Obituary: Edward Uhl

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Stephen Miller, Arms Maker Helped Invent Bazooka, Led Fairchild. Wall Street
Journal, May 13, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704247904575240703276585266.html

Note:
(a) Fairchild Aircraft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Aircraft
(founded by Sherman Fairchild in 1929; now headquarters at     San Antonio,
Texas; In 1965, the company acquired the Republic Aviation Company; in 1984,
aircraft production ceased)

(b) A-10 Thunderbolt II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II
(in service since 1977; the first U.S. Air Force aircraft designed
exclusively for close air support (q.v.); The A-10's official name comes
from the Republic [Aviation's] P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II, a fighter
that was particularly effective at close air support; read section 3.2 "Gulf
War")

(c) Elizabeth, New Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey
(d) Lehigh University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_University
(a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in
the Lehigh Valley)

* Lehigh River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_River
("'Lehigh' is an Anglicization of the Lenape name for the river, '
Lechewuekink,' meaning 'where there are forks'")

(f) Regarding "hollow tube firing mechanism." a mortar is a hollow tube.
(g) Early publicity photo featuring Bob Burns and his musical invention, the
bazooka. Courtesy of the Cabot High School Museum.
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/media-detail.aspx?mediaID=7490

(h) rocketeer (n): "a scientist who specializes in rocketing; specif: a
designer of rockets"
(i) Wernher von Braun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
(1912-1977; responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2
combat rocket during World War II; His crowning achievement ... was to lead
the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first
men on the Moon in July 1969)
(j) White Sands, New Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands,_New_Mexico
(k) Pegasus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus
(l) meat-and-potatoes (adj): "1: BASIC: concerned with or emphasizing the
basic aspects of something  2: unpretentious, simple <a real meat–and–
potatoes guy>"
(m) froufrou (n; French of imitation origin): "1: a rustling especially of
woman's skirt  2: frilly trimming, esp: abundant or excessive ornamentation
(as ruffles, beading, flowers, veiling) in women's clothing"

The English definitions for (l) is from www.mpw.com, and for (h) and (m)
from Webster (3rd ed, 1961).


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