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  Fort Class Stores Ships
Prefabrication and the standardisation of parts greatly reduced the time taken to build these vessels and during the course of the war a total of 2,710 were built for Britain and the United States.
Fort Beauharnois, Fort Charlotte and Fort Dunvegan were employed as Stores Issuing Ships, Fort Rosalie and Fort Sandusky as Armanet Stores Carriers and Fort Duquesne as an Air Stores Ship.
Fort Roslaie and Fort Sandusky remained in service the longest, both being laid up at Rosyth on May 1st 1972.
www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/RFA/fort.htm   (550 words)

  
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Trials began in March of 1942 using manufactured hose utilising the Germans design, in fact with the much improved design it was possible to float the fuelling hose down to the ship astern without the encumbrance of stirrups, RFA Eaglesdale was the ship chosen to participate in the experiment.
RFA Broomdale was the first ship to be fitted with the new experimental gantry type kingposts equipped with two of the net defence derricks formally used for torpedo protection.
Transferred to RFA manning in 1954 becoming an Armament Store Issue Ship and served as such until scrapped at Bilbao in 1970.
www.merchantnavyofficers.com /rfa2.html   (2832 words)

  
 Waterspout on the starboard bow
A waterspout in a thunderstorm at Langley, South Carolina, passed over a 600 acre 'pond' for ten minutes.
Charles Fort (Book of the Damned) says there was a fish fall in Holland on June 13, 1889.
During a thunderstorm in the Grecian Archipelago, observers on board the RFA Bacchus saw a long fl streak of 'water' rise from the sea to a height of 1,000 feet.
www.phenomena.org.uk /waterspout.htm   (3153 words)

  
 Ken Roberts and the Navy Department 1944
The large RFAs were mostly employed bringing back stores from the depots and Dockyards soon to begin closing down or transferring to the governments of the newly independent countries of the Empire.
The Bacchus and Fort ships (twenty of these all told, I believe) were pretty big by the standards of the late forties and early fifties; each had five holds to be emptied and a team of store assistants would be allocated to check the cargo as it was unloaded or landed.
My last full-sized audit was on board RFA Fort Grange from 1-16 October '85 at North Yard and my day of retirement from the Dockyard arrived on 31 October 1985.
www.geocities.com /kenshpr/navy.html   (16131 words)

  
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Atlantic Patrol Task (South) constitutes the RN's commitment to the South Atlantic and West African areas which is comprised of an escort vessel accompanied by an RFA vessel.
Additionally, a vessel is permanently deployed as the Falkland Islands Guardship, invariably tending to be a Castle-class patrol vessel.
But the five silos to be built at Fort Greely, Alaska, cannot be used for testing, since the rocket boosters might drop onto populated areas.
www.greatdreams.com /war/1715-war.htm   (12063 words)

  
 rg255guide.html
Designated Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (LMAL), April 1920, in honor of Dr. Samuel P. Langley, late 19th-century aeronautical pioneer and third Secretary of Smithsonian Institution.
Transferred to newly established NASA and redesignated Langley Research Center, October 1, 1958, with responsibility for conducting basic research in aeronautics and space flight.
STG upgraded to separate field installation status at Langley upon undertaking lunar landing project, formalized as Project Apollo, July 28, 1960.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/nara/rg255guide.html   (2865 words)

  
 CIA: CUBA ACCUSES
That popular force which had begun the first national liberation war against Portuguese colonialism in 1961, had to be counteracted and, from then on, the CIA took charge of financing the internal counterrevolution embodied in the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA, formerly the UPA and GPRAE) and its agent-chief Holden Roberto.
Fort that purpose, it immediately had the unconditional collaboration of Mobutu, who was also to be placed in power as president with CIA complicity, thus establishing Zaire as the subsidiary regime for its schemes and Kinshasa as the main launching pad for its intervention in Angola.
As is known, one of the main objectives of the activities against Cuba planned by the CIA has been the physical elimination of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, and espionage has been used for these criminal ends.
cuban-exile.com /doc_001-025/doc0010.html   (19195 words)

  
 hertsdirect.org Heritage societies and clubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
By the imaginative re-use of the nation's historic buildings and by working closely with local authorities and others, they seek to spark the regeneration of the centres of cities, towns and villages.
It has a turnover of around £150 million of which £30 million is generated through admissions, membership, retail and catering, sponsorship and fundraising as well as through publications, suvey work and archive services.
Kings Langley's recent history has been well recorded on film and video and the Society arranges showings from time to time.
www.hertsdirect.org /libsleisure/leisure/activities/htclub3y?view=Printlist   (2874 words)

  
 Storm Clouds are gathering - Rapture Ready Message Board
Fort Campell (Christian), Fort Knox (Harkin), Louisville, Richmond.
Fort Dix-McGuire AFB complex (Trenton-Wrightstown), Lakehurst NAS, Fort Monmouth, Perth Amboy.
Mine countermeasures vessels HM ships Pembroke, Walney, Sandown and Middleton left Portsmouth in late April, shepherded by RFA Sir Bedivere, which is serving as their command ship for the exercise.
www.rr-bb.com /showthread.php?t=148154   (3999 words)

  
 Arianna Online Forums - It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A recently published study by NASA Langley researchers concludes that clouds from airplane exhaust, or contrails, contributed to a.5-degree per decade warming trend in the United States between 1975 and 1994.
Bruce Wielicki, a NASA Langley scientist who was one of the first researchers to factor clouds into climate models in the 1970s, said Minnis' study points out how contrails, along with greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide, are factors when studying how humans affect the climate.
RFA seeks to shape and tap the tremendous amount of community-level knowledge, experience and innovative action that could solve America's problems in four key areas, including the environment.
www.ariannaonline.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-397-p-13.html   (19511 words)

  
 IEEE-USA Eye on Washington, No.17 (1 Sept 2005)
The Washington Post recently reported that the decision to relocate thousands of military jobs from NJ to MD could be a boon to the high-tech sector in the area.
The beneficiaries are the Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Meade.
Aberdeen Proving Ground would gain 4,000 employees, and Fort Meade, which is already home to the National Security Agency, would get another 5,000.
www.ieeeusa.org /policy/eyeonwashington/2005/05eow17.asp   (3039 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
As for the suggestion of others that we eliminate the Novice bands, we will not adopt this suggestion because the remaining comments convince us that there is no consensus within the amateur se rvice community regarding rule changes we should make concerning these frequency segments.
Under this Section, any individual who holds an amateur st ation operator license of a higher class is permitted to prepare or administer any examination for an amateur station operator license of a lower class, provided the examiner is accredited by the VEC coordi nating the examination session and meets other requirements.
Accordingly, the Commission certifies, pursuant to Section 605(b) of the RFA, t hat the rule adopted herein will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small en tities, as defined in the RFA.
www.lrts.org /docs/licence_res_2000-01.txt   (13145 words)

  
 NucNews - April 11, 2003
CIA analysts in Qatar and Langley, Virginia, are said to believe the likeliest explanation was an order issued in President Saddam's name.
Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, of Conyers, Ga. He was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. Weldon was on of four Americans killed at a checkpoint near An Najaf by a car bomb on March 29.
Eugene Williams, 24, of Highland, N.Y. He was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. Williams was killed at a checkpoint by a car bomb on March 29.
nucnews.net /nucnews/2003nn/0304nn/030411nn.htm   (21147 words)

  
 Laboratory Primate Newsletter Volume 33 Number 3
Grant applications responsive to this Request for Applications (RFA) should provide innovative, focused approaches to test a hypothesis of HIV pathogenesis in nonhuman primate models, HIV or SIV sexual/mucosal transmission, or host factors that modulate HIV or SIV infection or disease.
Although the research necessary to test a proposed pathogenesis hypothesis may be possible within a single laboratory, the NIAID anticipates that highly competitive applications may require separate components at the same or different institutions specializing in different scientific disciplines.
Agonistic dominance was assessed over a one-year period by computing a dominance index for each individual in baseline conditions and in a competitive drinking situation, where success was measured as the amount of time in possession of a bottle of fruit juice.
www.brown.edu /Research/Primate/lpn33-3.html   (15123 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - langley, denby, langley vase, lovatt items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG RETOLD AND ILLUS BY J LANGLEY 
Langley / Ardizzone The Land of Green Ginger 
Denby Langley Canterbury Milk Jug and Sugar Bowl Basin 
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 eBay.co.uk - langley, langley Postcards, Topographical British, Comic Seaside Humour items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Easter Postcard - 1909 Roth & Langley - Bunnies - BIN 
Langley Field, VA - Interior Airship Hanger - Zeppelin 
171 items found for langley in All Categories
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 The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1939
Seaplane tender Langley (AV-3) arrives at Manila, P.I., to serve as the flagship for Commander Aircraft Asiatic Fleet (Commander Arthur C. Davis) (see 25 September).
British RFA oiler Olynthus refuels light cruiser HMS Ajax at Samborombon Bay, off the coast of Argentina; heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland covers the evolution lest German armored ship Admiral Graf Spee should attempt to sortie.
Destroyer Philip (DD-76) relieves Twiggs (DD-127) of neutrality patrol duty trailing British RFA tanker Patella off east coast of Florida; while en route to Fort Lauderdale, Twiggs observes British light cruiser HMS Orion off Port Everglades and anchors to keep an eye on the British warship as the latter prowls the coast.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1939.html   (9009 words)

  
 Reynolds Family Circle - 1999 Guest Book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
I am so happy to have found the RFA on the web years ago I found out about the RFA in the Historical Society of Delaware but the info for the contact person was so old I didn't pursue it.
I've always wanted to be able to update my family history that has been a part of the RFA.
I was born in Fort Worth, TX 1960, my father was born in Arkansas - Wallace Thomas Reynolds, Jr.
www.larryjoereynolds.com /1999-guestbook.html   (8022 words)

  
 FEMA Update-Hurricane Bertha-07/11/96
NASA facilities at Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, and Wallops Flight Facility, WallopsIsland, VA, have activated their storm crews
Bragg which may cause considerable damage to Fort Bragg and its infrastructure.
Charlotte, NC when the Request for Federal Assistance (RFA) submitted by ESF #7 is approved.
www.emergency.com /bertha4.htm   (1229 words)

  
 The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1942
Japanese artillery on the Cavite coast, near Ternate, shell Corregidor, Fort Hughes, Fort Frank, Fort Drum and anchorage of Inshore Patrol off South Harbor, Corregidor; river gunboat Luzon (PR-7) is hit by a shell in her vacant admiral's quarters; there are no casualties.
President Roosevelt, while sympathetic to Admiral Leahy's position, subsequently informs his ambassador to Vichy that "to hold the fort [in Vichy] is as important a military task as any other in these days." Leahy is thus retained in France.
U.S. freighter Sea Witch delivers 27 crated USAAF P-40s to Tjilatjap, Java, but the planes will be destroyed on the docks to deny their use by the victors.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html   (16071 words)

  
 CASIQUEST.ORG - Florida Chapter for The Autism Autoimmunity Project
Host Anita Langley explained that BlackOp exists to present issues of timely public interest, as well as enduring importance to researchers and others, featuring guests who are prominent figures in the effort to bring such critical information into the public arena.
President Gallup’s conversation with Langley and Len Osanic concerned his family’s experience with autism, as well as the pressing issue of conflicts of interest in medicine and scientific research.
She spoke on the gluten and casein-free diet in Fort Lauderdale on October 20, 1999, 7-9:00 p.m., for the Autism Society of America, Broward Chapter's workshop, “Treating Autism: the GFCF Diet.” Information about the chapter or the workshop can be obtained by e-mailing
www.casiquest.org /intro.html   (8659 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials
Purchasers of playground equipment include the U.S. Army and other branches of the Armed Services and the GSA child care facilities.
Recent military purchasers include Langley Air Force Base and Fort Smith Naval Base, among other U.S. military purchases.
Plastic Lumber Landscaping Timbers and Posts The information obtained by EPA demonstrates that plastic lumber landscaping timbers and posts containing recovered materials are commercially available.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/1998/August/Day-27/f22793.htm   (17749 words)

  
 RNCA - On-Line Communicators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Broadsword, Zest, Invincible, Puma, Bacchante, Scylla, Gloucester, Bulwark, Ark Royal, RFA Sir Percivale, HMS/m Oberon, Onslaught, Sceptre, Swiftsure, Dreadnought
LRO(G) Ganges, Mercury, Torquay, Albion, Northwood, Mauritius, Tartar, Ashanti, Fort Southwick.
RO2(W) Ganges, Mercury, Blackwood, Hartland Point, Leander, Agincourt, Aurora, Exmouth plus spells at Whitehall, MOD and Fort Southwick.
www.rnca.org.uk /online/rnca3l.htm   (113 words)

  
 Acrylic Paintings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Americas first true aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1) is pictured making way at sea as a pair of Douglas DT-2s pass overhead.
Key ships of the British task force sail in close formation in the Mediterranean sea during the build up to the coalition invasion of Iraq in march 2003, nearest is the flagship HMS Ark Royal with the commando carrier HMS ocean to her port side.
Black and white acrylic painting reproduced as a fl and white signed limited edition of 1,150 art prints plus 50 artists proof.
www.military-uniforms.com /pencil_sketches.htm   (3516 words)

  
 Audio for 1998
He asserts this is a good and courageous move.
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER: "In honor of Flag Day, we visit the Smithsonian to talk with Dr. Harold Langley, curator emeritus of Naval History at the Museum of American History, about the flag that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814 - the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.
The flag is about to undergo the most extensive textile restoration ever undertaken by a museum.
www.nukefix.org /audio1998.html   (14292 words)

  
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West Virginia Estate Settlements (Fort Worth, TX: American Reference Publishers, 1969): p.
2 (Ft. Wayne, IN: Fort Wayne Public Library, 1968): pp.
"The Bluffton Cemetery." The History of Clay County, [Georgia] (Fort Gaines, GA: Clay County Library, 1976): pp.
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 NucNews - January 8, 2003
Mr Hoon is also expected to call up more Territorial Army reserves for active duty in the Gulf.
Oman has been reluctant to endorse a war against Iraq, but it is a longtime U.S. ally, allowing U.S. war supplies to be stored there since the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Thousands more Army troops from Fort Benning, Ga., have also been deploying this week.
nucnews.net /nucnews/2003nn/0301nn/030108nn.htm   (20924 words)

  
 Guestbook Results (1500-1599)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
After gaining my "City and Guilds," I went to a Marine Radio College in Preston emerging in 1971 as a Merchant Navy Radio Officer and immediately joined the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the supply fleet of the Royal Navy.
During nine years in the RFA, I visited every ocean, most seas and every continent but Antarctica.
I now live in Langley (not the CIA version) in British Columbia.
www.leicesterandleicestershire.com /guestbook_results1599.htm   (9197 words)

  
 Integrated Publishing CD Ordering Information
NASA-2001-cr211255.pdf - Ferdinand W. Grosveld, Binaural Simulation Experiments in the NASA Langley Structural Acoustics Loads and Transmission Facility, NASA/CR-2001-211255, December 2001, pp.
NASA-2001-tm210828.pdf - David M. Schuster, Aerodynamic Measurements on a Large Splitter Plate for the NASA Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, NASA/TM-2001-210828, March 2001, pp.
NASA-2001-tm211019.pdf - James R. Florance and Jose A. Rivera, Jr., Sidewall Mach Number Distributions for the NASA Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, NASA/TM-2001-211019, June 2001, pp.
www.tpub.com /products/nasa2001.htm   (11196 words)

  
 The Agonist: Deployment Update
About 60 aircraft currently are tasked with patrolling the northern no-fly zone, including:
Parts of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing from Langley Air Force Base, Va., were deployed in Turkey as of late December 2002, as was the 78th Fighter Squadron from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Jordan
The U.S. military staged a series of exercises in Jordan, including practices on deploying aircraft and troops, from late August to early September 2002.
www.agonist.org /archives/000526.html   (5563 words)

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