On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over
Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. Two
Avro Ansons of
No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF were on a cross-country navigational exercise and made a banking turn at an altitude of 1,000 feet (300 metres).
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Fuller lost sight of the aircraft below him, and the pair collided, locking together and knocking out the upper Anson's engines. The lower Anson's turret wedged into the other's port wing root, its fin and rudder balancing the upper aircraft's port tailplane. Both navigators and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out. Fuller found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft using his
ailerons and
flaps, together with the still-functioning engines on the machine underneath. After flying for five miles (eight kilometres), he made an emergency landing in a
paddock. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the upper Anson was repaired and returned to flight service. The freak accident garnered news coverage around the world and, according to the
Greater Hume Shire Council, it remains Brocklesby's "main claim to fame". (
Full article...)
1962 – Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, was launched.
The birds of Thailand represent nearly one thousand species. At least seven bird species previously found in
Thailand have since been
extirpated, and approximately fifty of the country's species are globally threatened. In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23
migratory species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands. The birds of Thailand are mainly typical of the
Indomalayan realm, with affinities to the Indian subcontinent to the west, and, particularly in
Southern Thailand, with the
Sundaic fauna to the southeast. The northern mountains are outliers of the
Tibetan Plateau with many species of
montane birds, and, in winter, the avifauna is augmented by migrants from the eastern
Palearctic and
Himalayas. The
Java sparrow has been
introduced by humans, and the
cattle egret(pictured) has naturally colonised. The
white-eyed river martin, known only from its single wintering site in Thailand, is probably extinct. (Full list...)
In 1805 he took over the
Cádiz blockade, and on 21 October of that year Nelson's fleet engaged the Franco-Spanish one at the
Battle of Trafalgar. The battle was a British victory, but during the action Nelson was fatally wounded by a French sharpshooter. Numerous monuments, such as
Nelson's Column, have been created in his memory, and his signal "
England expects that every man will do his duty" has been widely quoted, paraphrased and referenced.
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On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over
Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. Two
Avro Ansons of
No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF were on a cross-country navigational exercise and made a banking turn at an altitude of 1,000 feet (300 metres).
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Fuller lost sight of the aircraft below him, and the pair collided, locking together and knocking out the upper Anson's engines. The lower Anson's turret wedged into the other's port wing root, its fin and rudder balancing the upper aircraft's port tailplane. Both navigators and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out. Fuller found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft using his
ailerons and
flaps, together with the still-functioning engines on the machine underneath. After flying for five miles (eight kilometres), he made an emergency landing in a
paddock. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the upper Anson was repaired and returned to flight service. The freak accident garnered news coverage around the world and, according to the
Greater Hume Shire Council, it remains Brocklesby's "main claim to fame". (
Full article...)
1962 – Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, was launched.
The birds of Thailand represent nearly one thousand species. At least seven bird species previously found in
Thailand have since been
extirpated, and approximately fifty of the country's species are globally threatened. In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23
migratory species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands. The birds of Thailand are mainly typical of the
Indomalayan realm, with affinities to the Indian subcontinent to the west, and, particularly in
Southern Thailand, with the
Sundaic fauna to the southeast. The northern mountains are outliers of the
Tibetan Plateau with many species of
montane birds, and, in winter, the avifauna is augmented by migrants from the eastern
Palearctic and
Himalayas. The
Java sparrow has been
introduced by humans, and the
cattle egret(pictured) has naturally colonised. The
white-eyed river martin, known only from its single wintering site in Thailand, is probably extinct. (Full list...)
In 1805 he took over the
Cádiz blockade, and on 21 October of that year Nelson's fleet engaged the Franco-Spanish one at the
Battle of Trafalgar. The battle was a British victory, but during the action Nelson was fatally wounded by a French sharpshooter. Numerous monuments, such as
Nelson's Column, have been created in his memory, and his signal "
England expects that every man will do his duty" has been widely quoted, paraphrased and referenced.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
4,611,907 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.