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A wing is a type of fin with a surface that produces aerodynamic forces facilitating movement through air and other gases, or water and other liquids. As such, wings have an airfoil shape, a streamlined cross-sectional shape producing lift.
The word "wing" from the Old Norse vængr for many centuries referred mainly to the foremost limbs of birds (in addition to the architectural aisle.) But in recent centuries the word's meaning has extended to include lift producing appendages of insects, bats, pterosaurs, boomerangs, some sail boats and aircraft, or the inverted airfoil on a race car that generates a downward force to increase traction.
Various species of penguins and other flighted or flightless water birds such as auks, cormorants, guillemots, shearwaters, eider and scoter ducks and diving petrels are avid swimmers, and use their wings to propel through water.
A wing's aerodynamic quality is expressed as its lift-to-drag ratio. The lift a wing generates at a given speed and angle of attack can be one to two orders of magnitude greater than the total drag on the wing. A high lift-to-drag ratio requires a significantly smaller thrust to propel the wings through the air at sufficient lift.
Commander (French: Commandeur) is a common naval and air force officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organisations, including several police forces. The literal meaning is he who commands, parallel to Commandant. In most senses, the German equivalent is Kommandeur.
Commander is also a generic term for an officer commanding any armed forces unit, for example "platoon commander", "brigade commander" and "squadron commander". In the police, terms such as "borough commander" and "incident commander" are used.
Commander is a rank used in navies but is very rarely used as a rank in armies (except in special forces where it designates the team leader). The title (originally "master and commander") originated in the 18th century to describe naval officers who commanded ships of war too large to be commanded by a Lieutenant but too small to warrant the assignment of a post-captain and (before about 1770) a sailing-master; the commanding officer served as his own Master. In practice, these were usually unrated sloops-of-war of no more than 20 guns. The Royal Navy shortened "master and commander" to "commander" in 1794; however, the term "master and commander" remained (unofficially) in common parlance for several years. The equivalent American rank master commandant remained in use until changed to commander in 1838. A corresponding rank in some navies is frigate captain. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the rank has been assigned the NATO rank code of OF-4.
Christopher "Maverick" Blair is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise Wing Commander, first appearing in the video game Wing Commander in 1990, although he was only given a canonical name years later. He is a protagonist player character throughout much of the Wing Commander game series and also appears in several Wing Commander novels, notably the novelizations of Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, and in the film Wing Commander.
In Wing Commander III, Wing Commander IV, Wing Commander: Prophecy and animated television series Wing Commander Academy, Blair was played and voiced by veteran actor and Star Wars legend Mark Hamill. Blair was one of the best received characters in PC gaming during the 1990s.
Blair has no official name for the first two installments of the series; the player is allowed to personalize the character's name and call sign. In Ultimate Strategy Guide for Wing Commander I & II, the character is named Carl T. LaFong, nicknamed "Prankster" (Carl T. LaFong become a separate character in Star*Soldier the manual for Wing Commander Arena). In Super Wing Commander (a remake of the first game made for Macintosh and 3DO), the character is named Jason Armstrong (Jason Armstrong becomes a separate character in Star*Soldier the manual for Wing Commander Arena), and in the Sega Mega-CD version of Wing Commander, he does not have a name, only a call sign, "Hotshot". Origin Systems' in-house "bible" referred to him as "Bluehair", and when the full motion video cut scenes in Wing Commander III required the character be given a name, this tag was shortened to "Blair". "Christopher" is the first name of series creator Chris Roberts.
Actors: Steve Tisch (producer), Richard Jenkins (actor), Laura Dern (actress), Michael Rooker (actor), Stewart Copeland (composer), Jerrold L. Ludwig (editor), Vincent Spano (actor), Michael Monks (actor), Robert Loggia (actor), Richard Fancy (actor), Andy Romano (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Steven E. Housewright (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Posey (actor), Gary Basaraba (actor),
Plot: Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, docudrama, female-stockinged-feet, female-stockinged-legs, lying-on-bed, pantyhose, suntan-pantyhoseActors: Carlos Corral (actor), Charles Dance (actor), David Hannay (producer), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (actor), Peter Yeldham (writer), Randall Berger (actor), Paul Young (actor), Gus Mercurio (actor), Frank Strangio (composer), Henri Safran (director), Henri Safran (actor), Robin Cuming (actor), Stephen Leeder (actor), Gerard Maguire (actor), Bruce Finlayson (costume designer),
Genres: ,Actors: Lars Lind (actor), Janne Carlsson (actor), Lars Amble (actor), Lasse Åberg (director), Lasse Åberg (writer), Lasse Åberg (actor), Örjan Ramberg (actor), Agneta Prytz (actress), Bo Jonsson (writer), Bo Jonsson (producer), Lars Molin (writer), Palle Granditsky (actor), Sylvia Ingemarsson (editor), Stina Klemming (miscellaneous crew), Thomas Ungewitter (actor),
Plot: It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him.
Keywords: army-life, boot-camp, conscription, dream-sequence, golf-course, journalist, military-exercise, restaurant, secret-identityActors: Fritz Umgelter (director), Harald Dietl (actor), Helmut Förnbacher (actor), Wolfgang Jansen (actor), Volkert Kraeft (actor), Martin Lüttge (actor), Günter Mack (actor), Jörg Pleva (actor), Rolf Becker (actor), Frithjof Vierock (actor), Ulrich von Dobschütz (actor), Wolfgang Hess (actor), Nobert Beilharz (actor), Volker Lechtenbrink (actor), Arnold Wesker (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Irene Handl (actress), Sydney Box (producer), Liz Fraser (actress), Denis Shaw (actor), Hattie Jacques (actress), Andrew Sachs (actor), Cecil Parker (actor), Leslie Phillips (actor), William Hartnell (actor), Arnold Bell (actor), Ray Cooney (actor), John Welsh (actor), Arthur Lovegrove (actor), Gladys Goldsmith (miscellaneous crew), Peter Burton (actor),
Plot: A WWII British secret agent has a desperate mission in occupied France. An airman who is his double is enlisted in the scheme with the intention of confusing the enemy, but everyone gets confused.
Keywords: 1940s, american, archive-footage, army-base, bomb, bumbler, chicken-farm, coward, dismantle, dual-roleActors: Massimo Serato (actor), Cyril Shaps (actor), Brian Oulton (actor), Alec McCowen (actor), Derren Nesbitt (actor), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (actor), Lee Montague (actor), Sid James (actor), Michael Craig (actor), Laurence Harvey (actor), Arnoldo Foà (actor), Howard Marion-Crawford (actor), David Lodge (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Ewen Solon (actor),
Plot: In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibralter to organise defences, but finds only two British divers available to help him. Even more worrying, it seems likely that the Italians are secretly using neutral Spain across the bay as their key base.
Keywords: based-on-novel, diver, italian, italian-history, italian-navy, malta, mini-submarine, royal-navy, world-war-twoActors: A.E. Matthews (actor), George Merritt (actor), John Boxer (actor), Reginald Beckwith (actor), Peter Butterworth (actor), Howard Marion-Crawford (actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Tom Gill (actor), Danny Green (actor), Arthur Hill (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Ballard Berkeley (actor), Jon Pertwee (actor),
Plot: Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.
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Plot: When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamor job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls for all different walks of life, and begins a relationship with a young airman.
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Plot: Brian McLean is a ruthless bush-pilot in Canada. He offers some other pilots an opportunity of earning a lot of money, but he marries the girl-friend of one of them. After listening to Churchill's famous "Blood, Sweat and tears" radio address he and some other pilots decide to join the RCAF - and his superior is always the pilot who's girlfriend he has married. Due to this and the fact, that McLean doesn't like to obey he gets troubles.
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Genres: Drama, War,Wing Commander 1 (#WingCommander) is the 1st game in the sci-fi space combat series. Watch #J2JonJeremy fight the #Kilrathi. | Click Thumbs Up & Subscribe! - http://bit.ly/SubscribeJ2 | Buy games from GMG & Support J2 - http://bit.ly/J2GMGRefer | Expand the description for a playlist link & more! Do you want to watch this series from the beginning? Click Here - http://bit.ly/WCPlaylist My Youtube Gaming Page - http://bit.ly/J2YTGaming My Twitter - http://bit.ly/J2Twitter My Facebook - http://bit.ly/J2Facebook My Google+ Page - http://bit.ly/J2GooglePlus
Years after Colonel Christopher Blair (Mark Hamill; Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) single-handedly ended the deadly war with the Kilrathi, a new enemy emerges from far cross the stars. Now, it is the duty of the TCS Midway and her crew to stop these deadly aliens before it's too late. This space combat adventure focuses on 2nd Lieutenant Lance Casey; the son of a legendary ace pilot and new recruit into the Confederation Space Force. Alongside veteran pilots Maniac (Thomas F. Wilson; Back to the Future) and Hawk (Chris Mulkey, Rambo: First Blood, The Purge) and his fellow new recruits, Casey will face a terrifying new enemy with ancient origins. Co-starring Peter Jason (They Live, HBO's Deadwood), Jeremy Roberts (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) and adult actress Ginger Ly...
Taking a look back at the 1990 space combat game that redefined the genre, Wing Commander! Getting it to run correctly may be a tough nut to crack, but it's worth it to play this Origin classic. ● Consider supporting LGR on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews ● Social links: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Music used in order of appearance: Time For Spring 1, Wing Commander Adlib OST https://player.epidemicsound.com
What more could a Wing Commander Fan ask for ..........cheers to some guy named queeg he made this video not me ..i just downloaded this one from the net.
http://www.longplays.org Played by: Mad-Matt SNES Port of Wing Commander originally released on the pc. I longplayed The Secret Missions first so most of the issues are in this version too. The ai is dumb as dirt and missiles dont do any significant damage in this version so there is very little to hurt the player in this version of the game. The game engine only allows 1 enemy to be in focus at a time so you never get shot at by multiple ships. A massive flaw in the game though is when the ships dont want to come into focus, no amount of shooting will be able to hit them. The frame rate is very erratic which makes it hard to aim and often overshoot the target. Added with the very low fire rate makes the stronger weapons useless. Far easier to stick with slightly weaker lasers and land ...
Wing Commander Saga "The Darkest Dawn" Game Info Pilots, man your planes! Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn concludes a forty-year galactic struggle between the Terran Confederation and the Kilrathi Empire, an imperialistic, xenophopic alien race. Relive the adventure of Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Step in the shoes of a rookie Terran pilot and play your part to save humanity from extinction Strap into the most advanced starfighters humanity has to offer Dogfight against several dozen types of enemy fighters, bombers, and capital ships Participate in a diverse range of missions ranging from routine patrols to major fleet operations. Immerse yourself in the Wing Commander universe that has been a staple in science fiction since 1990 Take the figh...
http://www.longplays.org Played By: Mad-Matt Wing Commander Secret Missions 1 Expansion pack - MS-Dos version. The difficulty of this expansion pack is so insane, it could destroy any love you have for the wing commander franchise. The odds are stacked significantly against you every mission, the game becomes a grind and I just endup hitting minimum requiments to pass the mission rather then worry about kill score. quite often you would be put into a crappy fighter so not designed to take on the mission given. I got so fed up towards the end of the game after many retries, nothing worse then going after the final fighter and the wingman decides to colide with the claw and destroy em both, every time!). So ive cheated the last few levels to get it done. Was either this or delete...
Christopher Blair, "Heart of the Tiger" had retired to a farming planet after the war, content with retirement, so he says... In the depths of space, a new menace has surfaced. Some unknown attackers are killing civilian ships. The tension between the Confederation and the Border Worlds is at an all time high, as both sides accuse the other of staging the attacks. Admiral Tolwyn has recalled Blair back to service, where he will make the most difficult choice of all... And contemplate action he had never dared before, in the name of justice... Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a mix of interactive movie and space sim. The game has a dynamic mission tree, which means the player's behaviour will determine the next mission. The videos feature real actors, like Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson...
Wing Commander 1 (#WingCommander) is the 1st game in the sci-fi space combat series. Watch #J2JonJeremy fight the #Kilrathi. | Click Thumbs Up & Subscribe! - http://bit.ly/SubscribeJ2 | Buy games from GMG & Support J2 - http://bit.ly/J2GMGRefer | Expand the description for a playlist link & more! Do you want to watch this series from the beginning? Click Here - http://bit.ly/WCPlaylist My Youtube Gaming Page - http://bit.ly/J2YTGaming My Twitter - http://bit.ly/J2Twitter My Facebook - http://bit.ly/J2Facebook My Google+ Page - http://bit.ly/J2GooglePlus
Years after Colonel Christopher Blair (Mark Hamill; Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) single-handedly ended the deadly war with the Kilrathi, a new enemy emerges from far cross the stars. Now, it is the duty of the TCS Midway and her crew to stop these deadly aliens before it's too late. This space combat adventure focuses on 2nd Lieutenant Lance Casey; the son of a legendary ace pilot and new recruit into the Confederation Space Force. Alongside veteran pilots Maniac (Thomas F. Wilson; Back to the Future) and Hawk (Chris Mulkey, Rambo: First Blood, The Purge) and his fellow new recruits, Casey will face a terrifying new enemy with ancient origins. Co-starring Peter Jason (They Live, HBO's Deadwood), Jeremy Roberts (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) and adult actress Ginger Ly...
Taking a look back at the 1990 space combat game that redefined the genre, Wing Commander! Getting it to run correctly may be a tough nut to crack, but it's worth it to play this Origin classic. ● Consider supporting LGR on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews ● Social links: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Music used in order of appearance: Time For Spring 1, Wing Commander Adlib OST https://player.epidemicsound.com
What more could a Wing Commander Fan ask for ..........cheers to some guy named queeg he made this video not me ..i just downloaded this one from the net.
http://www.longplays.org Played by: Mad-Matt SNES Port of Wing Commander originally released on the pc. I longplayed The Secret Missions first so most of the issues are in this version too. The ai is dumb as dirt and missiles dont do any significant damage in this version so there is very little to hurt the player in this version of the game. The game engine only allows 1 enemy to be in focus at a time so you never get shot at by multiple ships. A massive flaw in the game though is when the ships dont want to come into focus, no amount of shooting will be able to hit them. The frame rate is very erratic which makes it hard to aim and often overshoot the target. Added with the very low fire rate makes the stronger weapons useless. Far easier to stick with slightly weaker lasers and land ...
Wing Commander Saga "The Darkest Dawn" Game Info Pilots, man your planes! Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn concludes a forty-year galactic struggle between the Terran Confederation and the Kilrathi Empire, an imperialistic, xenophopic alien race. Relive the adventure of Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Step in the shoes of a rookie Terran pilot and play your part to save humanity from extinction Strap into the most advanced starfighters humanity has to offer Dogfight against several dozen types of enemy fighters, bombers, and capital ships Participate in a diverse range of missions ranging from routine patrols to major fleet operations. Immerse yourself in the Wing Commander universe that has been a staple in science fiction since 1990 Take the figh...
http://www.longplays.org Played By: Mad-Matt Wing Commander Secret Missions 1 Expansion pack - MS-Dos version. The difficulty of this expansion pack is so insane, it could destroy any love you have for the wing commander franchise. The odds are stacked significantly against you every mission, the game becomes a grind and I just endup hitting minimum requiments to pass the mission rather then worry about kill score. quite often you would be put into a crappy fighter so not designed to take on the mission given. I got so fed up towards the end of the game after many retries, nothing worse then going after the final fighter and the wingman decides to colide with the claw and destroy em both, every time!). So ive cheated the last few levels to get it done. Was either this or delete...
Christopher Blair, "Heart of the Tiger" had retired to a farming planet after the war, content with retirement, so he says... In the depths of space, a new menace has surfaced. Some unknown attackers are killing civilian ships. The tension between the Confederation and the Border Worlds is at an all time high, as both sides accuse the other of staging the attacks. Admiral Tolwyn has recalled Blair back to service, where he will make the most difficult choice of all... And contemplate action he had never dared before, in the name of justice... Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a mix of interactive movie and space sim. The game has a dynamic mission tree, which means the player's behaviour will determine the next mission. The videos feature real actors, like Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson...
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