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	Balloon Pilot Badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The badge was issued by both the United States Army and the U.S. Air Force with the Navy equivalent known as the Dirigible Pilot Badge.
		The badge consisted of a balloon centered on a standard Pilot’s Badge and was issued in two degrees.
		The badge was then redesigned as the Balloon Pilot Badge and, during the Second World War, was issued by the Army Air Forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balloon_Pilot_Badge (266 words)

	Dirigible Pilot Badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dirigible Pilot Badge is a military decoration of the United States Navy which was issued to those service members who have received training and qualification as dirigible pilots.
		The badge was first created in the 1930s during which time the Navy was experimenting with lighter than air craft, as opposed to the conventional heavier than air planes.
		The Dirigible Pilot Badge was issued well into the 1970s, with occasional awards, on a case by case basis, to the end of the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dirigible_Pilot_Badge (180 words)

	Business Software Review : Article 'Dirigible' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After numerous balloon flights, he turned to the design of steerable balloons or dirigible type balloons that could be propelled through the air rather than drifting along with the breeze.
		Navyballoonbadge.jpg Dirigible Pilot Badge The Dirigible Pilot Badge is a military decoration of the United States Navy which was issued to those service members who have received training and qualification as hot air balloon pilots.
		The badge was first created in the 1930s during which time the Navy was experimenting with lighter than air craft, verses the heavier than air conventional planes.
	www.business-software-review.org /DisplayArticle37847.html (1110 words)

	Austro-Hungarian Army - The Aircrew Badge
		The suggestion of department 5 regarding the award of the field pilot badge to the pilots of dirigibles is not yet ripe for a decision.
		The badge was produced from tombak consisting of a white enameled laurel wreath which bore on the upper edge a decorated shield with the initial "K" on a ground of white enamel and on the lower edge the coloured enameled double arms of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy introduced in 1916.
		The securing of the badge through two pins was rejected as too unpractical and expensive and already by the introduction of the new type of field pilot's badge in September 1917, the aircrew badge was secured by "...two carbine hooks," which were positioned under the initial and coat of arms shield respectively.
	www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk /badges/luftfahrer.htm (4198 words)

	Austro-Hungarian Army - Field Pilot's Badge
		The field pilot badge and the navy pilot badge were by the way, with the exception of the merit cross with and without the crown which had a rather civilian character, the only distinction which could be awarded to both officers as well as NCOs and men.
		To secure the badge a very thin and sharp steel pin is found at the reverse which runs from the needle block on the rear side of the Kaiser's crown through a loop at the rear side of the initial shield.
		For various reasons the field pilot badge was awarded as an honorarium to officers of allied armies on the orders of the commander of the aviation troops, Oberst/Generalmajor Uzelac.
	www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk /badges/feldpil.html (2254 words)

	Obsolete badges of the United States military - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Obsolete badges of the United States military are a number of U.S. military decorations which were issued in the early 20th century leading up to and including badges issued during the Second World War.
		Such badges were eventually phased out of the United States armed forces in favor of the modern military badges which are used by the U.S. military today.
		Certain badges were also issued in the 19th century and the oldest military badge on record dates to the time of the American Revolutionary War.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Obsolete_badges_of_the_United_States_military (144 words)

	Aircraft carrier -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		An important development of the late (The decade from 1940 to 1949) 1940s was the British invention of the angled deck, where the runway was canted at an angle of a few degrees across the ship.
		If an aircraft misses the arrestor cables, the (Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight) pilot only needs to increase (Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work) engine power to maximum to get airborne again and will not hit the parked aircraft because the angled deck points out over the sea.
		To recognize the qualification and training required for service onboard an aircraft carrier, most of the world's navies issue special badges and patches to denote those who are naval pilots or naval aviation support personnel.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ai/aircraft_carrier.htm (3798 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Eugene Ely was the first pilot to launch from a stationary ship in November 1910.
		Several airships and balloons were destroyed, but as the carrier had no method of recovering the aircraft safely, two of the pilots ditched their aircraft in the sea alongside the carrier while the others headed for neutral Denmark.
		An important development of the late 1940s was the British invention of the angled deck, where the runway was canted at an angle of a few degrees across the ship.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aircraft-carrier (10935 words)

	The Pulp Heroes: A
		Fudge is a youthful adventurer and inventor; he creates his dirigible like craft and uses it to sail to the moon, where he meets the Man in the Moon, gets caught trying to steal a moonbeam, explore the Moon, and battle the giant, ferocious moon cats.
		Their airships begin as dirigibles and move on to things like gas powered controlled explosion motors and then a propellor engine fueled with "sulfuric ether" capable of reaching very high altitudes and 800 mph.
		He knew nothing about guns, but his badge was made from a fragment of Aladdin's lamp, and when the Marshal pinned on his badge he gained magic powers.
	www.geocities.com /jjnevins/pulpsa.html (8058 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Airships are also known as dirigibles from the French dirigeable, meaning "steerable".a 1931 movie by Frank Capra.
		The Dirigible Pilot Badge is a decoration of the United States Navy which was issued to those service members who have received training and qualification as hot air balloon pilots.
		The badge was first created in the 1930s during which time the Navy was experimenting with lighter than air craft,..
	aynurkece.info /browse.php?title=D/DI/DIR (11085 words)

	Newman2
		The pilots were Ramon Franco, brother of the Spanish leader, and Ruiz de Alda, and Duran and Rada as the other crew members.
		The landing was a crash one and the American pilot Floyd Bennet died on the rescue mission.
		A dirigible encircling the globe on which appear various figures and the year "1929".
	libweb.princeton.edu /libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/newman/newman2.html (10314 words)

	Quantico
		The Base had been built to handle Navy dirigibles, but since the Navy was flat out of those critters, it had been turned over to the Marine Corps for use.
		The dirigible hangars were so huge that they created their own weather.
		As I’d lean over to pin on the badge I’d whisper: “Congratulations on your three years of undetected crime.” And that was what brought the grin.
	www.sullyusmc.com /Sully/Quantico.htm (7650 words)

	Rare W.W.I. Period Austro-Hungarian Air Service Cigarette & Card Case (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring ...
		The front bears a pilot's graduation badge of the Wiener-Nuestadt flying school.
		This badge consists of a pilot surrounded with a oak-leaf wreath, the coat of arms of the Austo-Hungarian Empire, an eagle and the inscription, "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen" (the Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops).
		At the beginning of W.W.I, they were equipped with 1 dirigible, 10 observation balloons, 39 aircraft and 85 pilots.
	www.cjbalm.com /auto-aero/aitem145.htm (194 words)

	Chapter II
		The airplane that Chief Pilot Peterson and Goodnight were using in Guantanamo Bay for aerial photography for the fall of shot during the fleet firing was a VE-7 which was a Vought airplane on a single float.
		The altitude maintained by the dirigible during the firing should be approximately 4,000 feet and the altitude maintained by the planes during both bombing and firing should be between 5,000 and 6,000 feet.
		The dirigible, during all of the bombing and firing practice, should remain as nearly as possible directly over the target, and the planes should circle in such a manner that oblique photographs may be made not over 45 degrees from the vertical.
	www.navyphoto.org /Carol/chap02.html (14072 words)

	History: Naval aircraft up to the F10F
		Fahrney decided that he should be the pilot in the more difficult part of the job which was doing the landing.
		Pilots rotate in and out and you just don't get the breadth of experience, but put them all together and you do of course.
		As the designers raised the cockpit to get adequate down vision over the nose, it became apparent that the pilot was almost higher than the top of the engine, and visibility could really be improved by moving the pilot over the engine.
	www.georgespangenberg.com /history1.htm (22257 words)

	THIRD RAIL DESIGN LAB // DYSTOPIA: HOSTILE TAKEOVER FOR CYBERPUNK 2020 RPG // SKILL SELECTION
		Pilots with a Skill of +6 or greater are veteran pilots, able to handle themselves in almost any situation, including aerobatic maneuvers.
		Pilots with a Skill of +9 or greater are so good, they have a rep as pilots, and are widely known among the piloting fraternity for being “the shit".
		Pilot Cargo Aircraft (3): This is the skill of launching, landing, and managing the flight of a large cargo aircraft or commercial airliner.
	www.thirdraildesignlab.com /dyst_skills.html (12575 words)

	MSN Encarta - Literature Guide - All Quiet on the Western Front
		Compare the soldier's viewpoint in The Red Badge of Courage with All Quiet on the Western Front.
		Examine the similarities and differences of battle in the Civil War and World War I. Compare as well the quality of camaraderie, as presented by Stephen Crane and Erich Maria Remarque.
		Developed by Col. John Boyd, a legendary U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, the F16, used in the Persian Gulf War, has the capability to change course more quickly and climb faster than any war plane before, thus revolutionizing military strategy.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_701509551/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front.html (6178 words)

	Home: Living Archives: WWII Memorial: WWII Story Gallery: Parachute Rigger
		Each of the two men on the test crew wore a parachute and they were also secured to the airplane frame by a heavy belt as a precaution against accidentally falling out.
		The pilot took off and circled the field at an altitude of about one thousand feet.
		The lanyard, upon being fully extended, pulled free the rip cord's pack closure pins, the pack flaps were instantly drawn back by strong bungee cords, a small spring-loaded pilot chute opened and caught the air stream, drawing the main canopy out to the full length of its shroud lines.
	www.seniornet.org /php/default.php?ClassOrgID=5403&PageID=5946 (3205 words)

	Blog Comments for "US Military Insignia"
		However the Explosive Ordnance disposal badge is the same badge worn by all 4 branches of the service.
		There are 3 badges and each service decides when a person rates the next badge.
		Except for the pilot and astronaut wings, the first column is always the basic award, the middle the senior and the third is the master.
	qando.net /comments.aspx?Entry=2068 (1747 words)

	The Age of Invention By Holland Thompson (1921)- Chapter 10 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
		The spirit of cooperation, expressed in pooling ideas and fame, which the Wright brothers exemplified, is seen again in the association of Curtiss with the navy during the war.
		NC is a fraternity badge signifying equal honors.
		The British dirigible R34, with Major G. Scott in command, left East Fortune, Scotland, on the 2d of July, and arrived at Mineola, New York, on the sixth.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/ageinv/chapter10.html (4651 words)

	Sea Hangar Snare
		The lid of the case had a small spring hinge; and while Keen appeared to be nervously fingering it, he was actually replying to Barney's smoke puffs with the same code, clicking the dots and dashes by depressing, the lid and allowing it to spring back again.
		The pilot was stone dead with a burst of bullets in his skull that had evidently slammed along the top of the dural cowling.
		He wore the badge of a naval aviator on his jacket.
	www.arts.ualberta.ca /~idesign/may-02/seahangr.html (12994 words)

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		Dave was now the proud possessor of a pilot's license, and had fairly entered the professional field.
		King was and during the meets it had become the custom with professionals to furnish their assistants with duplicate badges, which enabled them to enter and leave the aero grounds unchallenged by the gateman, and ticket takers.
		Upon the rear plate of the badge were scratched two letters, indeed--but the tramp had read them wrong.
	gd.tuwien.ac.at /soc/gutenberg/etext04/daved10.txt (23570 words)

	TWG - Paradigm Shift - Baby You Can Fly My Shuttle
		He looked at the front of the shuttle and saw windows where pilot seats should be and pilot seats where windows should be.
		The two piloting were fully engrossed at whatever they were up to.
		With a slow and steady descent he piloted the ship back down until it was only a few meters from the ground.
	www.twguild.com /archive/flymyshuttle-ps.html (8729 words)

	AMCTV.com - Shows related to Crime of Passion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Korean War helicopter pilot proves the importance of rescue work to reluctant former jet pilot.
		Two pilots race for the South Pole and compete for the same woman.
		Navy pilots learn flight skills from a tough leader aboard an aircraft carrier.
	www.amctv.com /show/moremovieinterest?CID=737-1 (1723 words)

	Decoration Day. GAR. Spanish-American War. World War I Doughboys. Touring cars. American Legion.
		It was the U.S. Navy dirigible Akron fishing her way back from Akron, Ohio to her Navy base at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
		By the term "fishing her way", I mean that she was up in what we later called "instrument flight conditions" for which she was not configured nor for that matter was the nation configured at that time.
		Sister simply suspended regular recitations the next day while every shred of information available on dirigibles was shared during school hours.
	www.daileyint.com /mytimes/sisseven.htm (3173 words)

	fatherhood.ca - badge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buy all of your ID badge needs from one of the leaders in ID products, solutions and services.
		At Badge Express, we're committed to passing low prices along to you.
		A convicted double-murderer who spent three days on the run after slipping away from a Houston jail was recaptured some 200...
	fatherhood.ca /badge/reference/search (276 words)

	The Comforts Of Home
		See you tomorrow!" With a mischievous grin at the pilot she strolled out the door and was gone.
		Kit strapped into the pilot's seat of the Blue Eagle, feeling that same rush of adrenaline he always felt at the sight of an aircraft's controls spread out before him.
		Keep yer mustache on!" The pilot gently ruffled Kit's hair and slipped out of the alley and towards a lighted doorway a dozen or so yards to their right.
	www.brahmabear.com /ddtf/fics/comforts.html (16548 words)

	Up From Kitty Hawk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Noted pilot Martin Jensen was chosen to fly Leo, MGM’s trademark lion, from San Diego, Calif., to New York City for a promotional tour.
		Balchen is the pilot of the Ford Trimotor, Floyd Bennett.
		Company pilot Les Tower makes the first flight of the Boeing XP-936 (later redesignated XP-26) at Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash. The P 26, nicknamed “Peashooter,” is the first monoplane fighter produced for the Army Air Corps, the first all metal fighter, and the last AAC fighter with an open cockpit.
	www.afa.org /magazine/KittyHawkNew/1924_1933.asp (2548 words)

	Twentieth Century Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		She was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle.
		The pilot was Charles Sweeney and the B-29 was called "Bock's Car." The bomb on Nagasaki was the last atomic bomb dropped and Beahan hoped it would stay that way.
		Thirty eight of the female pilots lost their lives while on various missions which included; ferrying aircraft, towing targets, training flight crews, and testing new or repaired aircraft.
	users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/20THTX.htm (21720 words)

	BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Except for a few of those warning red clouds, drifting lazily in a blue sky, there was no visible indication of man's past or present existence anywhere in the sky or on the ground.
		The ship was about the same shape as the great dirigibles of the 20th Century that I had seen, but without the suspended control car, engines, propellors, rudders or elevating planes.
		As he concluded, he advanced to where I stood, and taking from his head the green-crested helmet that constituted his badge of office, to my surprise he placed it in my mechanically extended hand.
	www.blackmask.com /thatway/books156c/buckr.htm (22046 words)

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