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A user with 30,617 edits. Account created on 30 June 2007.
30 April 2024
- 13:4913:49, 30 April 2024 diff hist −9 Wingtip vortices →Gallery: Vortices always form at the ends of propeller blades generating thrust. Saying they "can be formed" is misleading, suggesting that if you can't see them they aren't there. current
- 13:1513:15, 30 April 2024 diff hist 0 Airbus Industrie Flight 129 →Investigation: Changed words to more accurately describe the purpose of the Captain's actions. current
29 April 2024
- 13:1813:18, 29 April 2024 diff hist −17 USS Oklahoma (BB-37) →Attack on Pearl Harbor: Syntax. "capsizes in a photo"? current
- 10:5310:53, 29 April 2024 diff hist −18 m Calorie Reverted edit by 195.224.72.132 (talk) to last version by PtPlatinum78 current Tag: Rollback
- 01:5701:57, 29 April 2024 diff hist +9 De Havilland DH.88 Comet →Surviving aircraft: Divided one long sentence into two. current
28 April 2024
- 22:0922:09, 28 April 2024
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Airfoil
Reverted incorrect spelling by 49.207.212.181 (talk)
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27 April 2024
- 11:5511:55, 27 April 2024 diff hist +721 Talk:Rotating reference frame Reply to question regarding no friction in rotating turntable. current
26 April 2024
- 23:5923:59, 26 April 2024 diff hist +68 Flight recorder →Deployable recorders: Refinements to technical content, syntax and formatting. The first paragraph has been divided into two so consideration of cost and government subsidies are separate from the engineering detail. current
- 14:0314:03, 26 April 2024 diff hist +1,370 User talk:MrOllie →Guidelines related to Talk pages: new section Tag: New topic
24 April 2024
- 11:1411:14, 24 April 2024 diff hist +80 Australian White →top: Insert Australian White Suffolk current
23 April 2024
- 23:5023:50, 23 April 2024 diff hist +260 Talk:Oberth effect →Explanation in terms of momentum: I have removed the section related to momentum. current Tag: Reply
- 23:4923:49, 23 April 2024 diff hist −658 Oberth effect I removed the entire section related to momentum, as discussed on the Talk page. current
- 23:4823:48, 23 April 2024 diff hist +244 Talk:Oberth effect →Explanation in terms of momentum: No response so I will remove the section related to momentum. Tag: Reply
- 22:4622:46, 23 April 2024 diff hist +219 Oberth effect →Description in terms of work: Technical refinements. For example: “Rockets produce the same thrust ...” Not true.
- 12:3412:34, 23 April 2024 diff hist +27 N Australian White Suffolk Created redirect. Australian White Suffolk is an alternative name for the White Suffolk breed of sheep. current Tag: New redirect
- 11:5211:52, 23 April 2024 diff hist +14 George Coles (entrepreneur) Unencyclopaedic to use a pronoun at the first mention of the subject in a Section. Wikilinking. current
- 11:4211:42, 23 April 2024 diff hist +50 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 →Aircraft: Adjusted a paragraph. Wikilinking and placement of sentences in chronological order. current
22 April 2024
- 06:2106:21, 22 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Handley Page Halifax →Halifax 57 Rescue: punctuation
- 02:3302:33, 22 April 2024 diff hist −21 Oberth effect →Description in terms of work: Force multiplied by displacement is not mechanical energy.
20 April 2024
- 08:1808:18, 20 April 2024 diff hist −227 Cruise (aeronautics) →Airliner cruise: Erased sentences that were technically unsound, and unsourced. In the cruise an aircraft does not need more lift or less lift because the required lift is simply equal to the weight of the aircraft. current
19 April 2024
- 22:4122:41, 19 April 2024 diff hist −14 m Anthony Scaramucci →Early life: Erased redundant sentiment. No reader will make the mistake of assuming there were only 4 students at Harvard Law School.
- 12:0312:03, 19 April 2024 diff hist +226 m Heat capacity Reverted edits by 124.63.198.221 (talk) to last version by 2601:500:8900:BD3D:8938:A71E:D094:6A49 current Tag: Rollback
- 12:0012:00, 19 April 2024
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Normal force
Reverted unnecessary capitalization by 103.206.137.188 (talk)
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- 12:0012:00, 19 April 2024
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Force
Reverted unnecessary capitalization by 103.206.137.188 (talk)
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18 April 2024
- 22:4922:49, 18 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Ernst Mach →top: Changed “an Czech” to “a Czech”. current
17 April 2024
- 21:3721:37, 17 April 2024 diff hist 0 m Terminal ballistics Reduced over-capitalisation in section headings. See MOS:SECTIONCAPS current
16 April 2024
- 22:1922:19, 16 April 2024 diff hist +1,796 Talk:Oberth effect →Explanation in terms of momentum: new section Tags: Disambiguation links added New topic
- 13:1113:11, 16 April 2024 diff hist +28 Oberth effect →Explanation in terms of momentum: Identified origin of source nominated in inline citation. See also my previous edits to this page.
- 12:1812:18, 16 April 2024 diff hist −89 User:Dolphin51/sandbox →Graphics current Tag: Manual revert
- 08:1808:18, 16 April 2024 diff hist −16 m Oberth effect →Explanation in terms of momentum: Erased dead URL and inserted new URL.
- 08:1408:14, 16 April 2024 diff hist +89 User:Dolphin51/sandbox →Graphics Tag: Reverted
- 07:5707:57, 16 April 2024 diff hist +14 m 2023 Chinese balloon incident →China: Syntax. Leaving US airspace was not “in violation of the spirit of international law” etc.
- 06:2906:29, 16 April 2024 diff hist −1 Oberth effect Another iteration. See my previous edit to this page.
- 06:0306:03, 16 April 2024 diff hist +35 Oberth effect →Explanation in terms of momentum and kinetic energy: This was a very muddled attempt at explanation because momentum and kinetic energy are significantly different quantities. I divided the two. There is further work for me to do.
- 05:2505:25, 16 April 2024 diff hist +3 m Harry Seidler →Early life: syntax current
- 05:1805:18, 16 April 2024 diff hist 0 m Clive Evatt →Life after politics: Unencyclopaedic to use a pronoun at the first mention of the subject in a Section. current
15 April 2024
- 14:2214:22, 15 April 2024 diff hist +2,890 User talk:Dolphin51/Sandbox →Comments: Reply to Rcgldr Tag: Reply
14 April 2024
- 22:2122:21, 14 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Kialla, Victoria →top: Erased redundant comma. current
- 11:4611:46, 14 April 2024
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Aircraft gross weight
This article is all about weight, not mass. Reverted good faith edit by 1218830062 by 2400:1A00:B050:6298:25EC:9FC4:6F90:7202 (talk)
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- 11:3411:34, 14 April 2024 diff hist +26 m Glaser-Dirks DG-200 →top: Wikilink current
- 11:3111:31, 14 April 2024 diff hist +3 Glaser-Dirks DG-200 →top: Refined presentation of some of the details
- 11:1811:18, 14 April 2024 diff hist −8 m Gouache →History: Refined image caption.
13 April 2024
- 22:4322:43, 13 April 2024 diff hist 0 m Viscometer →Quartz Crystal Microbalance: Eliminated unnecessary capital letters in section heading in accordance with MOS. current
- 22:3222:32, 13 April 2024 diff hist +222 Talk:Antiderivative →Physics example: Reply current Tag: Reply
12 April 2024
- 14:1514:15, 12 April 2024 diff hist +639 Talk:Force →Derivatives of Force: Reply Tag: Reply
- 12:5312:53, 12 April 2024 diff hist 0 m Viscosity →Measurement: The comment about close temperature control applies to both viscometers and rheometers. I switched two sentences to avoid the impression that close temperature control is only relevant to rheometers.
- 12:4912:49, 12 April 2024 diff hist +673 Talk:Force →Derivatives of Force: Reply Tag: Reply
- 06:2506:25, 12 April 2024 diff hist +2 H. V. Evatt →top: The Wikipedia article on the High Court describes the seven executives as “justices”. current
11 April 2024
- 12:5212:52, 11 April 2024 diff hist +3 m Carboniferous →Cyclothems: Inserted missing word. current
- 01:3801:38, 11 April 2024 diff hist −3 m My Country →top: Erased redundant word. current