LOOP — GLIDER

Immediately after his return from Moscow to Koktebel in the fall of 1929 Sergei asked me to do a new airframe for aerobatics, — says the aircraft designer S. N. The lyushin.— There were many reasons that prevented me to take this job, and he began to design what later became SC-3 — “Krasnaya Zvezda”. Her design, very original, still lay in the framework of a familiar and accepted. Tasks that has set itself the S. P. Korolev was much more complicated. Here is how he talks about them:

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BELL 212 (UH-1N)

BELL 212 (UH-1N)The first successful experience of using helicopters in combat operations in Korea 1950 — 1953 showed that the U.S. army urgently needed a multi-purpose light helicopters, able to perform tasks on landing and transportation of troops, for fire support of infantry and evacuation of the wounded, to support the transport and liaison helicopters.

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CAR “GAZ-11-73”

CAR The family car, which was launched at the Gorky plant in 1936, the machine “M-1” is, except it, there are four versions: semi-truck — “truck” “415”, “sedan” “11-73”, “Phaeton” “11-40” and all terrain vehicles models “61”. Last three cars — the second generation of the family, whose main difference is a powerful 6-cylinder engine is 4-cylinder the first two. But all machines have a lot in common or at least similar in appearance.

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Great Wall to a new level

Great Wall Haval H8The debut of the crossover class K2 of Great Wall Haval H8 was held in the spring of 2013 during the traditional auto show in Shanghai. Serial production began six months at the company’s plant in Boudine. At the Great Wall are proud to say that workshops are equipped with the most modern equipment, purchased from the best Spanish, German, Swiss and Japanese firms.

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SK-3 “KRASNAYA ZVEZDA”

SK-3 Glider is a single cantilever monoplane with upper wing. The fuselage is pear-shaped, oval cross section, is formed by 15 frames, has two spars (top and bottom) a cross section of 10X10 mm and four stringer 10X5 mm, running along the entire length. The bottom has a landing ski of the two rails and strips of plywood, covered with duralumin. The entire frame of the fuselage is covered with plywood with a thickness of 1 mm, and a place where fixed wing, with a thickness of 2 mm.

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THE AIR — SCOUT

AIR — SCOUTThe plane of distant radar detection E-1B TRACER. The idea of installing a radar plane to detect air targets first appeared in England in early 1936. But the preference nevertheless was given to the development of a complex ground-based early warning radar. Onboard radar showed the fighter command aircraft in July 1939.

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FLOATING ARMORED VEHICLES FOR THE RED ARMY

FLOATING ARMORED VEHICLES FOR THE RED ARMYIn the thirties of the last century in Germany was issued a Handbook Heigle “Tanks” for many years and then enjoyed great popularity among the military specialists. Already in the first section concerning the tasks performed by different types of armored vehicles, it was noted that “armored vehicles due to their large specific speed used primarily for exploration”, but a little further we read: “when high mobility on roads and a large range of armored vehicles have only a limited permeability in the area” – and one might add: “and no traffic in the presence of water obstacles”.

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