ACROSS THE SKY — LIKE THE EARTH

THROUGH THE SKY AS THE EARTH…Pursued by the police on the road is rapidly rushing “Citroen”. Already tried all the tricks to get away from the chase, but the police are not far behind, but will catch up. Left one last thing. And here the car suddenly POPs wings and it smoothly from the road on the eyes of the surprised police officers takes to the skies.

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“RICH SHIPS” FOR THE “POOR RELATIVES”

4 Dec 1867, took place at the first sight unremarkable event that opened is actually a completely new era in military shipbuilding. The stocks of the steel company “William Armstrong and company”, noted for his work in the field of armaments and hydraulics, in the waters of the river Tyne in Newcastle went first built it the ship — the gunboat “Staunch”. The value of the birth of this small gunboats designed by firm Manager George Ringelem, it is difficult to overestimate. Tiny ship, which cost just 6700 pounds, became the ancestor of a number of warships, primarily cruisers, the glory “Armstrong” and transformed the enterprises of the average breeder in this Empire arms.

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ON THE BASIS OF “ARROWS”

BASED ON In the manufacture of engine AG-1 used many components from mass-produced engines of domestic production. So, for example, cylinder, cylinder head with studs, a piston finger and piston rings — engine M-106, M — 115, crankshaft, shaft seal and the electronic ignition system with flywheel maggino — VP-150M. Carter taken from the widespread outboard motor “Arrow” (or “ZIF”), Perhaps the use of the cylinder-piston group crankshaft from the engine “IZH-Yupiter”. Additional mechanical treatment of serial parts is as follows.

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TWO BLADES AND ONE MOTOR

TWO BLADES AND ONE MOTORSvobodnaya model helicopter. As they say, is new — is well forgotten old. Not so long ago we introduced readers model airplanes from the simplest Svobodnaya model helicopter — judging by the responses, a mini helicopter like you, our readers, Some even took the model for something contraption, missing in the article is the observation that these helicopters modelers created and launched in the early 50-ies of the last century.

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GENUINE RUSSIAN NAVY

The victory over France in the war of 1870 opened to the Federation of German States, formed under the auspices of Prussia, a completely new Outlook In Central Europe is variegated carpet of the numerous Duchies, counties, kingdoms and markkraft appeared a powerful state that had access to the two seas — the North and the Baltic In its composition was the seaside city, once part of the Hanseatic League, the strongest of the medieval sea trade of the company Clear the views of the rulers of a United Germany sooner or later had to turn to the ocean The more successful in almost all respects, the war with France proved to be completely ineffective for the Prussian fleet is Disproportionately weak, compared to the Navy’s second naval power of the world, he, nevertheless, was rebuilt several steamers of the Lloyd auxiliary of the cruiser and tried to use them for actions on communications of the enemy.

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This legendary Emka

This legendary EmkaSoviet passenger car GAZ M-1. The giant car plant in Nizhny Novgorod, was built in a record short time – just three and a half years. Creating it was a result of the signing of the 31 May 1929 agreement between the US by Ford Motor Company and the Government of the USSR. And January 29, 1932 off the assembly line of the Nizhny Novgorod automobile plant (NAZ) came off the first half tons lorries license NAZ-AA (FORD-AA), and in December of the same year – and passenger cars GAZ-A (FORD-A). Let me remind you, the lorry with the acronym NAE released a few months on the radiator: in the same 1932 Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky the city of the company, respectively, received the name of GAS – Gorky Automobile Plant named after Molotov and produce trucks GAZ-AA.

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THE PURPOSE OF AFFECTS… LIGHT

THE PURPOSE OF STRIKING A LIGHT...The light on the dash must have heard many. A pistol or shotgun just like the real thing, the rings of a target with a ten in the middle. Yes, but “bullets” are not the same. Pulled the trigger and the target affects short flash of light. And the brighter dalnoboynie weapon. The light beam of the flash lamp to “shoot” at a target even from a distance of 25 m. This corresponds to one of the distances sports bullet shooting.

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