cotter

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As far as anyone could determine, both tragedies resulted from faulty cotter pins, only an inch or two long.

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As the U.S. cotter pin in the United Nations, Lodge was given Cabinet status and a large voice in U.S. policy�and grew in stature to measure up to both.

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The cause of the accident was narrowed down to a cotter pin, which one of the mechanics at Valbuena Field had forgotten to replace after greasing the landing wheels that morning.

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The ring is attached to a light cable which jerks out two cotter pins freeing the flaps of the canvas 'chute-pack.

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With the cotter pin pliers the ends may be brought close together and as the plier jaws are small the pin may be easily pushed in place.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred