The development of the Corsair began in 1938, when the US Navy issued a request for a new single-seat carrier-based fighter. The Chance-Vought company won the contract with their unique, gull-winged airframe pulled by the largest engine then available, the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp; the world's fastest and most powerful engine at the time. The Corsair served with the US Navy,US Marines, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force (and later, the French Aeronavale), and quickly became the most capable carrier-based fighter/bomber of the war... more
Tags: BK3DH30, Other, Books, Educational and Guides, 3D Navy 4 Corsair - Oahu Hawaii, Waterproof Dive Site Card
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The lead ship of her class, Mackenzie was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, and commissioned on 6 October, 1962. Arriving in Halifax on 15 October, she spent the first five months of her service life operating from that port. Perhaps as a result of the "Cuban Missile Crisis," on 2 March 1963 she left for Esquimalt and never returned to Halifax. For the next 23 years she roamed the Pacific, either as a unit of the Second Canadian Destroyer Squadron or as part of Training Group Pacific. During the first three weeks of March 1964... more
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Buddycall is the revolutionary new underwater signaling and emergency device for divers. New Zealand dive experts Scientific Divers are proud to introduce Buddycall - a device that has revolutionizing personal underwater signaling and emergency response. Buddycall is a battery operated diver-to-diver signaling device that enables you to immediately attract the attention of other divers. It may be worn around your wrist like a watch or attached to other gear like a BCD. A smart, potentially life-saving idea: Often while diving, you want to get another divers attention to point something out... more
Tags: AQUBC, Aqua, Safety & First Aid, Add-On Gear, Buddy Call underwater Signalling Devise
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