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Pelican Products is an American multinational company that designs and manufactures portable lighting systems, temperature controlled packaging and protective cases. Their products are used in many industries including military, law enforcement, fire safety, and consumer entertainment. [ 1]
The Ultravia Pelican is the name given to two series of high-wing, single-engine, tractor configuration ultralight aircraft that were designed by Jean Rene Lepage and produced in kit form for amateur construction by Ultravia Aero International of Mascouche, Quebec and later Gatineau, Quebec. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Pelican Books is a non-fiction imprint of Penguin Books [1] founded by Allen Lane and V. K. Krishna Menon. [2] It publishes inexpensive paperbacks of academic topics intended to reach a broader audience. The imprint originally operated from 1937 to 1984, [3] and was relaunched in April 2014. [4] [5]
The design process for what became the Pelican began in early 2000, when designers in the Phantom Works division of Boeing started working on solutions for the United States armed forces objective of moving thousands of troops, weapons, military equipment, and provisions to a war or battle scene faster, [5] such as successfully deploying an Army brigade of 3,000 troops and 8,000 short tons ...
Sikorsky quickly decided to pursue development of a dedicated commercial model of the Sea King. [1] In fact, two prime models were produced: the land-based S-61L and the amphibious S-61N . [ 5 ] On 2 November 1961, the S-61L conducted its maiden flight ; it was 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) longer than the HSS-2 to facilitate the carriage of a substantial ...
Year-round. Nonbreeding. Synonyms. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus ( lapsus) The American white pelican ( Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Costa Rica, in winter.
Shoppers could soon have to pay much higher prices for fruit and vegetables as farmers shoulder higher growing costs from the heat, a reversal of a trend seen over the past year with the cost of ...
The Dalmatian pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans. They are elegant soaring birds, with wingspans rivaling those of the great albatrosses, and their flocks fly in graceful synchrony.