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Nieuport-Macchi Parasol
The Nieuport-Macchi Parasol was a single-engine observation aircraft produced by the Italy, Italian aeronautical company Nieuport-Macchi in the early 1910s. It was the first aircraft designed independently by Aermacchi, Macchi, which until then had only produced aircraft under Licensed production, license.Apostolo, 1981, p. 22. The Parasol operated in front-line service in 1915 during the early stages of Military history of Italy during World War I, Italy's participation in . Development history The Nieuport-Macchi company was established in 1912 as a Licensed production, licensed manufacturer of aircraft built by the French Nieuport company. Its main product was the Nieuport IV, a two-seater monoplane sold for both civil and military use. As in other monoplanes, the Nieuport IV′s wing obstructed the downward view of the pilot and any Air observer, observer, so to solve that problem in a new aircraft, Nieuport-Macchi designers placed the wing above the fuselage following the so- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within Wikimedia project, sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by ''Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |