HAD NO CHANCE

HAD NO CHANCEFlying boat Fairchild F-91. This small flying boat designed in 1934 by the American firm Fairchild, was calculated for mass production, but, despite its excellent flight characteristics, she never went into big series. The firm has managed to produce only seven units of the machine. However, the fate of these seaplanes were interesting enough. They had a chance not only to visit most of the continents of the globe, but also to participate in hostilities and, in particular, in the civil war in Spain.

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“TIT” IS IN YOUR HANDS

“Suli’s not pie in the sky, give it to the bird in hand…” So says an old Russian proverb. Don’t know whether it was guided by the famous Lithuanian designer Bronis Oszkinis, creating your initial glider training, to which he gave the name (in Lithuanian “ZIL”). At the all-Union meeting of workers and youth gliding schools and the design of the asset held by the magazine “modelist-Konstruktor”, “Tit” was unanimously recognized as the best ka date training glider. This car can now be seen on many club airfields in our country. Very simple in design and reliable in operation, it has won wide sympathy not only of the younger generation of glider pilots making their first steps in the sky, and veterans of aviation sports.

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THE PATH TO MASTERY

THE PATH TO MASTERYYes, these guys can not be surprised nor machines, semi-automatic, capable of providing precision precision metal machining, no complex electronic circuits with transistors evaporated or ingenious configurations of parts to be processed. Because they themselves, despite small age, already proudly say “We are working class”. And the skill level of the working class of the era of the technological revolution to straighten your skills. Because they are learning from the best of its representatives and are prepared tomorrow to stand with them for the machines to take up obedient only to a skilled person tool, to join the vast army of creators of wealth.

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