Cars & Other Vehicles, TUR-ZON
Automobile, byname auto, also called motorcar or car, a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel.
Cars & Other Vehicles Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Turtle, one-man submarine, the first to be put to military use, built and designed by the American inventor David......
Typhoon, British fighter and ground-attack aircraft used in the latter half of World War II. Conceived as a replacement......
U-2, single-seat, high-altitude jet aircraft flown by the United States for intelligence gathering, surveillance,......
U-boat, (“undersea boat”), a German submarine. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular......
Uber, American company that provides services related to mobility. The business’s signature product is an application......
Ulysses, joint European-U.S. space probe launched in 1990 that was the first spacecraft to fly over the poles of......
umiak, boat used by the Greenland and later by the Alaskan Eskimos for transport. It was called the woman’s boat,......
undersea exploration, the investigation and description of the ocean waters and the seafloor and of the Earth beneath.......
unidentified flying object (UFO), any aerial object or optical phenomenon not readily identifiable to the observer.......
Union Pacific Railroad Company, company that extended the American railway system to the Pacific Coast; it was......
unit train, freight train composed of cars carrying a single type of commodity that are all bound for the same......
United Airlines, American international airline serving North America, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and......
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), military aircraft that is guided autonomously, by remote control, or both and that......
US Airways, former American airline that was incorporated on March 5, 1937, as All American Aviation, Inc. It underwent......
USS Arizona, U.S. battleship that sank during the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu island,......
USS Indianapolis, U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after......
V-22, tilt-rotor military aircraft built by Bell Helicopter (a subsidiary of Textron) and Boeing. The V-22’s unique......
Vanguard, any of a series of three uncrewed U.S. experimental test satellites. Vanguard 1, launched March 17, 1958,......
Varig, Brazilian airline founded on May 7, 1927, with the assistance of a Berlin trading concern, Kondor Syndicat,......
Vasa, 17th-century Swedish vessel, the mightiest warship of its day, that sank on its maiden voyage on August 10,......
vehicular safety devices, seat belts, harnesses, inflatable cushions, and other devices designed to protect occupants......
Vela, any of a series of 12 unmanned U.S. reconnaissance satellites developed to detect radiation from nuclear......
velocipede, version of the bicycle reinvented in the 1860s by the Michaux family of Paris. Its iron and wood construction......
Venera, any of a series of unmanned Soviet planetary probes that were sent to Venus. Radio contact was lost with......
Venus Express, European Space Agency spacecraft that orbited the planet Venus. The design of Venus Express was......
victoria, French carriage, named for Queen Victoria at least by 1844, and renowned for its elegance. It was first......
Victoria Station, railway station in the borough of Westminster, London. It stands just south of Buckingham Palace.......
Victory, flagship of the victorious British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar......
Viking, either of two robotic U.S. spacecraft launched by NASA for extended study of the planet Mars. The Viking......
Voisin-Farman I, aircraft built by the French aeronautical pioneer Gabriel Voisin for the French aviator Henri......
volante, Spanish one- or two-passenger carriage, having two wheels and an open, hooded body. The body was set in......
Volkswagen Group, major German automobile manufacturer, founded by the German government in 1937 to mass-produce......
Volvo Aktiebolaget, major Swedish brand and manufacturer of buses, trucks, construction equipment, and related......
Voskhod, second series of manned Soviet spacecraft. Following the triumph of the Vostok launchings that had put......
Vostok, any of a series of manned Soviet spacecraft, the initial flight of which carried the first human being......
Voyager, in aeronautics, American experimental aircraft that in 1986 became the first airplane to fly around the......
Voyager, in space exploration, either of a pair of robotic U.S. interplanetary probes launched to observe and to......
Voyager 1, robotic U.S. interplanetary probe launched in 1977 that visited Jupiter and Saturn and was the first......
VTOL airplane, any of several unconventional aircraft with rotating wing systems, such as the helicopter and autogiro.......
wagon, four-wheeled vehicle designed to be drawn by draft animals and known to have been used as early as the 1st......
wagon train, caravan of wagons organized by settlers in the United States for emigration to the West during the......
wagonette, horse-drawn carriage designed to carry a large number of passengers who sat on long bench-style seats......
warship, the chief instrument by which military power is projected onto the seas. Warships protect the movement......
- Introduction
- Greek, Trireme, Oar-Powered
- Roman, Trireme, Galley
- Gunnery, Sailing, Armament
- Evolution, Technology, Armament
- Line-of-Battle, Armament, Tactics
- Steam, Iron, Armament
- Armor, Gunnery, Protection
- Design, Armament, Tactics
- Big Guns, Torpedoes, Armament
- Armament, Armor, Engines
- Destroyer, Armament, Torpedo
- Aircraft, Carriers, Naval
- Escorts, Destroyers, Armaments
- Guided Missile, Naval Technology, Armament
- Aircraft, Armament, Defense
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Waterloo Station, railway station in the borough of Lambeth, London, England. It is one of the largest stations......
weather satellite, any of a class of Earth satellites designed to monitor meteorological conditions (see Earth...
Wells Fargo, multinational financial services company with headquarters in San Francisco, California. The founders......
Western Air Lines, Inc., former American airline that was first incorporated in 1925 as Western Air Express, Inc.,......
whaleboat, light, swift, rowing and sailing boat fitted with a centreboard (retractable keel), initially developed......
electric wheelchair, any seating surface with wheels affixed to it that is propelled by an electrically based power......
Wilhelm Gustloff, German ocean liner that was sunk by a Soviet submarine on January 30, 1945. An estimated 9,000......
wing, in aeronautics, an airfoil that helps lift a heavier-than-air craft. When positioned above the fuselage (high......
Wright flyer of 1903, first powered airplane to demonstrate sustained flight under the full control of the pilot.......
Wright flyer of 1905, third powered airplane designed, built, and flown by Wilbur and Orville Wright. It represented......
Wright glider of 1902, biplane glider designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio, during the......
Wright military flyer of 1909, airplane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright and sold to the U.S. Army Signal Corps......
X-15, rocket-powered research aircraft built in the 1950s by North American Aviation, Inc., for the U.S. military......
yacht, a sail- or power-driven vessel, usually light and comparatively small, used for racing or for recreation.......
yawl, two-masted sailboat, usually rigged with one or more jibsails, a mainsail, and a mizzen. In common with the......
yoke, wooden bar or frame used to join draft animals at the heads or necks so that they pull together. In the early......
zeppelin, rigid airship of a type originally manufactured by Luftschiffsbau-Zeppelin, consisting of a cigar-shaped,......
Zero, fighter aircraft, a single-seat, low-wing monoplane used with great effect by the Japanese during World War......
Zond, any of a series of eight unmanned Soviet lunar and interplanetary probes. Zond 1 (launched April 2, 1964)......