis class nuclear submarine with a displacement of 2400 tons. She is powered by two turbo alternators; one main motor (with an emergency electric motor); one CAS 48 pressurised water-cooled nuclear reactor rated at 48 MW; one Jeumont-Schneider auxiliary diesel electric motor, providing a top speed of 25 knots. Two alternating crews each of 67 personnel provide the ships complement. Armaments consist of Aerospatiale SM 39 Exocet anti-ship missiles launched from four 533 mm torpedo tubes; ECAN L5 Mod 3 dual purpose torpedoes; or up to 32 FG 29 mines carried in lieu of torpedoes.
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The Rubis is a French Rubis class nuclear submarine with a displacement of 2385 tons launched in 1979. She is powered by two turbo alternators; one main motor (with an emergency electric motor); one CAS 48 pressurised water-cooled nuclear reactor rated at 48 MW; one Jeumont-Schneider auxiliary diesel electric motor, providing a top speed of 25 knots. Two alternating crews each of 67 personnel provide the ships complement. Armaments consist of Aerospatiale SM 39 Exocet anti-ship missiles launched from four 533 mm torpedo tubes; ECAN L5 Mod 3 dual purpose torpedoes; or up to 32 FG 29 mines carried in lieu of torpedoes.
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