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Boeing 777 The Boeing 777 is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine airliners built by Boeing's Commercial Airplanes division. It can carry between 301 and 368 passengers in a three-class configuration and has a range from 5,210 to 9,420 nautical miles (9,649 to 17,445 km).
Boeing 787 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a mid-sized wide body, twin engined passenger airliner currently under development by Boeing's Commercial Airplanes unit and scheduled to enter service in May 2008."ANA rules out swapping delivery slots for 787.
Boeing 80 The Boeing 80 was Boeing's first purpose-built airliner. A biplane like its predecessor, the Model 40A, it was significantly larger, with three engines, an enclosed flight deck for 2 pilots, and a cabin for 12 passengers.
Boeing B-54 The Boeing B-54 was the planned production version of the YB-50C. The standard Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines of the normal B-50 had been replaced with R-4360 Variable Discharge Turbine (VDT) engines, the fuselage was lengthened by over 10 feet and the wingspan was extended by 20 feet, which required the installation of outrigger landing gear.
Boeing Bird of Prey The Bird of Prey was a black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology, developed by what is now a part of Boeing. Funded by the company at a price of $67 million, it was a very cost-effective program (compared to many other programs of similar scale), developing technology and materials which would later be used on Boeing's X-45 UCAV.
Boeing Business Jet The Boeing Business Jet series are factory conversions of Boeing airliners for the corporate jet market, historically the 737 series airliners. This aircraft usually seats between 25 and 50 passengers within a luxurious configuration.
Boeing C-33 The Boeing C-33 is the US military designation for Boeing 747-400 series intended to augment the C-17 Globemaster III fleet, but the plan was cancelled in favor of purchasing additional C-17 military transports.
Boeing C-75 At the time the US entered WW2 in December, 1941, flying across the oceans was a rare luxury. But the war required government and military officials to travel across the oceans, and most of the four-engined commercial long-range aircraft were put to this use: Pan Am's 14 flying boats and TWA's 5 Boeing 307 landplanes.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes, based in Renton, Washington, is a unit of The Boeing Company, consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. In 2006, Boeing was the world’s largest civil aircraft company in terms of orders, overtaking Airbus for the first time since 2000.
Boeing Harpoon The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, originally developed by McDonnell Douglas of the United States, with development and manufacturing now taken over by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7000th Harpoon unit since the weapon's introduction in 1977.
Boeing International Headquarters The Boeing International Headquarters in Chicago is the new home of the Boeing Company, which decided on 10 May 2001 to move to Chicago from Seattle. 100 North Riverside Plaza is poised on the west side of the Chicago River directly across from the downtown Loop.
Boeing KC-767 The Boeing KC-767 Global Tanker Transport Aircraft (GTTA) is an early 21st century military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200. It is currently used by the Italian and Japanese air forces.
Boeing Pelican The Boeing Pelican ULTRA (Large Transport Aircraft) is a proposed ground effect airplane under study by Boeing Phantom Works. Intended as a large-capacity transport craft for military or civilian use, it would have a wingspan of 500 feet, a cargo capacity of 1,400 tons, and a range of 10,000 miles.
Boeing Phantom Works The Phantom Works division is the main research and development arm of The Boeing Company. Founded by McDonnell Douglas before the merger with Boeing, its primary focus had been development of advanced military products and technologies.
Boeing RC-135 The RC-135 is a United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft used to support theater and national level consumers with near real-time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.
Boeing Satellite Development Center The Boeing Satellite Development Center (formerly Boeing Satellite Systems) is a major business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. It brings together Boeing satellite operations with that of Hughes Electronics' Space and Communications division.
Boeing Skyfox The Boeing Skyfox was a program to modify aging Lockheed T-33 jet trainers into a moderized, twin-engine aircraft. Besides its primary role as a trainer, the aircraft was envisioned to have other roles as well, including ground attack.
Boeing Sonic Cruiser The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was a subsonic concept aircraft proposed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2001. Its distinguishing feature was to be its high-subsonic cruising speed, faster than conventional jet airliners.
Boeing Stearman The Stearman model 75, widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman (Stearman became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934) or Kaydet is a biplane, of which 8584 were built in the United States during the 1930's and 40's as a military trainer aircraft. It served as the basic trainer for the USAAF (as the Kaydet) and USN (as the N2S) throughout World War II and after the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civil market.
Boeing X-37 The Boeing X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator is a demonstration spaceplane that is intended to test future launch technologies while in orbit and during atmospheric reentry. It is a reusable robotic spacecraft that is a 120%-scaled derivative of the X-40A.
Boeing X-40 The Boeing X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle was part of the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle project. Built to 85 percent scale, in 2001 it successfully demonstrated the glide capabilities of the X-37's fat-bodied, short-winged design and validated the proposed guidance system.
Boeing X-45 The Boeing X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is a concept demonstrator for a next generation of completely autonomous fighter aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works (similar to Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division; acquired through McDonnell Douglas).
Boeing XB-15 The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a bomber aircraft first designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps to see if it was possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mile (8,000 km) range. It was originally designated the XBLR-1 (experimental bomber, long range).
Boeing XF6B The Boeing XF6B-1 / XBFB-1 was Boeing's last biplane design for the United States Navy. Only the one prototype was ever built; although first flying in early 1933, it rammed into a crash barrier in 1936 and the design was not pursued further.
Boeing XP-9 The Boeing XP-9 was Boeing's first monoplane fighter, even though biplane designs were still commonplace at the time of its development. First flown on November 18, 1930, it had impressive stats on the specification sheet, but it quickly became apparent that its large (6 ft across) wing, which was placed atop the fuselage directly in front of the pilot, obstructed downward visibility so badly that simple landing maneuvers were hazardous.
Boeing Y1B-9 The Boeing B-9 was the first all-metal monoplane bomber designed for the United States Army Air Corps. The first service model, dubbed the YB-9, was originally tested and developed by Boeing as XB-901 and first flew on April 29, 1931.
Boeing Y3 Y3 is a Boeing Commercial Airplanes project to replace the 777-300 and 747 product lines, and may be used to compete with Airbus' A380 product range, as well as the A350, and seat a minimum of 300-350 passengers. New technologies to be introduced include composite aerostructures and more fuel-efficient turbofan engines.
Boeing YAL-1 The Boeing YAL-1A Airborne Laser (ABL) weapons system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) primarily designed to shoot down Tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) similar to the Scud while in boost phase. The laser system is fitted to a heavily modified Boeing 747-400F freighter and is still in the test period.
Boeing YC-14 The Boeing YC-14 was an entrant into the USAF's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition, to replace the C-130 Hercules as the USAF's standard STOL tactical transport. The AMST project introduced a number of innovative features, such as under-surface blowing, which used double-slotted flaps to direct part of the jet exhaust downwards, while the rest of the exhaust passed through and downward over the flaps, introducing the Coandă effect.
Boeing Yellowstone Project Yellowstone is a Boeing Commercial Airplanes project to replace its entire civil aircraft portfolio with advanced technology aircraft. New technologies to be introduced include composite aerostructures, more electrical systems (reduction of hydraulic systems), and more fuel-efficient turbofan engines (such as the GEnx and Trent 1000).
Boeing YUH-61 The Boeing Vertol YUH-61 twin-turbine engined medium-lift assault/utility helicopter was the runner-up of a United States Army competition in the mid 1970s to replace the UH-1 Huey family. Though the two final competing designs were both developed to Army specifications, Sikorsky's UH-60 was selected over Boeing-Vertol's Model 179.
Boekentoren The Boekentoren, (Dutch for Book Tower) is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Henry Van de Velde. It currently houses 3 million books (september 2006) of the Ghent University library.
Boelus, Nebraska Boelus (the legal name of the village is Howard City; however, the post office is named Boelus, and local residents refer to their village as Boelus) is a village in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 221 at the 2000 census.
Boeotarch Boeotarch was the title of the chief officers of the Boeotian Confederacy, founded in 379 BC after a rebellion freed the cities of Boeotia from Spartan dominance. There were seven Boeotarchs, democratically elected from seven electoral districts throughout Greece.
Boeotia Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia (Βοιωτία English ) was a region of ancient Greece, north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It was bounded on the south by Attica and Megaris, on the north by Opuntian Locris and the Euripus Strait, and on the west by Phocis.
Boer Boer is the Dutch (and Afrikaans) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking pastoralists of the eastern Cape frontier in South Africa as well as those who left the Cape Colony to settle in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and to a lesser extent Natal. Their primary motivation for moving was to escape British rule in the Cape as well as the constant border wars on the eastern frontier.
Boer foreign volunteers Although there was a lot of sympathy for the Boer cause outside of the Commonwealth there was not a lot of overt Government support as few countries were willing to upset Britain, in fact no other government actively supported the Boer cause. There were, however, individuals from several countries who volunteered and formed Foreign Volunteer Units.
Boer Republics The Boer Republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent self-governed republics created by the Dutch-speaking (proto Afrikaans) inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope and their descendants (variously named Trekboers, Boers and Voortrekkers, but collectively known as Afrikaners) in mainly the northern and eastern parts of what is now the country of South Africa.
Boeremag The Boeremag (Afrikaans: Boer Force) is allegedly a South African right-wing activism group with white separatist aims and is accused of planning to overthrow the ruling African National Congress government. reminiscent of the era when Boers administered independent republics during the 19th century following the Great Trek.
Boerentoren The Boerentoren (aka farmers' tower) is the second tallest building of Antwerp, it measures 97 meters and was the first skyscraper of the European continent. The construction of the building was completed in 1931 and was then 87.
Boerhaave Museum Museum Boerhaave is a natural history museum in Leiden, the Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from Medicine, Physics, and Astronomy.
Boerhaave syndrome Boerhaave syndrome (also called Boerhaave's syndrome) is rupture of the esophagus. It is generally caused by excessive vomiting in eating disorders such as bulimia although it may rarely occur in extremely forceful coughing or other situations.
Boerner Botanical Gardens Boerner Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens located on the grounds of Whitnall Park in the village of Hales Corners, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The gardens are named for Alfred Boerner, who designed the original five formal gardens.
Boerum Hill Boerum Hill is a small segment of the New York City borough of Brooklyn roughly bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north, 4th Avenue to the east, Court Street to the west, and Warren Street to the south. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 2.
Boery River The Boery River is a river in Dominica. It rises on the western slopes of Morne Trois Pitons, flowing south and then west to reach the Caribbean Sea on the country's southwestern coast, to the north of the capital, Roseau.
Boes Motor & Mekanik Boes Motor & Mekanik is a Swedish kit car company in Färjestaden selling a Lotus 7 replica called Boe 7. Unlike most other manufacturer who use square tubin for the spaceframe chasiss they use round 28x2 tubes.
Boeselager Boeselager is the name of a German noble family from Magdeburg, whose line begins with one Squire Boeselager of Stemmern by Magdeburgon first appearing in the documents on April 12, 1363. The first fully documented member is Henning von Boeselager holding a knight's fief in Wolmirsleben from April 12, 1466.
Boesmansgat Boesmansgat, also known in English as "Bushman's Hole", is believed to be the third-deepest submerged freshwater cave (or sinkhole) in the world, approximately 270 metres deep. It is located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, and is where famed deep cave diver Dave Shaw died on January 8, 2005 while recovering the body of an amateur diver, Deon Dreyer, who had drowned while diving with friends ten years earlier.
Boeta Dippenaar Hendrik Human Dippenaar, known as Boeta (born 14 June, 1977, Kimberley, Cape Province) is a cricketer who has played Test and one-day international cricket for South Africa and the ACA African XI. He has played as a specialist batsman in most of his matches, and has played Test cricket in all batting positions from one through seven .
Boettger's Lizard The Boettger's Lizard (Gallotia caesaris), of the family Lacertidae, is a lizard endemic to two of the western Canary Islands, El Hierro and La Gomera. On the neighboring islands Tenerife and La Palma it is replaced by the Tenerife Lizard Gallotia galloti.
Boettcher Concert Hall Boettcher Concert Hall, located in Denver, Colorado, was the first symphony hall in the round in the United States. Built in 1978, the hall is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the second largest performing arts complex in the United States next to Lincoln Center in New York.
Boettcher Conservatory The Boettcher Conservatory is the largest single structure tropical conservatory in the United States, located at the Denver Botanic Gardens. It was built in 1931 by Governor Martin Boettcher for his wife Amelia.
Boeuf Ă  la mode Boeuf Ă  la mode ("beef in the style") is a french version of what is often known in the United States as Pot roast. It is a way to prepare a tougher cut of beef (rich in connective tissue, and in older recipes often lardoned).
Boffer A boffer is a padded weapon used for simulated combat and are widely used in Live action role-playing games. The term "boffer" is not widely used outside of the USA - in Europe boffers are usually called latex weapons.
Boffo Games Boffo Games was a promising but very short lived computer games developer founded in 1994 by Steve Meretzky, Mike Dornbrook, and Leo DaCosta. Only two games, Hodj 'n' Podj and the Space Bar, were produced by Boffo before the studio closed its doors in 1997.
Bofors 40 mm gun The Bofors 40 mm gun is a famous anti-aircraft auto-cannon designed by the Swedish firm of Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as various other forces.
Bofors scandal The Bofors Scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that India had seen before, and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi's ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections.
Bog A bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs if the peat is composed mostly of acidophilic moss (peat moss or Sphagnum spp.
Bog body Bog bodies, also known as bog people, are preserved human bodies found in sphagnum bogs in Northern Europe, Britain and Ireland. Unlike most ancient human remains, bog bodies have retained skin and internal organs due to the unusual conditions of preservation.
Bog butter "Bog butter" refers to an ancient waxy substance found buried in peat bogs, particularly in the United Kingdom. It can be found buried inside some sort of wooden container, such as a buckets, kegs, barrels, dishes and butter churns.
Bog Brook Reservoir The Bog Brook Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Croton Watershed in southern New York State. It is located in the town of Southeast, New York in Putnam County, and is approximately 38 miles (over 60 kilometres) north of New York City, which it supplies water to.
Bog iron Bog iron refers to impure iron deposits that develop in bogs or swamps by the chemical or biochemical oxidation of iron carried in the solutions. In general, bog ores consist primarily of iron oxyhydroxides, commonly goethite (FeO(OH)).
Bog Labrador Tea Bog Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum, formerly Ledum groenlandicum), is a flowering plant in the subsection Ledum of the large genus Rhododendron in the family Ericaceae. It is a low shrub growing to 50 cm (rarely up to 2 m) tall with evergreen leaves 20-60 mm long and 3-15 mm broad.
Bog of Allen The Bog of Allen (MĂłin AlĂşine in Irish) is a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council describes the bog as "an important area of peatland, as much a part of Irish natural heritage as the Book of Kells.
Bog snorkelling Bog snorkelling is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a 60-yard water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers, and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone.
Bog spavin Bog Spavin is a swelling of the tibiotarsal joint of the horse's hock which, in itself, does not cause lameness. The joint becomes distended by excess synovial fluid bringing about a soft, fluctuant swelling on the front of the joint, as well as the inside and outside.
Bog turtle The Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) is a turtle native to the Eastern United States. It is one of the smallest species of turtle and is considered threatened at the federal level and endangered in some states.
Bog wood Bog wood is wood extracted from trunks of trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidity of the bog water and the tannins leached out of other plant matter. It represents the first early stages in the fossilisation of wood, with further stages ultimately forming lignite and coal over a period of many millions of years.
Bogajo Bogajo is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is 90 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 203 people.
Bogan Bogan (pronounced , rhyming with slogan) is an Australian and New Zealand English slang term, generally pejorative, for a person who is, or is perceived to be, unsophisticated or of a lower class background. According to the stereotype, the speech and mannerisms of "bogans" indicate poor education and uncultured upbringing.
Bogardus Social Distance Scale The Bogardus Social Distance Scale is a psychometric scale created by Emory S. Bogardus to empirically measure people's willingness to participate in social contacts of varying degrees of closeness with members of diverse social groups, such as other racial and ethnic groups, sex offenders, and homosexuals.
Bogart's Bogart's is a nightclub located in the University Heights area of Cincinnati, near the University of Cincinnati. A general admission venue, Bogart's has a capacity of 1,464mostly on the first floor, but with limited space at the back in a balcony.
Bogatyr class cruiser The Bogatyr class were a group of Protected Cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Unusually for the Russian navy, two ships of the class were built for the Baltic Fleet and two ships for the Black Sea Fleet.
Bogda Khan Bogda Khan, (also Bogd Khan or Bogdo Khan or the Eighth Jebtsundamba (1869-1924), assumed the title of Emperor (Khan) of Mongolia as northern Mongolia began its independence movement. As Jebtsuundamba, he was the spiritual head of Mongolia's Tibetan Buddhist religion.
Bogdan Achimescu Bogdan Achimescu (born in 1965 in TimiĹźoara, Romania) is a Polish-Romanian artist. His work explores themes of genetic inheritance, political dystopiaand, more recently, imaginary architecture and artifacts[http://www.
Bogdan Bojko Bogdan Bojko (born February 10, 1959 in Nowa SĂłl) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5123 votes in 8 Zielona GĂłra district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Bogdan Borusewicz Bogdan Michał Borusewicz, (born January 11, 1949 in Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland, where his parents moved from Vilnius) is the Marshal of the Polish Senate since October 20, 2005. Borusewicz was a democratic opposition activist under the Communist regime, and a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) for three terms.
Bogdan Dzakovic Bogdan Dzakovic is a 14-year veteran of the Security Division of the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States. He started off his FAA career as a field agent and Federal Air Marshal, then served as a Team Leader in the Air Marshal program.
Bogdan I of Moldavia Bogdan of Cuhea (or Bogdan-Vodă; Bogdan I of Moldavia) is the second founding-figure of the Principality of Moldavia, ruling between 1359 and 1365. He was previously an ethnic Romanian nobleman and Voivode of Maramureş.
Bogdan II of Moldavia Bogdan II (1409-1451) was the Prince of Moldavia between October 12, 1449 and October 17, 1451, when he was assassinated by Petru Aron. The assassination put Moldavia into a civil war which lasted until his son and successor, Stephen III of Moldavia gained the Moldavian throne in 1457.
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, a name chosen in 1857 by Tadeu Hasdeu (February 26, 1838—August 25, 1907), was a Romanian writer and philologist, who pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history. Hasdeu is considered to have been able to understand 26 languages (many of which he could also converse in).
Bogdan Tirnanić Bogdan Tirnanić (Serbian Cyrilic: Богдан Тирнанић) (born September 14, 1941 in Belgrade, present-day Serbia) is one of the most prominent Serbian journalists, essayists and movie critics. He has been writing columns for some of the most popular newspapers in the SFR Yugoslavia and Serbia.
Bogdan Titomir Bogdan Titomir (real name Oleg Titorenko) (born March 16, 1967) is a Russian musician, rapper and DJ, who began his career in a popular 90's duo Car-Man. Widely regarded as one of the first successful Russian rappers.
Bogdan Zdrojewski Bogdan Zdrojewski (born May 18, 1957) is a Polish politician who was the first president of Wrocław after the fall of communism in Poland, and held the seat in the years 1990 to 2001. Afterwards, he has been a senator and member of the Polish Sejm.
Bogdanov Affair The Bogdanov Affair is an academic dispute regarding a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twin brothers Igor and Grichka Bogdanov (or Bogdanoff), and whether those papers were legitimate or not. These papers were published in reputable scientific journals, and culminated in a proposed theory for describing what occurred at the Big Bang.
Bogdanovka Bogdanovka was an extermination camp for Jews that was established by the Romanian authorities during World War II as part of the Holocaust. The camp was on the Bug river, in the Golta district of Transnistria and held 54,000 people by the end of 1941.
Bogenfels Bogenfels is a location in the coastal Namib Desert of Namibia, noted for its natural rock formations (hence the name, which means "Elbow rock"). The main formation is a 55 metre high rock arch close to the coast.
Bogense municipality Bogense municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality includes a number of small islands in the Kattegat (Dræet Ø, Æbelø) off its northwest coast, and covers an area of 102 km².
Bogeyland Bogeyland is the abode of the "bogeymen" (and presumably, "bogeywomen") in Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, which formed the basis for two films by the same name: Laurel and Hardy's 1934 version (which includes almost none of Herbert's songs or book), and the Technicolor remake from 1961 from Walt Disney
Boggan Boggans are one of the common kiths in Changeling The Dreaming a role playing game by White Wolf Game Studios. Boggans are very similar in appearance and attitude to Hobbits, but the kith as a whole is based on legends of boggarts and brownies, helpful or malign household spirits.
Boggart In Celtic mythology, a boggart (or bogart, bogan, bogle or boggle) is a household spirit, sometimes mischievous, sometimes helpful. In Northern England, at least, there was the belief that the boggart should never be named, as when the boggart was given a name, it would not be reasoned with or persuaded and become uncontrollable and destructive.
Boggart (Harry Potter) A boggart in the Harry Potter fictional books is a shape-shifter that takes on the form of its intended victim's worst fear. It generally likes to hide in dark, enclosed places, such as in closets, under beds, or in hollow trees.
Boggo Road Busway, Brisbane The Boggo Road Busway is intended to run from Buranda Busway Station to the University of Queensland via Ipswich Road and the Eleanor Schonell Bridge. Busway stations on the Boggo Road Busway will include the:
Boggs Island Boggs Island is an island on the Ohio River in Marshall County, West Virginia between the cities of Bellaire, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia. It is a small island near the Ohio shore opposite the mouth of Boggs Run, from which it may take its name.
Boggy Depot, Oklahoma Boggy Depot grew as a vibrant and thriving rural town in present day Atoka County, Oklahoma. It became a major trading center on the Texas Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail route between Missouri and San Francisco.
Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band The Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band has been a leading force in pipe band competition, becoming a contender in major grade one competitions since it was promoted to that level in 1980. The band was founded in 1972.
Boghammar Marin AB Boghammar Marin AB is a small family owned company on Lidingö, Sweden that specializes in the construction and building of aluminium boats like fast patrol boats, police boats, passenger vessels, sea fisheries/protection vessels and so on.
Boghra Irrigation Canal The Boghra Irrigation Canal is a man-made canal some 155 kilometres long in central Afghanistan in Helmand province, serving to divert water from the Helmand River and the Arghandab for farmland. It was built in the 1950s.
Bogle A bogle, bogill is the Scots term for a legendary creature with a fierce temper. They are reputed to live for the simple purpose of torturing young children that disobey their mothers, or of punishing those that are lazy, incontinent (lacking self-restraint), or guilty of crimes.
Boglen The Boglen Terrier is a hybrid dog bred from the Beagle and the Boston Terrier. As with any hybrid, potential owners should take into account the nature and characteristics of both breeds as any combination of those characteristics may be displayed in the resulting pup.

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