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Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.


Norm Dicks


#airbus #aircraft #british #commercial #companies

The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft.


John Pistole


#affiliates #air #aircraft #al #bring

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf.


Paul Cellucci


#canada #canadian #continue #crucial #global

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.


Dean Acheson


#bullet #closes #like #military #passes

I made a written report which is still today in existence. I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type. This was my impression.


Adolf Galland


#am #best #could #driven #existence

The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.


Howard Hughes


#built #ever #hercules #i #into

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production.


Adolf Galland


#any #completely #design #early #even

We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.


Adolf Galland


#aircraft #allowed #built #few #fifty

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.


George McGovern


#combat #defended #europe #factories #flew

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.


Alan Shepard


#aircraft #aviator #becoming #carriers #challenged






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