OUR ANSWER “STRATOJET”

OUR ANSWER Long-range bomber Tu-16. Large-scale development of high-speed jet bombers, long-range flight, which began in the USA after the Second world war, could not remain unnoticed in the Soviet Union. A year after the publication of American requirements for such aircraft (in late 1946) to the design Bureau of A. N. Tupolev, Ilyushin and Sukhoi began the design of machines with the same parameters.

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“POLONAISE” BY VLADIMIR BARANOVSKY

The first time I saw “Polonaise” in the picture. He was standing on one of the Central squares of Warsaw, surrounded by a dense ring of spectators. Interest in the yacht and its captain, engineer and journalist Krzysztof Baranovsky was extremely well-deserved. The first among the poles and the thirteenth in the world, he skirted “an old cannibal” — Cape horn — solo.

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RIVALS CRUISERS

RIVALS CRUISERSBy the end of the First world war the British Navy had a fair amount of patrol type “flower”, but at the end of the 1920-ies it became clear that these hastily built ships will be developed very quickly. Therefore, the renewal of the composition of forces escort and protection, the British started ahead of time.

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THE PERFECT BIPLANE

THE PERFECT BIPLANECarrier-based fighter Grumman F3F of the company. In the early 30-ies of the American company Grumman was the undisputed leader in the production of fighter biplanes for carrier-based aircraft. The reason for this was the desire of the designers of this company to apply on their aircrafts with the latest technical achievements. The firm’s assets — development of the original scheme of the landing gear, enclosed cockpit and all-metal fuselage-monocoque with a smooth lining.

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KAWANISHI NIK SIDEN

NIK KAWANISHI SIDENJapanese aircraft and engine firm Kawanishi Kokuki KK was founded in 1928 and produced mainly military aircraft, which later was widely used in world war II — four-engine reconnaissance flying boats Н6К and Н8К, as well as a fighter N1K1 float and ground N1K1-JSIDEN (purple lightning).

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SUCH A DIFFICULT REVIVAL

SUCH A DIFFICULT REVIVALThe hardest for Russia the First world war, followed by even more destructive for the country’s civil war, rejected the Navy powers for many years. The winning “red” had to use the pieces of the former “Imperial” power. This was the case with the submarines. In the 1920-ies in the system was gradually introduced surviving pre-war units, and not always the best. Rather, the best preserved, which can be put into service without a Herculean effort and cost. As for the future, the legacy remained a motley bunch of projects for the development of domestic “leopards” overseas “Holland” and “products” of the Italian Laurent, who were in very different stages of development. An important problem was that the cut for several years by the global military-technical thought Soviet Russia could not make good use of the experience gained in the development and operation of submarines in other countries during world war II.

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ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SS

ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SSA company called Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. which subsequently became the acronym ALFA, was established in June 1910. First released it the car had a high speed, power and stability on the road. In 1915 the head of the firm was the engineer and entrepreneur N. Romeo, whose name is the second part of the name of the world famous automobile company Alfa Romeo.

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“TROIKI” TO “THREE”

Car Golf-class AUDI A3 production in 2003. Not so long ago in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” was published an article about a German firm Audi and one of the most interesting cars — AUDI A4 (see the “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2, 2002). The article mentioned about other modern machines produced by this company, in particular, about the car-class Golf AUDI A3 1996 issue. Knowing the reader’s interest in cars of this class, more democratic compared to the expensive bourgeois “Quartet”, the editors assumed to tell the magazine about the AUDI A3. However, while we were collecting materials about this model, the firm is prepared to release a brand new “three” — AUDI A3 2003 issue. However, to write about the new car, comparing it with its predecessor, was even more interesting.

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