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	PBY Catalina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The US Navy had adopted the Consolidated P2Y and Martin P3M models for this role in 1931, but both aircraft proved to be underpowered and hampered by short ranges and low maximum payloads.
		The US Navy requested further development in order to bring the aircraft into the category of patrol-bomber, and in October 1935 the prototype was returned to Consolidated for further work.
		It was an RAF Coastal Command Catalina with a USN Pilot among the British crew that located the German battleship Bismarck on May 26, 1941 while it tried to evade the Royal Navy forces that would sink within a couple of days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PBY (2319 words)

	Blue Eagles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thus the team adopted its current configuration of four Gazelles and one Lynx in 1993.
		The team experienced a strong resurgence and won the prestigious Wilkinson Sword at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
		Following this success the team was allowed to return to the Blue Eagles moniker in 1994, though the team is still composed entirely of volunteers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Eagles (387 words)

	Phrases. Clichés, Expressions & Sayings @ joe-ks.com
		Cats and dogs were also afflicted, many died in the streets.
		Yet another traces the origin of the phrase to ideas in ancient mythology that cats could influence the weather, and that dogs were a symbol of the wind.
		In the phrase "raining cats and dogs", cats symbolize the rain and dogs represent the wind of the storm.
	www.joe-ks.com /phrases/phrasesR.htm (2149 words)

	Cat Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
		Among other tasks, cats can be taught to use a toilet, come, sit, beg, eat with their paws, heel, jump through a hoop, play a piano, play dead, roll over, open a door, hide food in boxes, shake, and fetch.
		White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye.
	www.stevenwillingale.com /catfacts.htm (533 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Black Cats contemplate a successful season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Almost a decade after the end of the Sharks, Royal Navy flyers have returned to the show circuit under the name the Black Cats – although their Lynx aircraft remain stubbornly Fleet Air Arm grey.
		The Black Cats are an offshoot of 702 Naval Air Squadron, t he Lynx training unit based at RN air station Yeovilton.
		The Black Cats appeared last year in shows as far apart as Southend and Biggin Hill to Lanveoc in France – the home of the French Navy flyers, where the British team appeared as Les Chats Noir.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2005/0501/0005011102.asp (341 words)

	This is The North East \| CommuniGate \| Did You Know ??
		Up until 1947, cats that were privileged enough had to use cinders, sands and earth and a mysterious substance called Japanese Mould {presumably some kind of moss}, this was contained in old roasting dishes or frying pans {with the handles removed} or large earthenware saucers from flower pots.
		Sir Issac Newton is credited with the invention of the cat flap, it is said that he cut two holes in his door, one large one for mum cat to get through, and a smaller one for her kittens to get through.
		Cats, like dogs have been known to return to an old home after their owners have moved - sometimes covering distances of 100 miles {160 kilometres} or more on these "sentimental journeys" "Rusty" a ginger tom, holds the record for the greatest distance covered by a cat.
	www.communigate.co.uk /ne/catcare/page32.phtml (2080 words)

	Royal Navy
		Formed in 2001, the Black Cats are the RN's elite display team.
		Naval Air Squadron, the Black Cats offer a unique aerial ballet that has stunned crowd's country wide throughout the Airshow circuit, with individual audiences as high as a quarter of a million.
		This year a similar number of shows are planned with the highlight of the year the local RNAS Yeovilton Air Day.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=8934 (88 words)

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		Contacts were numerous and the Black Cats were frequently able to guide Allied warships to the Jap forces and to illuminate after the enemy had been engaged.
		ID nearly every instance the Black Cats dropped their four #500 bombs on the ships contacted or, in the event of no contact, bombs were dropped on the Villa airfield.
		The Black Cats brought to the Solomons Islands were the best available, but they had put in a high number of hours and were not in the most desirable condition for combat operations.
	www.fortunecity.com /millenium/redwood/372/part6.htm (3849 words)

	BBC - Jersey - In Pictures - Black Cats display team
		Royal Navy Lynx Mk 3 and Mk 8
		The attack/utility version is operated in support of the Royal Marines in conjunction with the Commando Sea King.
		He joined the Royal Navy in 1998 having completed a joint honours degree in Physics and Sports Science at Loughborough University.
	www.bbc.co.uk /jersey/content/articles/2004/09/09/black_cats_feature.shtml (981 words)

	BBC - Guernsey - Features - Battle of Britain Airshow
		The Royal Navy will be sending their Black Cats helicopter display team and the historical aircraft, the Sea Fury and Sea Hawk.
		The Royal Navy Historical Flight has regretfully informed RAFA Guernsey and the Airshow Consortium that it will not be able to send the Sea Fury to the September Airshow.
		The Royal Navy Historical Flight has regretfully informed RAFA Guernsey that it will not be able to send the Sea Hawk to the September Airshow.
	www.bbc.co.uk /guernsey/content/articles/2004/08/20/battle_of_britain_airshow_feature.shtml (966 words)

	The Royal Air Force - News, Events and Current Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To help celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II, the Royal Air Force returned in force to Biggin Hill, the former Battle of Britain fighter airfield in Kent.
		The Royal Air Force provided many of the hightlights of the flying program and after a magnificent display of manouverability and power Flt Lt Carl Zachary was awarded the trophy for the best flying display in his Chinook HC2.
		All crews displayed with faultless precision and skill and showed just why the Royal Air Force is regarded as one of the best in the world.
	www.raf.mod.uk /news/news_0509_11.html (294 words)

	Glossary
		Kroopaks or Black Cats were Space Combat Robots used by the Empire of Numidol to conquer the independent kingdoms and enslave the common Thorks.
		Virtually all functioning Kroopaks were destroyed in the Battle of Titan and the Black Cat War, as were the means of their manufacture.
		After its destruction by a Theron chain reaction bomb, it is thought that the fl hole remnant formed the basis of the gravitational anomaly known as the Sargasso Sea.
	members.aol.com /nicholashl/glossary/glossary.htm (2284 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet PREVIEW
		After a season that saw Sunderland concede 35 goals away from home, the fourth worst record in the Premiership, Black Cats fans will be hoping that summer signing Phil Babb can stem the tide.
		Sunderland have failed to sign a new striker (at the time of writing) during the summer and a lack of firepower could again prove costly as Kevin Phillips is asked to carry the load.
		That could mean another relegation battle for the Black Cats, but if new signing Phil Babb can sure up the defence at the Stadium of Light then the subsequent draws could help Sunderland into mid-table safety.
	www.soccernet.com /england/editorial/safcpre2002/3.html (805 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Pirate Superstitions?
		The Royal Navy tried to dispel this superstition in the 19th Century.
		Black was not a good colour for the seamen of old.
		Most Royal Navy ships carried several women on board usually the wives of officers, gunners and sailors, who would also act as cooks, tailors and the like, even though their were regulations against it, so they rarely appeared in the ship muster books.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=64507 (1568 words)

	Dispatch Archive
		The U.S. Navy's oasis in the middle of the ocean
		In 1941, an RAF Catalina with an American pilot was credited with locating the German battleship Bismarck, which enabled the Royal Navy to attack and sink the enemy's most feared warship.
		They flew night search and attack missions and called themselves "Black Cats." Catalinas sent to rescue downed fliers were called "Dumbos," after the Walt Disney flying elephant cartoon character.
	rwebs.net /dispatch/output.asp?ArticleID=8 (729 words)

	Airshow Venues - RNAS Yeovilton
		RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset is home to the Fleet Air Arm's Sea Harrier aircraft and helicopters that deploy aboard the Royal Navy's three aircraft carriers.
		Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset will once again be holding it’s annual Air Day on Saturday 17th September.
		The day will pay tribute to the personnel and aircraft of the Royal Navy and the part they have played in shaping history during the past century.
	www.militaryairshows.co.uk /ven11.htm (323 words)

	Airshow Venues - RAF Cosford
		The Royal Navy will be bringing the Black Cats Lynx Pair, a Sea Fury and Sea Hawk, and the Army will be represented with a display by the Blue Eagles and an Apache AH.1 on static display.
		Joining a strong entry of current Royal Air Force combat aircraft - including the Eurofighter Typhoon - will be fliers from the Netherlands, Austria and one of Europe's leading aerobatics display teams - the French based Breitling Jet Team.
		The Royal Air Force's world - famous aerobatics team - the Red Arrows, and ever - poignant Battle of Britain Memorial Flight of Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane are also key performers within the 5½ hour flying programme.
	www.militaryairshows.co.uk /ven6.htm (2339 words)

	Shadow-Boxing In The Coral Sea Scouting Squadron 6 (VB-13) 1942 - 1943 - John D. Bridgers M.D.
		The Navy believed that while with CASU we should draw our rations from the Army since we were now a land-based unit.
		It seems supply in the British Navy was set up for short cruises, as for instance, from the home isles down through Gibraltar to bases in the Mediterranean.
		His wife was a real beauty as was apparently their daughter who went on to star for many years on one of the daytime soap operas whose name I do not know that being an area of entertainment with which I am completely unfamiliar.
	tk-jk.net /Bridgers/NavyYears/Shadow-BoxingInTheCoralSe.html (3528 words)

	Best SF Unit - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The SBS recruits from the Royal Marines, and Royal Navy.
		There are Marine commando force, Black Cats (not the ones who protect the Politicians) and others.
		Royal Marine commandos fall at the wayside and army regulars fall at the wayside.
	p080.ezboard.com /fworldofspiesfrm14.showMessage?topicID=20.topic (949 words)

	February 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If you can get the Royal Navy to co-operate you’ll have ships, planes, props, uniforms, and extras that are all right in the period because those ships, planes, props, uniforms, and extras were at the Battle of the River Plate.
		It’s the day when you have that sudden rush to the casualty ward and every second afterward is sucked down a fl hole of boredom heavily laced with anxiety and confusion.
		I ended up seated at table across from some dignitary from Saxony and his wife, a striking woman in a fl gown with a cleavage that was as wide as a prairie and as hard to avoid noticing as being hit by a chunk of the Mir space station.
	www.davidszondy.com /ephemeral/archive02-04.htm (14796 words)

	San Pablo (AVP 30)
		For the next several months, the "Black Cats" operated from these bases, preying on enemy shipping along the coasts of New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, and in the Bismarck Sea.
		For several months during 1965, she utilized the port and docking facilities at Rosyth, Scotland, as a temporary home port, courtesy of the British Royal Navy.
		After being used by the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic Commission, Savannah, Georgia, she was sold on 14 September 1971 to Mrs.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/avp30.htm (1334 words)

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		A party of the royal forces made their appearance, when Naesmyth rallied them, led them against the rebels, and converted what had been a temporary defeat into a victory.
		The royal eyrie of Posso Crag is on the family estate; and the Lure worn by Queen Mary, and presented by her son James VI.
		She increased the magnifying power of the glasses; a practice which is preferable to using single glasses of the same power, and which I myself often follow.
	www.cise.ufl.edu /mirrors/gutenberg/etext96/jnasm10.txt (20880 words)

	SNAG 56/Naval Base Hospital #12
		I had long known of the Navy nurses' story as it was one I'd scanned for NHC as a volunteer converting hard copies into digital for the web site.
		Helen Pavlovsky (in Hudson - she is also one of the nurses with the oral history at NHC linked above) refers to a ghost legend, yowling fl cats in the night and paper shortages so severe that patient records were kept on scraps.
		She notes "The museum [containing stuffed birds and Queen Victoria's wheel chair], the Gray Lady [the ghost], the fl cats, and the nightly air-raids all seemed to form an integral part of the atmosphere." The work was hard and conditions anything but desirable, but there was time for the countryside and recreation.
	adams.patriot.net /~eastlnd2/rj/alt/s56/snag56.htm (2695 words)

	Ship set to be a hit at Clyde naval displays - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		More than 20,000 visitors are expected to take the chance to visit the Type 23 Frigate HMS Westminster, at the annual charity fundraiser organised by HM Naval Base on the Clyde.
		Other attractions will include an aerobatic display by the Red Arrows, a parachute drop by the Army's 148 Battery Royal Artillery, a re-enactment of a sea rescue by a Sea King helicopter and a demonstration by The Black Cats, the Royal Navy's elite helicopter display team.
		A Ministry of Defence police dogs display team, pipe bands and a demonstration by the Neptune Field Gun Crew will also be at the event on Helensburgh Pier between 11.30am and 5pm on Saturday.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /news/5039408.shtml (188 words)

	Premier Pet - Product List
		Colorful latex, plush, and rubber toys, plus cushy leashes and collars for the dog and catnip toys for the cat make this the most fun possible for everyone in the family.
		The device also has 2 levels of action; a sound/spray option that gives a warning sound just before the spray is released and a sound only option that can be used once the cat begins associating the sound with the spray.
		When the movement of a cat is detected a beeping tone is heard, the spray is automatically released toward the cat and the cat leaves the off-limit area.
	www.premier.com /pages.cfm?id=13 (1150 words)

	Pan-Tribal Confederacy of Amerindian Tribal Nations - History
		These cats were never seen before this day, and the only other pets on the property are 200 tortoises and 1 cat-hating Labrador dog.
		Nevertheless, the cats are still with the family to this day, one male in particular has taken a special interest in Sabantho - sleeping under her bedroom floor in the cellar by night, frequently at her side both indoors and outdoors (depending on where she is) by day.
		Everyone accepts that this cat is her guardian animal, the last time the family owned a cat (it was also a fl one) was 1979.
	www.pantribalconfederacy.com /confederacy/history.php (3237 words)

	The Open Arms Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She also lives in a townhouse (a collective called the Black Cats) on a busy street in San Francisco's Mission District with her husband, David Miller, and a half dozen housemates, including a schoolgirl who's learning about magic.
		The were tried and put to death for crimes as innocuous as owning a fl cat and living on their own.
		Charmaine Royal and Georgia Dunston of Howard University, who led the study, said that the mapping of the human genetic code had forced a “paradigm shift” on the science of race, in which old concepts and definitions were no longer up to the job.
	www.crabtreeinternet.com /ULC_FREEDOM_OF_RELIGION_NEWS_AGENCY/current_articles/archives/archive-102004.shtml (20890 words)

	ROYAL SWISS NAVY HANDBOOK: Garth Spencer, April 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Royal Swiss Navy salute is holding an arm out straight and stiff, clenching your fist, bringing it to the side of your head, then turning your first as though you're twisting a corkscrew into your brain.
		The Royal Swiss Navy sign is an open hand, facing the person you're addressing, and then you move your hand in a vertical circle facing them.
		The RSN field uniform is a tuxedo jacket, fl boots and beret, and your choice of camo colours for shirt and pants, as long as they won't blend in with any background.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /sig/rsn/rsnbook.htm (8474 words)

	Big Lottery Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Veteran Noel Cashford had one of the most dangerous jobs in the Royal Navy after signing up for special duties as a mine disposal officer.
		Noel then led a massive stockpiling operation of German weaponry, clearing up the beaches and harbours to make the island safe for the Royal Navy crews to land.
		Vera Walters is a war widow who will be making make a solo pilgrimage back to Monte Cassino where her late husband Tommy fought in the ‘Black Cats’ regiment of the Royal Artillery.
	www.biglotteryfund.org.uk /newsroom/release.aspx?prId=1083 (790 words)

	Random Notes
		The Hunters' graceful lines were echoed in the Sea Hawk, recently added to the Royal Navy Historic Flight.
		The maritime theme continued with the Catalina amphibian, fully up-and-running after its predecessor was destroyed in the fatal accident on the Solent in 1998.
		As well as the 200th anniversary of the famous battle between the Reds and the Blues, this year is the centenary of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	www.livejournal.com /users/cybersofa (4459 words)

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