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Abrams Air Craft (95 words) |
 | The Abrams Air Craft Corporation was established in Lansing, Michigan in 1937 as an offshoot of Talbert Abrams' Aerial Survey Corporation. |
 | Abrams had founded an airline (ABC Airline) in 1929 but found himself increasingly interested in aerial photography. |
 | The result was the P-1 Explorer, designed by Abrams with assistance from Kenneth Ronan of Ronan & Kunzl. |
| All Wood Wings: LCAC (Landing Craft, Air Cushioned) Hovercraft - quality ship models crafted from wood (215 words) |
 | The LCAC (landing craft, air cushion) hovercraft is a high speed, fully amphibious craft capable of carrying a 75 ton payload from ship to shore and across the beach. |
 | The craft is able to travel over light ice and open water (if the seas are fairly calm). |
 | Four detachments of LCACs consisting of eleven craft supported Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. |