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Gargantua is the hero of Rabelais' satire, so named from his father exclaiming 'Que grand tu as!' 'How large (a gullet) thou hast!' on hearing him cry out, immediately on his birth, ' Drink, drink!' so lustily as to be heard over several districts. It required 900 ells of linen for the body of his shirt, and 200 more for the gussets, 1100 cow-hides for the soles of his shoes, and he picked his teeth with an elephant's tusk.
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The Tu are a people of eastern Qinghai Province, China.
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The Tupolev Tu-104 (Camel) is a Soviet twin-jet airliner based upon the Soviet Tu-16 bomber aircraft, and was first flown in 1955. The Tupolev Tu-104 entered service with Aeroflot in 1956. The Tupolev Tu-104 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by two Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engines providing a top speed of 900 kmh and a range of 3200 km. The Tupolev Tu-104 usually carries fifty passengers. The Tupolev Tu-104A version carries 70 passengers in an alternative seating arrangement and is powered by Zubets RD-3M engines, being modified Mikulin Am-3 engines. A lengthened version, the Tupolev Tu-104B carries 100 passengers.
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The Tupolev Tu-110 (Cooker) is a Soviet four-jet airliner developed from the Tu-104 first shown in 1957. The Tupolev Tu-110 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by four Lyulka turbojet engines providing a top speed of 1000 kmh and a range of 3300 km. The Tupolev Tu-110 carries up to 100 passengers.
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The Tupolev Tu-114 (Cleat) is a Soviet four-engined airliner completed in 1957 and forming a civilian counterpart to the Soviet Tu-20 bomber aircraft. The Tupolev Tu-114 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by four Kuznetsov NK-012M or 022K turboprop engines providing a top speed of 910 kmh and a range of 14500 km. The Tupolev Tu-114 carries a crew of between ten and fifteen and up to 220 passengers in an eight-abreast seating pattern. The normal passenger arrangement is accommodation for 170 in a mixture of four and six-abreast seating.
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The Tupolev Tu-124 (Cookpot) is a Soviet short/medium-range light/medium transport aircraft developed in response to a need for a replacement for the Ilyushin Il-14. The Tu-124 first flew as a prototype in 1960 and entered service in 1962. The Tu-124 is powered by two PNPP 'Aviadvigatel' D-20P turbofans providing a top speed of 970 kmh and a range of 1220 km fully laden. The original Tu-124 carried 44 passengers, the main production model, the Tu-124V carries a flight crew of four or five and up to 56 passengers or 6000 kg of freight in the cabin. Tow VIP variants were also produced in small numbers, the
Tu-124K carried 36 passengers and the Tu-124K2 carried 22 passengers.
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The Tupolev Tu-126 (Moss) was a Soviet airborne warning and control system aircraft in service from 1971 to the early 1990's. The Tupolev Tu-126 was powered by four KKBM NK-12MV turboprops providing a top speed of 850 kmh and a range of 12550 km. The Tupolev Tu-126 carried a flight crew of four or five and a mission crew of seven or eight in the cabin.
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The Tupolev Tu-134 (Crusty) is a Soviet short/medium-range medium transport aircraft first flown in 1960, entering service in 1962. The Tu-134 is powered by two PNPP 'Aviadvigatel' D-30 II turbofans providing a top speed of 900 kmh and a range of 2000 km. The Tu-134 carries a flight crew of three and up to 76 passengers or 18000 lbs of freight in the cabin
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The Tupolev Tu-14 (Bosun) was a Soviet twin-engined bomber aircraft produced in 1947, and in service through the 1950's. The Tupolev Tu-14 was a shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by two Klimov VK-1 turbojets providing a top speed of 845 kmh and a range of 3010 km. The Tupolev Tu-14 carried a crew of five and was armed with two 23 mm cannons and could carry 3000 kg of bombs. Two additional variations were produced: the Tupolev Tu-14R was a reconnaissance model; the Tupolev Tu-14T was fitted with more powerful engines and had structural modifications and was issued to Naval Air Force squadrons.
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The Tupolev Tu-142 (Bear) is a Soviet long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft with anti-submarine capability. The Tupolev Tu-142 was developed from the earlier Tupolev Tu-95 and entered service in 1970. The Tupolev Tu-142 is powered by four KKBM NK-12MV turboprops providing a top speed of 925 kmh and a range of 6400 km. The Tupolev Tu-142 carries a flight crew of five and six and a mission crew in the cabin. Armaments consist of two 23 mm Nudel'man-Rikhter NR-23 cannons in a manned tail turret and up to 25000 lbs of disposable stores carried in two lower-fuselage weapon bays, typically comprising torpedoes, depth charges or mines.
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