Classic Jets Fighter Museum: De Havilland Sea Venom
One of several De Havilland Sea Venom's on display in Australia, this example is hosted by the Classic Jets Fighter Museum in Adelaide.
Classic Jets Fighter Museum - Air Display and Fly in 2013
Bob Jarrett and the team from Classic Jets Fighter Museum at Parafield Airport will be hosting an Air Display and Fly In on the 17th March 2013. From 10am till about 4pm you'll be able to see the planes on the ground and in the air. Talk to the pilots and have a great day out.
The Dehavilland Mosquito Museum
The de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre : the best kept secret in Hertfordshire
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Visiting Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Museum - Part 2
Here's Part 2 of my Flying Heritage Museum visit during my big cross country trip in April of 2019. If you haven't seen it, Paul Allen has an impressive collection of planes and armored vehicles housed there. Come along on Part 2 of this Kermie Cam, to finish the tour of the facility with me. I'm sure you'll agree - it's a pretty cool place.
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Air Display For Duke Of Gloucester - Odiham AKA Duke Of Gloucester At Odiham Air Display (1962)
Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
Odiham, Salisbury Plain, Hampshire.
Various shots, the Duke of Gloucester tours the RAF / Royal Air Force airfield at Odiham by car, he drives along line of airport. The Royal Party pass a small Hunter fighter jet. MS The Duke climbs aboard an Avro 748 of the Transport Command. CU Sign 'Avro 748'. LS Avro 748 on tarmac belonging to Skyways of London. (2 shots). MS High ranking officers of the R.A.F chat together on the tarmac. MS The Duke gets out of aircraft and gets into his car. LS A row of aircraft on tarmac.
Various LS in heavy rain, an air display for the Duke, Westland 'Whirlwind' helicopters fly low over airport and drop men and supplies. LS 'Belvedere' twin rotor helicopter carrying 106 mm anti-tank gun. LS Single Pioneer aircraft of 230 squadron makes low-level drop of Derby Sacks. LS Single Pioneer makes short landing and casualty evacuation by stretcher. Twin Pioneer aircraft flying low over airfield drops SEAC packs by parachute. MS Whirlwind helicopters of 225 squadron make troop reinforcement. LS Belvedere hovers above field carrying then landing a MEXE bridge. LS Army Transport starts crossing portable bridge. LS Avro 748 dropping a load of parachute packages.
Note: Date on original record: 26/10/1962.
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The Mosquito and the Eagle Owl
Nazi Germany was a twelve ring circus. It was a mad house.
Dr. Renald Fortier, Curator of Aviation History, The National Aviation Museum of
Canada
The battle for the night skies over Europe is a treacherous one, with its own set of rules and tactics separate from the combat needs of daytime. Soon an English design, first disregarded asnonsense, finds itself a dominant player in the deadly role of night fighter.
Germany will not sit on its heels, and before long they have their own creatures of the night.
Havilland Mosquito DH98 RAF Photo Reconnaissance FSX
World War II Fast Photo Reconnaissance with De Havilland Mosquito DH98. In 1939 the RAF suggested that airborne reconnaissance may be a task better suited to fast and small aircrafts. Although this seems obvious now but at the time it was radical thinking. As a result, fighters such as the Mosquito were adapted for photo-reconnaissance. Such craft were stripped of weaponry, painted in camouflage colours to make them difficult to spot, and often had engines modified for higher performance at very high altitudes. The British, at their peak, flew over 100 reconnaissance flights a day, yielding 50,000 images per day to interpret. Game is FSX & music by Jan Hammer and thanks for watching.
Point Cook 2010 Air Pageant 2010
Point Cook Air Pageant 2010, 28 February, Victoria, Australia
Warbirds included on the day : Mk VIII Spitfire, Mustang, KittiHawk, Hudson, Boomerang, DH Vampire, Wirraway
Just before the airshow, in the restoration hanger, of the RAAF museum, Mosquito Aircraft Association of Australia were still busy working on the rebuild of Mosquito A52-600, and had a surprise guest - WW2 veteran Nightfighter pilot Colin Griffith. Colin flew Beaufighters, Beauforts, Mosquitos, (and... an ME 110! [Messerschmidt]) out of the UK,1942-1944. Colin continued flying throughout his life and later became a pilot and trainer with Ansett Airlines. Though 91, Colin still flies today, and owns 2 planes!
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Equipped with Defiant night fighters, No 456 Squadron formed in England in June 1941. The Defiants were soon replaced with Beaufighters and on 11 January 1942 the Squadron claimed its first kill - a German bomber. For the next six months the Squadron's activities consisted of uneventful patrols with an occasional air-sea rescue mission.
In December the Unit began to re-equip with Mosquitoes and commenced offensive missions over occupied Europe - referred to as 'Rangers'.
The Mosquitoes' usual targets were road and rail transport, and during the month of May 1943, No 456 Squadron damaged or destroyed no less than eighteen locomotives.
From mid-1943, No 456 Squadron Mosquitoes hunted German Ju 88 fighters, which were attacking vulnerable Coastal Command aircraft. When located, the German twin-engine fighters often attempted to escape but were usually caught by the faster Mosquitoes.
In February 1944, after being re-equipped with Mosquitoes possessing more powerful radar, No 456 Squadron began operations against German bombers making night attacks against London.
In the month following the Normandy landings, No 456 Squadron met with outstanding success over France - destroying thirteen bombers. June also saw the commencement of V-1 flying bomb attacks against English cities. No 456 Squadron Mosquitoes achieved an impressive record against these rockets, with one pilot shooting down at least nine V1s.
From late 1944 until the end of the war, No 456 Squadron continued its 'ranger' missions over Germany, attacking airfields in support of Bomber Command as well as other targets of opportunity.
No 456 Squadron disbanded on 15 June 1945.
#IWM100Years - The Spitfire lost for almost 50 years
The story behind Duxford's Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a, which provided air support to Allied troops during the Dunkirk evacuations.
DH98 Mosquito Prototype 75th Anniversary
de Havilland Aircraft Museums celebration of the DH98 Mosquito prototypes first flight on the 25th November 1940, with the unveiling of the fully restored original aircraft on 25th November 2015.
Most Armed Man in America on guns
Michael Koenigs @MikeOnABikeABC reports on Colorado gun shop owner Mel Bernstein who casually known as the “most armed man in America” after acquiring thousands of high-powered weapons, bazookas and machine guns.
His firearms collection dwarfs the number of guns -- 47 -- allegedly found in the Las Vegas hotel suite and two homes of mass shooter Stephen Paddock, for instance, but the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is unable to confirm whether Bernstein has amassed more weapons than any other U. S. gun owner.
“ATF cannot quantify who possesses the most firearms in America because there is no database to reference this information,” an ATF representative wrote in response to an inquiry from ABC News. “A firearm registry or database of individuals who own firearms regulated under the Gun Control Act (GCA) does not exist.”
Bernstein says he has amassed over 4,000 weapons at his Colorado Springs compound, where he also keeps military-style vehicles. The weapons are registered in his name, he says, and he also rents and sells machine guns to his customers.
His gun shop, six shooting ranges, military museum, paintball park, motorcross park and home are located on the 260-acre property known as Dragonland.
“We’ve been selling more guns in the last three weeks than we have in the last eight months,” Bernstein said of his firearms shop called Dragonmans.
As for gun ownership in general, about 3 percent of Americans own about half the country’s 265 million guns, according to a 2016 Harvard-Northeastern survey. Such “super owners” possess an average of 17 guns each, and an estimated 133 million guns in total.
“If anybody comes on your property and threatens you with bodily harm, it’s legal to shoot them, [according to] Colorado law,” Bernstein said as he drove toward his one-story house in which he keeps M-16 machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and multiple handguns around his bed.
In August, four people used Bernstein’s truck to smash into the Dragonmans gun store and steal 84 guns, police said. Federal authorities have since arrested four suspects, including his stepdaughter and step-grandson, who now face felony charges in connection to the theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee. They have not entered pleas.
In 2012, his wife, Terry Flanell, 51, was accidentally killed by a smoke bomb on the property while filming a reality-TV pilot for the Discovery Channel.
Now, his home -- decorated with jukeboxes, vintage Cola-Cola memorabilia and model cars -- reminds him of a bygone era.
Bernstein also keeps four female mannequins at the home. “I need someone to talk to, to tell them my problems,” Bernstein said.
He added: “This whole house fixed up like this puts me back in my era, back in the sixties where I belong.”
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EPIC CATCH!!! Dashing Thru the Snow - CN Train 406 West at Salisbury, NB (Feb 3, 2015)
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I'm not even sure how many locomotives this train had ...
Railfanning Post Blizzard of 2015 Storm #3.
Canadian National Railway locomotive 2304 (ES44DC) plows through huge snow drifts and gives me a big ass snow shower as it leads the daily CN manifest train 406 West (Moncton, NB to Saint John, NB) at Salisbury, New Brunswick.
I'm not sure how the train crew can even see with all that snow on the locomotive's nose!
Southern New Brunswick was hit with three major blizzards in less than a week, and there is more snow in the forecast.
Filmed at 3:05pm, Tuesday February 3, 2015 at mile 11 of the CN Sussex Subdivision.
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Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during and after the Second World War. The Spitfire was built in many variants, using several wing configurations, and was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft. It was also the only British fighter to be in continuous production throughout the war. The Spitfire continues to be a popular aircraft, with approximately 55 Spitfires being airworthy, while many more are static exhibits in aviation museums all over the world.
The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928). In accordance with its role as an interceptor, Mitchell designed the Spitfire's distinctive elliptical wing to have the thinnest possible cross-section; this thin wing enabled the Spitfire to have a higher top speed than several contemporary fighters, including the Hawker Hurricane. Mitchell continued to refine the design until his death from cancer in 1937, whereupon his colleague Joseph Smith took over as chief designer, overseeing the development of the Spitfire through its multitude of variants.
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Frigate | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:59 1 Age of sail
00:02:07 1.1 Origins
00:06:10 1.2 Classic design
00:08:32 1.3 Heavy frigate
00:10:59 1.4 Super-heavy frigates
00:14:24 1.5 Role
00:17:24 2 Age of steam
00:18:08 2.1 Armoured frigate
00:19:06 3 World War II
00:22:56 4 Contemporary
00:23:05 4.1 Guided-missile role
00:26:48 4.2 Other uses
00:27:26 4.3 Anti-submarine role
00:29:29 4.4 Airdefense role
00:30:13 4.5 Further developments
00:32:00 4.6 Littoral combat ship (LCS)
00:33:32 5 Frigates in preservation
00:33:47 5.1 Original sailing frigates
00:34:22 5.2 Replica sailing frigates
00:34:55 5.3 Steam frigates
00:35:26 5.4 Modern frigates
00:37:00 6 See also
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A frigate () is a type of warship, having various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.
In the 17th century, a frigate was any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being frigate-built. These could be warships carrying their principal batteries of carriage-mounted guns on a single deck or on two decks (with further smaller carriage-mounted guns usually carried on the forecastle and quarterdeck of the vessel). The term was generally used for ships too small to stand in the line of battle, although early line-of-battle ships were frequently referred to as frigates when they were built for speed.
In the 18th century, frigates were full-rigged ships, that is square-rigged on all three masts, they were built for speed and handiness, had a lighter armament than a ship of the line, and were used for patrolling and escort. In the definition adopted by the British Admiralty, they were rated ships of at least 28 guns, carrying their principal armaments upon a single continuous deck – the upper deck – while ships of the line possessed two or more continuous decks bearing batteries of guns.
In the late 19th century (beginning about 1858 with the construction of prototypes by the British and French navies), the armoured frigate was a type of ironclad warship that for a time was the most powerful type of vessel afloat. The term frigate was used because such ships still mounted their principal armaments on a single continuous upper deck.
In modern navies, frigates are used to protect other warships and merchant-marine ships, especially as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups, and merchant convoys. Ship classes dubbed frigates have also more closely resembled corvettes, destroyers, cruisers and even battleships. Some European navies such as the Dutch, French, German or Spanish ones use the term frigate for both their destroyers and frigates. The rank frigate captain derives from the name of this type of ship.
Supermarine Spitfire | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:25 1 Development and production
00:03:36 1.1 Origins
00:08:35 1.2 Initial production
00:12:02 1.3 Manufacturing at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham
00:15:38 1.4 Production dispersal
00:18:19 1.5 Flight testing
00:22:21 2 Design
00:22:30 2.1 Airframe
00:27:32 2.2 Elliptical wing design
00:36:16 2.3 Improved late wing designs
00:39:00 2.4 Carburetion versus fuel injection
00:40:46 2.5 Armament
00:45:14 3 Operational history
00:45:24 3.1 Service operations
00:53:03 3.2 Speed and altitude records
00:57:19 4 Variants
00:57:29 4.1 Overview
01:01:47 4.2 Seafire
01:03:44 4.3 Griffon-engined variants
01:09:01 5 Operators
01:09:11 6 Surviving aircraft
01:11:52 6.1 Search for reported surviving Spitfires in Burma
01:12:50 7 Memorials
01:19:34 8 Restorations and replicas
01:21:07 9 Notable appearances in media
01:25:50 10 Specifications (Spitfire Mk VB)
01:30:12 11 See also
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The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, using several wing configurations, and it was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft. It was also the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire continues to be popular among enthusiasts; nearly 60 remain airworthy, and many more are static exhibits in aviation museums throughout the world.
The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928. Mitchell pushed the Spitfire's distinctive elliptical wing with cutting-edge sunken rivets (designed by Beverley Shenstone) to have the thinnest possible cross-section, helping give the aircraft a higher top speed than several contemporary fighters, including the Hawker Hurricane. Mitchell continued to refine the design until his death in 1937, whereupon his colleague Joseph Smith took over as chief designer, overseeing the Spitfire's development through its multitude of variants.
During the Battle of Britain, from July to October 1940, the public perceived the Spitfire to be the main RAF fighter, though the more numerous Hurricane shouldered a greater proportion of the burden against Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. However, Spitfire units had a lower attrition rate and a higher victory-to-loss ratio than those flying Hurricanes because of the Spitfire's higher performance. During the battle, Spitfires were generally tasked with engaging Luftwaffe fighters—mainly Messerschmitt Bf 109E-series aircraft, which were a close match for them.
After the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire superseded the Hurricane to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and saw action in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific, and South-East Asian theatres. Much loved by its pilots, the Spitfire served in several roles, including interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, and trainer, and it continued to serve in these roles until the 1950s. The Seafire was a carrier-based adaptation of the Spitfire that served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 through to the mid-1950s. Although the original airframe was designed to be powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine producing 1,030 hp (768 kW), it was strong enough and adaptable enough to use increasingly powerful Merlins and, in later marks, Rolls-Royce Griffon engines producing up to 2,340 hp (1,745 kW). As a result, the Spitfire's performance and capabilities improved over the course of its service life.
England | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:31 1 Toponymy
00:05:50 2 History
00:05:58 2.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:10:06 2.2 Middle Ages
00:15:00 2.3 Early modern
00:19:54 2.4 Late modern and contemporary
00:23:55 3 Governance
00:24:04 3.1 Politics
00:26:46 3.2 Law
00:28:20 3.3 Regions, counties, and districts
00:31:27 4 Geography
00:31:36 4.1 Landscape and rivers
00:34:38 4.2 Climate
00:35:57 4.3 Major conurbations
00:37:02 5 Economy
00:41:54 5.1 Science and technology
00:44:35 5.2 Transport
00:47:29 6 Healthcare
00:49:22 7 Demography
00:49:31 7.1 Population
00:52:36 7.2 Language
00:55:15 7.3 Religion
00:59:02 8 Education
01:02:33 9 Culture
01:02:42 9.1 Architecture
01:05:18 9.2 Folklore
01:07:38 9.3 Cuisine
01:09:55 9.4 Visual arts
01:12:02 9.5 Literature, poetry, and philosophy
01:14:51 9.6 Performing arts
01:18:00 9.7 Cinema
01:20:22 9.8 Museums, libraries, and galleries
01:21:59 10 Sports
01:31:33 11 National symbols
01:34:05 12 See also
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
England | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:55 1 Toponymy
00:06:43 2 History
00:06:52 2.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:11:39 2.2 Middle Ages
00:17:18 2.3 Early modern
00:22:57 2.4 Late modern and contemporary
00:27:36 3 Governance
00:27:45 3.1 Politics
00:30:52 3.2 Law
00:32:40 3.3 Regions, counties, and districts
00:36:16 4 Geography
00:36:25 4.1 Landscape and rivers
00:39:55 4.2 Climate
00:41:25 4.3 Major conurbations
00:42:39 5 Economy
00:48:18 5.1 Science and technology
00:51:24 5.2 Transport
00:54:44 6 Healthcare
00:56:55 7 Demography
00:57:04 7.1 Population
01:00:37 7.2 Language
01:03:41 7.3 Religion
01:08:03 8 Education
01:12:06 9 Culture
01:12:15 9.1 Architecture
01:15:15 9.2 Folklore
01:17:57 9.3 Cuisine
01:20:34 9.4 Visual arts
01:23:00 9.5 Literature, poetry, and philosophy
01:26:15 9.6 Performing arts
01:29:53 9.7 Cinema
01:32:38 9.8 Museums, libraries, and galleries
01:34:28 10 Sports
01:45:33 11 National symbols
01:48:28 12 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.