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    Hornet was an 1851 extreme clipper in the San Francisco trade, famous for its race with Flying Cloud. Hornet had a two-day head start on Flying Cloud in...
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    Institute. pp. 360–368. Bruzelius, Lars (2 January 1996). "Clipper Ships: "Hornet" (1851)". Hornet. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved 7 June...
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  • 1964 to 1965 Hornet (clipper), an 1851 clipper ship which raced Flying Cloud around Cape Horn Hornet (dinghy), a type of sailing dinghy Hornet, a steamer...
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    A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper...
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    Practical Navigator was famously used by The Hornet (clipper) and The Essex (whaleship). On the Hornet it was used to help save fourteen of the thirty-one...
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    established ten world records for payload-to-height. The "Flying Clipper" and the "Pan Am Clipper" were other names for the S-42. During the inaugural flight...
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    Baltimore Clipper, of which he had significant experience. During his time as captain, Chauncey reported significant problems with Hornet's rigging, hindering...
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  • SH-60 Seahawk of HSL-47, April 2018 An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to VFA-102, May 2006 A C-40A Clipper from VR-59, August 2015 A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor...
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    The clipper route was derived from the Brouwer Route and was sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route...
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  • 2001, 2013 NBA Finals champion with the Miami Heat; former New Orleans Hornet, Memphis Grizzly and Cleveland Cavalier Gerald Green, 2007 NBA Slam Dunk...
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    clippers, for example Contest (1852), Hornet (1851), N.B. Palmer (1851), Kathay (1853), and Sweepstakes. Clipper bows were distinctively narrow and heavily...
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    The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by...
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    American Clipper served as the flagship of Pan Am's clipper fleet and this aircraft model was the first to earn the popular designation of "Clipper" or "Pan...
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    A Baltimore clipper is a fast sailing ship historically built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States, especially at the port of Baltimore,...
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  • early United States Navy which influenced the later merchant ships and clipper ships. Name - Years served Ships designed Joshua Humphreys 1794 to 1801...
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    were U.S. Navy commanders. It features a clipper ship arriving at the Moon, representing the CM Yankee Clipper. The ship trails fire, and flies the flag...
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    Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper Initial version built to Pan Am specifications for use on rivers, powered by a 750 hp (560 kW) Pratt & Whitney S2EG Hornet. Six built...
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    harbor as the California terminal for China Clipper trans-Pacific flights beginning in 1935. The China Clipper terminal is designated California Historical...
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    The period of clipper ships lasted from the early 1840s to the early 1890s, and over time features such as the hull evolved from wooden to composite....
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  • whatever dates that were available, including scheduling same-day Clipper-Laker and Clipper-King doubleheaders. However, in the years after, the Clippers'...
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    Sovereign of the Seas, a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the world record for the fastest sailing ship, with a speed...
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    Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Designed...
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    Kai Jones (category Charlotte Hornets players)
    immediately traded to the Charlotte Hornets. On August 3, he officially signed with the Hornets. On September 30, 2023, the Hornets announced that Jones would...
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    Chris Kaman (category New Orleans Hornets players)
    blocks and 22.5 minutes in 82 games played (61 starts). He was the only Clipper to play all 82 games. Kaman became only the second rookie in franchise...
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    Sea Witch was an American clipper ship designed by naval architect John W. Griffiths for the China trading firm of Howland & Aspinwall. She was launched...
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    for 14 deployable Strike Fighter squadrons operating the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a Strike Fighter Fleet Replacement Squadron, an adversary squadron, and...
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    Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last...
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    Chris Paul (category New Orleans Hornets draft picks)
    selected as the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets, where he developed into one of the league's best players, finishing second...
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    The Sikorsky S-43 (sometimes referred to as the Baby Clipper) is a 1930s American twin-engine amphibious flying boat monoplane produced by Sikorsky Aircraft...
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    Taeping (redirect from Taeping (clipper))
    The Taeping was a tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company of Greenock and owned by Captain Alexander Rodger of Cellardyke, Fife. Over her...
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