After the flood Piper gave 32 written-off PA-28s, PA-31s and PA-23 Aztecs to NASA, which used them for crash tests at the Langley Research Center, using a rig originally built to simulate spacecraft landings on the moon for the Apollo program.

The Aztecs led the Spaniards into the heart of the city where Moctezuma gave them with more gifts and then quartered them in lavish apartments.

) this kind of warfare gave the Aztecs a chance to demonstrate their military might.

The name “ San Pablo ” is in honor of Saint Paul, and “ Mitla ” is a hispanization of the Nahuatl name “ Mictlán .” This is the name the Aztecs gave the old pre-Hispanic city before the Spanish arrived and means “ land of the dead .” It is located in the Central Valleys regions of Oaxaca, 46 km from the city of Oaxaca, in the District of Tlacolula.

Ancient Mesoamericans, spanning from ancient Olmecs to Aztecs, extracted latex from Castilla elastica, a type of rubber tree in the area.

Originally, this valley was called Coyotoc by the native Zoque population, which means “ land or house of rabbits .” The Aztecs intruded into the area and named it “ Tochtlán ” which means the same thing.

The area was originally inhabited by the Mame-Maya as a region under the control of the Mame state of Xelaju but was first established as a city by the Aztecs in the 13th century.

The area was ruled by a coalition of four dominions called Tepeticpac, Ocotelolco, Tizatlan and Quiahuiztlan which united in the 14th century to defend themselves against the Aztecs and other enemies.

The Aztecs conquered the area in the 1470s, and established here a sanctuary for their military elite, the Eagle and Jaguar warriors.

The area shows influences from the Teotihuacan culture, the Toltecs, Matlatzincas and Aztecs, but little is known of the area ’ s pre-Aztec history.

By the time the Aztecs arrived, the area was dominated by the Matlazincas, who had settled earlier in the Toluca Valley by 8th century CE, then migrated here.

However, in 1476, the Aztecs subjected this area to their empire under the rule of Axayacatl.

Chiefly inspired by The Rolling Stones, Faces and Billy Thorpe and his 1970s Aztecs, Rose Tattoo's hard-rocking sound quickly earned a devoted following in the Sydney area.

This same area of Morelos was conquered by Moctezuma I in 1440, and Yecapixtla became a tributary collection center for the Aztecs due to its strategic position in the basin of the Amatzinac River.

The area was settled by the Matlatzincas who were conquered by the Aztecs, making the area a border zone between the Aztec Empire and Tarascan lands.

At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Teotihuacan area was venerated by the Aztecs, but this status died off with the coming of Christianity.

Ahuizotl took his name from the animal Ahuizotl, which the Aztecs considered to be a legendary creature in its own right rather than a mere mythical representation of the king.

Some historians believe that La Malinche saved her people from the Aztecs, who held a hegemony throughout the territory and demanded tribute from its inhabitants.

The empire reached its maximal extent in 1519 just prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors led by Cortés who managed to topple the Aztec empire by allying with some of the traditional enemies of the Aztecs, the Nahuatl speaking Tlaxcalteca.

Whether such a deity existed among the Aztecs and what its meaning was, is a matter of dispute among scholars of Mesoamerican religion.

Also was known and used by the Aztecs and other people of South and Central America, but is probably better known because of its use by North American native peoples.

The Huastec region was known to the Aztecs ( ancestors of today's Nahuatl speakers, who arrived in the Huasteca around 1450 ) for its fertile abundance, and includes the northernmost patches of tropical moist forest and cloud forest in the Americas.

Though an epidemic of smallpox took its toll on the Aztecs, Cortes ' conquest was the culmination of Spanish strategy in the Americas: He used promises to gain native allies, and he combined superior technology with patience while he struck at Tenochtitlan from the sea.

The Aztecs associated the turkey with their trickster god Tezcatlipoca, perhaps because of its perceived humorous behavior.

( The Aztecs referred to the winter-blooming plant as cuetlaxochitl ; its Latin name is Euphorbia pulcherrima or " the most beautiful Euphorbia.

Spirulina was found in abundance at Lake Texcoco by French researchers in the 1960s, but there is no reference to its use by the Aztecs as a daily food source after the 16th century, probably due to the draining of the surrounding lakes for agricultural and urban development.

Chicle was well known to the Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs and to the Maya, and early European settlers prized it for its subtle flavour and high sugar content.

Since its inception, the stadium, which is approximately five miles from campus, has been the home of the San Diego State University Aztecs.

The experiment demonstrated that the VidFIRE illusion was not diminished by MPEG encoding and so the next relevant DVD release, " The Aztecs " was VidFIREd in its entirety.

Classical Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and its modern relatives are part of the Uto-Aztecan family.

It was known to the Aztecs for its flavoring qualities.

Because of its status as SDSU's home court, the Aztecs were not allowed to open the tournament at home ( under " pod system " rules ).

The Pima College Aztecs football team will play its entire home schedule at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium starting in 2010.

Diseases like smallpox could travel great distances and spread throughout large populations, which was the case with the Aztecs having lost approximately 50 % of its population from smallpox and other diseases.

Its roots are edible and were eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it cacomitl and its flower ocēlōxōchitl " Jaguar flower ".

The Aztecs had not been to the postseason since its NCAA appearance in 1984-1985.

Despite its name, Mayanism tends to conflate traditions of many different indigenous peoples of the Americas, including non-Maya groups such as the Hopi, the Aztecs, and the Incas.

In 1996 at the Estadio Tecnológico de Monterrey crowded at its maximum capacity, the Borregos again received in the final game the Aztecs of the UDLAP.

The site of the hill was a sacred place for Aztecs, and the buildings atop it have served several purposes during its history ; including that of Military Academy, Imperial residence, Presidential home, observatory, and presently, the Museo Nacional de Historia.

Basically, the Aztecs believed that they were living in a universe dominated by a generation of sun gods, the current one known as Tonatiuh, who was the fifth.

Although some indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere did have domestic dogs or caninae ; including the current Southwestern US, Aztec and other Central American peoples, the inhabitants of the Arctic / Tundra regions ( Inuit, Aleut, Cree ), and possibly some South American groups similar to South American fox ( Pseudalopex culpaeus ) or Yagan dog, during the conquest of the Americas, Spanish conquistadors used Spanish Mastiffs and other Molossers in battle against the Taínos, Aztecs and Mayans.

It is the current home of the NFL's San Diego Chargers and the San Diego State University Aztecs college football team.