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Valkyrie

noun

(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla.

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... play a great part in war, he spent his time in devising aeroplanes for naval and military purposes. He founded a firm of his own, called 'The Aeronautical Syndicate', and produced a type of monoplane with elevator in front, which, in its later development, was named the 'Valkyrie'. He taught a good many people to fly, but none of them, except himself, became expert pilots. The 'Valkyrie' was the last survivor of the earliest type of flying machine, often called the 'Canard' type, because the elevator is extended in front like the head ...

— The War in the Air; Vol. 1 - The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force • Walter Raleigh

Words linked to "Valkyrie" : Brynhild, mythical being, Brunhild, Brunnhilde, Norse mythology