High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 35th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events held in Oslo, Norway, in 1952, only weeks before the 1952 Summer Olympics. It was the only World Shooting Championship between 1912 and 2008 to be conducted in an Olympic year.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1954 interceptor, formally WS-201A, was a US Air Force project to develop a dedicated interceptor aircraft that would enter service in 1954. Several aircraft were developed as part of the project, leading to the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart, XF-103 Thunderwarrior and, indirectly, the F-101B Voodoo and F-104 Starfighter. The electronics and weapons were also destined to become common, including the AIM-4 Falcon missile and a variety of Hughes Electronics supplied radar and fire control systems. The project also led, eventually, to the upgrading of the SAGE battle control computers to directly control the interceptors for much of their flight. Although greatly delayed, the resulting...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, USA. During a practice exercise the B-47 bomber carrying it collided in midair with an F-86 fighter plane. To protect the aircrew from a possible detonation in the event of a crash, the bomb was jettisoned. Following several unsuccessful searches, the bomb was presumed lost somewhere in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system is a unified designation system introduced by the United States Department of Defense on 18 September 1962 for all the U.S. military aircraft. Prior to this date, each armed service used their own nomenclature system. Under the 1962 system, almost all aircraft receive an unified designation, whether operated by the United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy (USN), United States Coast Guard (USCG), United States Marine Corps (USMC), or the United States Army. Experimental aircraft operated by manufacturers or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are also often assigned numbers in the X-series.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in the ballroom of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league`s six expansion teams for the 1967–68 season: the California Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and the St. Louis Blues.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Hockey League (NHL) undertook a major expansion for the 1967–68 season, adding six new franchises to double the size of the league. This marked the first change in the composition of the league since 1942, when the Brooklyn Americans folded. Thus, the expansion ended the era of the Original Six.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` inaugural season and the first National Hockey League (NHL) season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since the Philadelphia Quakers` 1930–31 season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` second season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` third season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` tenth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They finished first in the Patrick Division with a record of 48 wins, 16 losses, and 16 ties for 112 points.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` twelfth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers` 20th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).