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the Royal Air Force

  • 1 Marshal of the Royal Air Force

    1) Military: MOFRAF, MRAF
    2) Abbreviation: MRAF (UK)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Marshal of the Royal Air Force

  • 2 Royal Canadian Air Force

    Abbreviation: RCAF (Now part of the CAF), RCAF

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Royal Canadian Air Force

  • 3 Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Royal Canadian Air Force

    Military: QR & AIR, QRAIR

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Royal Canadian Air Force

  • 4 King's Regulations and Orders for the Royal Canadian Air Force

    Military: KRAIR

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > King's Regulations and Orders for the Royal Canadian Air Force

  • 5 force

    [fɔːs]
    1. noun
    1) strength or power that can be felt:

    the force of the wind.

    قُوَّه
    2) a person or thing that has great power:

    the forces of Nature.

    قُوَّه
    3) ( sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action:

    the Royal Air Force.

    قُوّات
    2. verb
    1) to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will:

    He forced me to give him money.

    يُجْبِر
    2) to achieve by strength or effort:

    He forced a smile despite his grief.

    يَحْصَل بالقُوَّه

    Arabic-English dictionary > force

  • 6 The Queen's Flight

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > The Queen's Flight

  • 7 Les grades

    La liste suivante regroupe les grades des trois armes, armée de terre, marine et aviation du Royaume-Uni et des États-Unis. Pour les traductions, consulter les articles dans le dictionnaire.
    En anglais comme en français, l’armée de terre et l’armée de l’air distinguent deux catégories: les officiers, commissioned officers (GB) ou warrant officers (US), à partir du grade de Second Lieutenant/Pilot Officer, et tous les autres, à l’exception de Private/Aircraftman/ Airman, non-commissioned officers (the NCOs):
    Royaume-Uni États-Unis
    L’armée de terre
    the British Army the United States Army
    Field Marshal (FM)* General of the Army (GEN)
    General (Gen) General (GEN)
    Lieutenant†-General (Lt-Gen) Lieutenant† General (LTG)
    Major-General (Maj-Gen) Major General (MG)
    Brigadier (Brig) Brigadier General (BG)
    Colonel (Col) Colonel (COL)
    Lieutenant†-Colonel (Lt-Col) Lieutenant† Colonel (LTC)
    Major (Maj) Major (MAJ)
    Captain (Capt) Captain (CAPT)
    Lieutenant† (Lieut) First Lieutenant† (1LT)
    Second Lieutenant† (2nd Lt) Second Lieutenant† (2Lt)
    - Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)
    - Warrant Officer (WO)
    Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Command Sergeant Major (CSM)
    Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Staff Sergeant Major (SSM)
    - 1st Sergeant (1 SG)
    - Master Sergeant (MSG)
    - Sergeant 1st Class (SFC)
    Staff Sergeant‡ (S/Sgt) Staff Sergeant (SSG)
    ou Colour Sergeant‡ (C/Sgt)‡
    Sergeant (Sgt) Sergeant (SGT)
    Corporal (Cpl) Corporal (CPL)
    Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Private First Class (P1C)
    Private (Pte) Private (PVT)
    ou Rifleman (Rfm)
    ou Guardsman (Gdm)‡
    La marine
    the Royal Navy (RN)§ the United States Navy (USN)§
    Admiral of the Fleet Fleet Admiral
    Admiral (Adm)* Admiral (ADM)
    Vice-Admiral (V-Adm) Vice Admiral (VADM)
    Rear-Admiral (Rear-Adm) Rear Admiral (RADM)
    Commodore (Cdre) Commodore (CDRE)
    Captain (Capt) Captain (CAPT)
    Commander (Cdr) Commander (CDR)
    Lieutenant†-Commander (Lt-Cdr) Lieutenant† Commander (LCDR)
    Lieutenant† (Lt) Lieutenant† (LT)
    Sub-Lieutenant† (Sub-Lt) Lieutenant† Junior Grade (LTJG)
    Acting Sub- Lieutenant† (Act Sub-Lt) Ensign (ENS)
    - Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)
    Midshipman Midshipman
    Fleet Chief Petty Officer (FCPO) -
    - Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
    - Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
    Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
    - Petty Officer 1st Class (PO1)
    - Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2)
    Petty Officer (PO) Petty Officer 3rd Class (PO3)
    Leading Seaman (LS) Seaman (SN)
    Able Seaman (AB) -
    Ordinary Seaman (OD) -
    Junior Seaman (JS) Seaman Apprentice (SA), Seaman Recruit (SR)
    Royaume-Uni États-Unis
    L’armée de l’air
    the Royal Air Force (RAF) the United States Air Force (USAF)||
    Marshal of the Royal Air Force General of the Air Force
    Air Chief Marshal (ACM)* General (GEN)
    Air Marshal (AM) Lieutenant† General (LTG)
    Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Major General (MG)
    Air Commodore (Air Cdre) Brigadier General (BG)
    Group Captain (Gp Capt) Colonel (COL)
    Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) Lieutenant† Colonel (LTC)
    Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Major (MAJ)
    Flight Lieutenant† (Flt Lt) Captain (CAPT)
    Flying Officer (FO) First Lieutenant† (1LT)
    Pilot Officer (PO) Second Lieutenant† (2LT)
    Warrant Officer (WO) -
    Flight Sergeant (FS) Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
    - Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
    - Master Sergeant (MSGT)
    Chief Technician (Chf Tech) Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
    Sergeant (Sgt) Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
    Corporal (Cpl) Sergeant (SGT)
    Junior Technician (Jnr Tech) -
    Senior Aircraftman ou woman (SAC) -
    Leading Aircraftman ou woman (LAC) Airman First Class (A1C) ou Airwoman First Class
    Aircraftman ou Aircraftwoman Airman Basic (AB)
    Comment parler des militaires
    L’anglais emploie l’article indéfini pour les noms de grades utilisés avec les verbes to be ( être), to become ( devenir), to make ( faire) etc.
    Dans les expressions suivantes, colonel est pris comme exemple; les autres noms de grades s’utilisent de la même façon.
    il est colonel
    = he is a colonel
    il est colonel dans l’armée de terre
    = he is a colonel in the army
    devenir colonel
    = to become a colonel
    on l’a nommé colonel
    = he was made a colonel
    Mais avec le verbe to promote ou dans l’expression the rank of…, l’anglais n’emploie pas l’article indéfini:
    être promu colonel
    = to be promoted colonel ou to be promoted to colonel
    il a le grade de colonel
    = he has the rank of colonel
    L’anglais n’emploie pas non plus l’article défini lorsque le grade est suivi du nom propre:
    le colonel Jones est arrivé
    = Colonel Jones has arrived
    Comparer:
    le colonel est arrivé
    = the colonel has arrived
    Noter que le mot Colonel prend une majuscule en anglais devant le nom propre, mais rarement dans les autres cas.
    Comment s’adresser aux militaires
    D’un militaire à son supérieur:
    oui, mon colonel
    = yes, sir
    oui, colonel
    = yes, ma’am
    D’un militaire à son inférieur en grade:
    oui, sergent
    = yes, sergeant
    Les abréviations sont utilisées uniquement par écrit et avec les noms propres, par ex.: Capt. Jones.
    † Noter la prononciation (GB): [leftenant], (US): [lootenant].
    ‡ Le nom varie selon le régiment.
    § Les abréviations RN et USN ne sont utilisées que par écrit.
    || L’abréviation USAF n’est utilisée que par écrit. Dire the US Air Force.

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Les grades

  • 8 Tizard, Sir Henry Thoms

    SUBJECT AREA: Weapons and armour
    [br]
    b. 23 August 1885 Gillingham, Kent, England
    d. 9 October 1959 Fareham, Hampshire, England
    [br]
    English scientist and administrator who made many contributions to military technology.
    [br]
    Educated at Westminster College, in 1904 Tizard went to Magdalen College, Oxford, gaining Firsts in mathematics and chemistry. After a period of time in Berlin with Nernst, he joined the Royal Institution in 1909 to study the colour changes of indicators. From 1911 until 1914 he was a tutorial Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, but with the outbreak of the First World War he joined first the Royal Garrison Artillery, then, in 1915, the newly formed Royal Flying Corps, to work on the development of bomb-sights. Successively in charge of testing aircraft, a lieutenant-colonel in the Ministry of Munitions and Assistant Controller of Research and Experiments for the Royal Air Force, he returned to Oxford in 1919 and the following year became Reader in Chemical Thermodynamics; at this stage he developed the use of toluene as an air-craft-fuel additive.
    In 1922 he was appointed an assistant secretary at the government Department of Industrial and Scientific Research, becoming Principal Assistant Secretary in 1922 and its Permanent Director in 1927; during this time he was also a member of the Aeronautical Research Committee, being Chairman of the latter in 1933–43. From 1929 to 1942 he was Rector of Imperial College. In 1932 he was also appointed Chairman of a committee set up to investigate possible national air-defence systems, and it was largely due to his efforts that the radar proposals of Watson-Watt were taken up and an effective system made operational before the outbreak of the Second World War. He was also involved in various other government activities aimed at applying technology to the war effort, including the dam-buster and atomic bombs.
    President of Magdalen College in 1942–7, he then returned again to Whitehall, serving as Chairman of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy and of the Defence Research Policy Committee. Finally, in 1952, he became Pro-Chan-cellor of Southampton University.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Air Force Cross 1918. CB 1927. KCB 1937. GCB 1949. American Medal of Merit 1947. FRS 1926. Ten British and Commonwealth University honorary doctorates. Hon. Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Royal Society of Arts Gold Medal. Franklin Institute Gold Medal. President, British Association 1948. Trustee of the British Museum 1937–59.
    Bibliography
    1911, The sensitiveness of indicators', British Association Report (describes Tizard's work on colour changes in indicators).
    Further Reading
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Tizard, Sir Henry Thoms

  • 9 capitán general

    m.
    field marshal, captain general.
    * * *
    field marshal, US general of the army
    * * *
    ( del ejército) general of the Army (AmE), field marshal (BrE); ( de la fuerza aérea) general of the Air Force (AmE), Marshal of the Royal Air Force (BrE)
    * * *
    ( del ejército) general of the Army (AmE), field marshal (BrE); ( de la fuerza aérea) general of the Air Force (AmE), Marshal of the Royal Air Force (BrE)
    * * *
    Esp
    field marshal

    Spanish-English dictionary > capitán general

  • 10 Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 18 January 1888 London, England
    d. 27 January 1989 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England
    [br]
    English aeronautical engineer and industrialist.
    [br]
    Son of a successful mining engineer, Sopwith did not shine at school and, having been turned down by the Royal Navy as a result, attended an engineering college. His first interest was motor cars and, while still in his teens, he set up a business in London with a friend in order to sell them; he also took part in races and rallies.
    Sopwith's interest in aviation came initially through ballooning, and in 1906 he purchased his own balloon. Four years later, inspired by the recent flights across the Channel to France and after a joy-ride at Brooklands, he bought an Avis monoplane, followed by a larger biplane, and taught himself to fly. He was awarded the Royal Aero Society's Aviator Certificate No. 31 on 21 November 1910, and he quickly distinguished himself in flying competitions on both sides of the Atlantic and started his own flying school. In his races he was ably supported by his friend Fred Sigrist, a former motor engineer. Among the people Sopwith taught to fly were an Australian, Harry Hawker, and Major Hugh Trenchard, who later became the "father" of the RAF.
    In 1912, depressed by the poor quality of the aircraft on trial for the British Army, Sopwith, in conjunction with Hawker and Sigrist, bought a skating rink in Kingston-upon-Thames and, assisted by Fred Sigrist, started to design and build his first aircraft, the Sopwith Hybrid. He sold this to the Royal Navy in 1913, and the following year his aviation manufacturing company became the Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd. That year a seaplane version of his Sopwith Tabloid won the Schneider Trophy in the second running of this speed competition. During 1914–18, Sopwith concentrated on producing fighters (or "scouts" as they were then called), with the Pup, the Camel, the 1½ Strutter, the Snipe and the Sopwith Triplane proving among the best in the war. He also pioneered several ideas to make flying easier for the pilot, and in 1915 he patented his adjustable tailplane and his 1 ½ Strutter was the first aircraft to be fitted with air brakes. During the four years of the First World War, Sopwith Aviation designed thirty-two different aircraft types and produced over 16,000 aircraft.
    The end of the First World War brought recession to the aircraft industry and in 1920 Sopwith, like many others, put his company into receivership; none the less, he immediately launched a new, smaller company with Hawker, Sigrist and V.W.Eyre, which they called the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company Ltd to avoid any confusion with the former company. He began by producing cars and motor cycles under licence, but was determined to resume aircraft production. He suffered an early blow with the death of Hawker in an air crash in 1921, but soon began supplying aircraft to the Royal Air Force again. In this he was much helped by taking on a new designer, Sydney Camm, in 1923, and during the next decade they produced a number of military aircraft types, of which the Hart light bomber and the Fury fighter, the first to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h), were the best known. In the mid-1930s Sopwith began to build a large aviation empire, acquiring first the Gloster Aircraft Company and then, in quick succession, Armstrong-Whitworth, Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd and its aero-engine counterpart, and A.V.Roe, which produced Avro aircraft. Under the umbrella of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company (set up in 1935) these companies produced a series of outstanding aircraft, ranging from the Hawker Hurricane, through the Avro Lancaster to the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first in-service jet aircraft, and the Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. When Sopwith retired as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1963 at the age of 75, a prototype jump-jet (the P-1127) was being tested, later to become the Harrier, a for cry from the fragile biplanes of 1910.
    Sopwith also had a passion for yachting and came close to wresting the America's Cup from the USA in 1934 when sailing his yacht Endeavour, which incorporated a number of features years ahead of their time; his greatest regret was that he failed in his attempts to win this famous yachting trophy for Britain. After his retirement as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, he remained on the Board until 1978. The British aviation industry had been nationalized in April 1977, and Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests merged with the British Aircraft Corporation to become British Aerospace (BAe). Nevertheless, by then the Group had built up a wide range of companies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, and its board conferred on Sopwith the title Founder and Life President.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1953. CBE 1918.
    Bibliography
    1961, "My first ten years in aviation", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April) (a very informative and amusing paper).
    Further Reading
    A.Bramson, 1990, Pure Luck: The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888– 1989, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens.
    B.Robertson, 1970, Sopwith. The Man and His Aircraft, London (a detailed publication giving plans of all the Sopwith aircraft).
    CM / JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch

  • 11 Cierva, Juan de la

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 21 September 1895 Murcia, Spain
    d. 9 December 1936 Croydon, England
    [br]
    Spanish engineer who played a major part in developing the autogiro in the 1920s and 1930s.
    [br]
    At the age of 17, Cierva and some of his friends built a successful two-seater biplane, the BCD-1 (C for Cierva). By 1919 he had designed a large three-engined biplane bomber, the C 3, which unfortunately crashed when its wing stalled (list its lift) during a slow-speed turn. Cierva turned all his energies to designing a flying machine which could not stall: his answer was the autogiro. Although an autogiro looks like a helicopter, its rotor blades are not driven by an engine, but free-wheel like a windmill. Forward speed is provided by a conventional engine and propeller, and even if this engine fails, the autogiro's rotors continue to free-wheel and it descends safely. Cierva patented his autogiro design in 1920, but it took him three years to put theory into practice. By 1925, after further improvements, he had produced a practical rotary-winged flying machine.
    He moved to England and in 1926 established the Cierva Autogiro Company Ltd. The Air Ministry showed great interest and a year later the British company Avro was commissioned to manufacture the C 6A Autogiro under licence. Probably the most significant of Cierva's autogiros was the C 30A, or Avro Rota, which served in the Royal Air Force from 1935 until 1945. Several other manufacturers in France, Germany, Japan and the USA built Cierva autogiros under licence, but only in small numbers and they never really rivalled fixed-wing aircraft. The death of Cierva in an airliner crash in 1936, together with the emergence of successful helicopters, all but extinguished interest in the autogiro.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Daniel Guggenheim Medal. Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal, Gold Medal (posthumously) 1937.
    Bibliography
    1931, Wings of To-morrow: The Story of the Autogiro, New York (an early account of his work).
    He read a paper on his latest achievements at the Royal Aeronautical Society on 15 March 1935.
    Further Reading
    P.W.Brooks, 1988, Cierva Autogiros: The Development of Rotary Wing Flight, Washington, DC (contains a full account of Cierva's work).
    Jose Warleta. 1977, Autogiro: Juan de la Cierva y su obra, Madrid (a detailed account of his work in Spain).
    Oliver Stewart, 1966, Aviation: The Creative Ideas, London (contains a chapter on Cierva).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Cierva, Juan de la

  • 12 Whittle, Sir Frank

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 1 June 1907 Coventry, England
    [br]
    English engineer who developed the first British jet engine.
    [br]
    Frank Whittle enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an apprentice, and after qualifying as a pilot he developed an interest in the technical aspects of aircraft propulsion. He was convinced that the gas-turbine engine could be adapted for use in aircraft, but he could not convince the Air Ministry, who turned down the proposal. Nevertheless, Whittle applied for a patent for his turbojet engine the following year, 1930. While still in the RAF, he was allowed time to study for a degree at Cambridge University and carry out postgraduate research (1934–7). By 1936 the official attitude had changed, and a company called Power Jets Ltd was set up to develop Whittle's jet engine. On 12 April 1937 the experimental engine was bench-tested. After further development, an official order was placed in March 1938. Whittle's engine had a centrifugal compressor, ten combustion chambers and a turbine to drive the compressor; all the power output came from the jet of hot gases.
    In 1939 an experimental aircraft was ordered from the Gloster Aircraft Company, the E 28/39, to house the Whittle W1 engine, and this made its first flight on 15 May 1941. A development of the W1 by Rolls-Royce, the Welland, was used to power the twin-engined Gloster Meteor fighter, which saw service with the RAF in 1944. Whittle retired from the RAF in 1948 and became a consultant. From 1977 he lived in the United States. Comparisons between the work of Whittle and Hans von Ohain show that each of the two engineers developed his engine without knowledge of the other's work. Whittle was the first to take out a patent, Ohain achieved the first flight; the Whittle engine and its derivatives, however, played a much greater role in the history of the jet engine.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1948. Commander of the Order of the Bath 1947. Order of Merit 1986. FRS 1947. Honorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
    Bibliography
    1953, Jet, London (an account not only of his technical problems, but also of the difficulties with civil servants, politicians and commercial organizations).
    Further Reading
    J.Golley, 1987, Whittle: The True Story, Shrewsbury (this author based his work on Jet, but carried out research, aided by Whittle, to give a fuller account with the benefit of hindsight).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Whittle, Sir Frank

  • 13 Laithwaite, Eric Roberts

    [br]
    b. 14 June 1921 Atherton, Lancashire, England
    [br]
    English engineer, notable contributor to the development of linear electric motors.
    [br]
    Laithwaite's education at Kirkham Grammar School and Regent Street Polytechnic, London, was followed by service in the Royal Air Force. After entering Manchester University in 1946 and graduating in 1949, he joined the university staff and became Secretary to the Inaugural Conference of the Ferranti Mark I computer. In 1964 he moved to Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and became Professor of Heavy Electrical Engineering. From 1967 to 1976 he also held the post of External Professor of Applied Electricity at the Royal Institution. Research into the use of linear induction motors as shuttle drives in weaving looms was followed by investigations into their application to conveyors in industrial processes and as high-speed propulsion units for railway vehicles. With considerable involvement in a tracked hovercraft project in the 1960s and 1970s, he proposed the concept of transverse flux and the magnetic river high-speed linear induction machine. Linear motors and electromagnetic levitation have been applied to high-speed propulsion in the United States, France and Japan.
    Laithwaite has written five books and over one hundred papers on the subjects of linear motors and electromagnetic levitation. Two series of Christmas lectures were presented by him at the Royal Institution.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Royal Society S.G.Brown Medal 1966. Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers Nikola Tesla Award 1986.
    Bibliography
    1970, Propulsion Without Wheels, London (discusses properties and applications of linear induction motors).
    1977 (ed.), Transport Without Wheels, London (describes the design and applications of linear electric motors).
    1987, A History of Linear Electric Motors, London (provides a general historical survey).
    Further Reading
    B.Bowers, 1982, A History of Electric Light and Power, London, pp. 261–4 (provides an account of early linear motors).
    M.Poloujadoff, 1980, The Theory of Linear Induction Motors, Oxford (for a comparison of analytical methods recommended by various investigators).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Laithwaite, Eric Roberts

  • 14 capitán

    m.
    1 captain, master mariner, skipper.
    2 captain.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (oficial) captain
    2 (jefe) leader, chief
    3 DEPORTE captain
    \
    capitán de corbeta lieutenant commander
    capitán general field marshal, US general of the army
    capitán general de la Armada Admiral of the Fleet
    * * *
    (f. - capitana)
    noun
    * * *
    SM [gen] captain; (fig) leader, chief; Méx [en hotel] maître d'(hôtel)

    capitán del puerto — harbour o (EEUU) harbor master

    capitán general — [de ejército] ≈ field marshal; [de armada] chief of naval operations

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( del ejército) captain; ( de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)
    b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; ( de buque de pesca) skipper
    c) (Aviac) captain
    2) ( de equipo) captain
    * * *
    = captain, skipper.
    Ex. During his stay in Laputa, captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
    Ex. Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.
    ----
    * actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.
    * capitán de la marina = naval captain.
    * capitán marítimo del puerto = harbour master.
    * ser el capitán = skipper, captain.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( del ejército) captain; ( de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)
    b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; ( de buque de pesca) skipper
    c) (Aviac) captain
    2) ( de equipo) captain
    * * *
    = captain, skipper.

    Ex: During his stay in Laputa, captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.

    Ex: Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.
    * actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.
    * capitán de la marina = naval captain.
    * capitán marítimo del puerto = harbour master.
    * ser el capitán = skipper, captain.

    * * *
    1 (del ejército) captain; (de la Fuerza Aérea) captain ( AmE), flight lieutenant ( BrE)
    2 ( Náut) (de un transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; (de un buque de pesca) skipper
    donde manda capitán no manda marinero I/you/they have to do as I'm/you're/they're told
    3 ( Aviac) captain
    Compuestos:
    lieutenant commander
    lieutenant commander
    captain
    harbormaster*
    (del ejército) general of the Army ( AmE), field marshal ( BrE); (de la fuerza aérea) general of the Air Force ( AmE), Marshal of the Royal Air Force ( BrE)
    masculine, feminine
    Compuesto:
    ( Méx) head waiter
    * * *

    capitán
    ◊ - tana sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1

    ( de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)
    b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master;

    ( de buque de pesca) skipper
    c) (Aviac) captain

    2 (Dep) captain
    capitán,-ana sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Mil captain
    capitán general, field marshal, US general of the army
    2 Náut captain, familiar skipper
    capitán de fragata, commander
    3 Dep captain
    ' capitán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capitana
    - mi
    English:
    captain
    - command
    - commander
    - master
    - skipper
    - subaltern
    - guide
    - head
    * * *
    capitán, -ana nm,f
    1. [en ejército de tierra] captain;
    [en aviación] Br flight lieutenant, US captain; [en marina] lieutenant capitán de corbeta lieutenant commander;
    capitán general Br field marshal, US general of the army
    2. [de transatlántico] captain;
    [de pesquero] captain, skipper capitán de puerto harbourmaster
    3. [de equipo deportivo] captain
    4. CAm, Méx, Ven [restaurante] head waiter, maitre d'
    * * *
    m, capitana f captain
    * * *
    capitán, - tana n, mpl - tanes : captain
    * * *
    capitán n captain

    Spanish-English dictionary > capitán

  • 15 Truppe

    f; -, -n
    1. MIL. troops Pl.; (Einheit) unit; Pl. MIL. troops, forces
    2. nur Sg.; MIL. (kämpfende Truppe) troops Pl., forces Pl., army; Dienst bei der Truppe military service; die Moral / Schlagkraft der Truppe the morale of the troops / strike power of the forces; ( unerlaubte) Entfernung von der Truppe absence without leave; von der schnellen Truppe sein umg., fig. be a fast worker
    3. THEAT. company, troupe; SPORT team
    * * *
    die Truppe
    (Militär) unit; corps; troops;
    (Theater) troupe
    * * *
    Trụp|pe ['trʊpə]
    f -, -n
    1) no pl (MIL) army, troops pl; (= Panzertruppe etc) corps sing
    2) pl troops
    3) (= Künstlertruppe) troupe, company
    * * *
    die
    1) ((sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action: the police force; the Royal Air Force.) force
    2) (a number (of workmen etc) working together: a gang of men working on the railway.) gang
    3) (a group of ordinary soldiers.) troop
    4) (a performing group (of actors, dancers etc): a circus troupe.) troupe
    * * *
    Trup·pe
    <-, -n>
    [ˈtrʊpə]
    f
    1. kein pl MIL (Soldaten an der Front) combat [or front-line] unit
    ▪ die \Truppe (fam) the army
    er ist Schauspieler in einer bekannten \Truppe he's an actor with a famous company
    4.
    ▶ von der [ganz] schnellen \Truppe sein (fam) to be a fast worker [or pl fast workers]
    Sie sind aber von der ganz schnellen \Truppe! you're a fast worker!, you don't hang about[, do you?] fam
    ▶ nicht von der schnellen \Truppe sein (fam) to be a bit slow, to not exactly be the brain of Britain BRIT fam
    * * *
    die; Truppe, Truppen
    2) Plural (Soldaten) troops
    3) o. Pl. (Streitkräfte) [armed] forces pl.
    4) (Gruppe von Schauspielern, Artisten) troupe; company; (von Sportlern) squad; (Mannschaft) team
    * * *
    Truppe f; -, -n
    1. MIL troops pl; (Einheit) unit; pl MIL troops, forces
    2. nur sg; MIL (kämpfende Truppe) troops pl, forces pl, army;
    Dienst bei der Truppe military service;
    die Moral/Schlagkraft der Truppe the morale of the troops/strike power of the forces;
    von der schnellen Truppe sein umg, fig be a fast worker
    3. THEAT company, troupe; SPORT team
    * * *
    die; Truppe, Truppen
    2) Plural (Soldaten) troops
    3) o. Pl. (Streitkräfte) [armed] forces pl.
    4) (Gruppe von Schauspielern, Artisten) troupe; company; (von Sportlern) squad; (Mannschaft) team

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  • 20 Clarke, Arthur Charles

    [br]
    b. 16 December 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England
    [br]
    English writer of science fiction who correctly predicted the use of geo-stationary earth satellites for worldwide communications.
    [br]
    Whilst still at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton, Clarke became interested in both space science and science fiction. Unable to afford a scientific education at the time (he later obtained a BSc at King's College, London), he pursued both interests in his spare time while working in the Government Exchequer and Audit Department between 1936 and 1941. He was a founder member of the British Interplanetary Society, subsequently serving as its Chairman in 1946–7 and 1950–3. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the Royal Air Force, becoming a technical officer in the first GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) radar unit. There he began to produce the first of many science-fiction stories. In 1949–50 he was an assistant editor of Science Abstracts at the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
    As a result of his two interests, he realized during the Second World War that an artificial earth satellite in an equatorial orbital with a radius of 35,000 km (22,000 miles) would appear to be stationary, and that three such geo-stationary, or synchronous, satellites could be used for worldwide broadcast or communications. He described these ideas in a paper published in Wireless World in 1945. Initially there was little response, but within a few years the idea was taken up by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in 1965 the first synchronous satellite, Early Bird, was launched into orbit.
    In the 1950s he moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to pursue an interest in underwater exploration, but he continued to write science fiction, being known in particular for his contribution to the making of the classic Stanley Kubrick science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, based on his book of the same title.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Clarke received many honours for both his scientific and science-fiction writings. For his satellite communication ideas his awards include the Franklin Institute Gold Medal 1963 and Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1976. For his science-fiction writing he received the UNESCO Kalinga Prize (1961) and many others. In 1979 he became Chancellor of Moratuwa University in Sri Lanka and in 1980 Vikran Scrabhai Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory of the University of Ahmedabad.
    Bibliography
    1945. "Extra-terrestrial relays: can rocket stations give world wide coverage?", Wireless World L1: 305 (puts forward his ideas for geo-stationary communication satellites).
    1946. "Astronomical radar: some future possibilities", Wireless World 52:321.
    1948, "Electronics and space flight", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 7:49. Other publications, mainly science-fiction novels, include: 1955, Earthlight, 1956, The
    Coast of Coral; 1958, Voice Across the Sea; 1961, Fall of Moondust; 1965, Voices
    from the Sky, 1977, The View from Serendip; 1979, Fountain of Paradise; 1984, Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography, and 1984, 2010: Odyssey Two (a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey that was also made into a film).
    Further Reading
    1986, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    1991, Who's Who, London: A. \& C.Black.
    KF

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