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... miles ( 1,100 kilometres ) per hour and service ceiling was 50,000 feet ( 15,000 metres ) . Armament was six machine guns , with provision for bombs and rockets . Some F - 86s were built in Canada and Italy , and some were used in North ...
... miles ( 1,100 kilometres ) per hour and service ceiling was 50,000 feet ( 15,000 metres ) . Armament was six machine guns , with provision for bombs and rockets . Some F - 86s were built in Canada and Italy , and some were used in North ...
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... miles ( 130 kilometres ) , with a to- tal area estimated as 50,000 square miles ( 130,000 square kilometres ) . During inundation , silt drops from the re- treating floodwater and , trapped by vegeta- tion , tends to build up and level ...
... miles ( 130 kilometres ) , with a to- tal area estimated as 50,000 square miles ( 130,000 square kilometres ) . During inundation , silt drops from the re- treating floodwater and , trapped by vegeta- tion , tends to build up and level ...
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... miles ( 160 kilometres ) east of Los Angeles . Palomar Mountain , about 50 miles northeast of San Diego , Calif . , is the site of the 200 - inch Hale reflecting telescope , the world's largest from its completion in 1948 until the ...
... miles ( 160 kilometres ) east of Los Angeles . Palomar Mountain , about 50 miles northeast of San Diego , Calif . , is the site of the 200 - inch Hale reflecting telescope , the world's largest from its completion in 1948 until the ...
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