- B-17 Flying FortressFor more than 3 grueling year’s courageous air crews of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress attacked strategic targets. The B-17 was one of the most popular bombers with the American public. The reason was the sheer beauty of Boeing’s Flying Fortress. It was still seen as an elegant aircraft even with the chin turrets and […]
- M-130 China Clipper Pan Am 1/72This high quality replica is handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base. Length is 15 an d wingspan is 21" " […]
- C-119 Flying BoxcarFairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar The Navy and Marine Corps name was R4Q for the American military transport aircraft built by Fairchild as the C-119 Flying Boxcar. The transport aircraft was built to carry troops and cargo that could be delivered by parachute. The first C-119 rolled out in November 1947 and the last one after […]
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It is a descriptive name for a type of open wheel cars that participate in the Indianapolis 500.
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The name is used in American Championship Car Racing. Some time ago the race cars were referred to as “Championship Cars” or a more ambiguous term “Big Cars”.
The terms were used to separate them from the similar Sprint and Midgets which were also open-wheel cars. Somewhere along the way the name changed to “Indy Car” as a fundamental link to the Indianapolis 500 racing.
Indy Car also separated the open-wheel car from others like the ones used in “Formula One” also.
Also IndyCar Series an open-wheel racing series sanctioned by the “Indy Racing League”.
The trademark IndyCar has been in use since 2003. A subsidiary of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation is the owner of the IndyCar trademark at this time and licenses its use to the Indy Racing League to be used in connection with the IndyCar Series.
Championship Auto Racing Teams a governing body adopted the name Indy Car World Series for the premiere open-wheel series in the United States.
First registered by Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1992 the Indy Car trademark was licensed to CART from 1992-1997.
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- HMS Victory 1765Back in 1758 the Royal Navy ordered a new first-rate new ship from the commissioner of the Chatham Dockyard. This seemed strange at the time because the Royal Navy went for smaller faster ships that were very maneuverable. The ships plans were based on the HMS Royal George and were presented in June 1759. The […]
- USS YorktownUSS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) One of the distinguished Essex-class aircraft carries the USS Yorktown was built during the II World War for the U.S. Navy. The USS Yorktown is the forth ship to carry the name for the United States Navy. While under construction her planned name was to be Bon Homme Richard. But it was […]
- The History of the 7 Ships Named USS EnterpriseThe famous and historic name Enterprise dates back to the Revolutionary War. The 7 Naval predecessors have carried the famous name to date. To date the most decorated of the 7 is the aircraft carrier nick named “The Big E”. During all the battles and damage she received in World War II she never became […]