A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN THE RANKS

A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN THE RANKSBomber-attack aircraft A-26 INVADER. If you ask aviation experts to name the most well-known plane-survivor, then some of them will remember a passenger DC-3 by Douglas, the other a transport Ju-52 Junkers, but others — about the legendary multi-purpose biplane Po-2 n N Polikarpov however, many wrongly forget about a medium bomber and attack aircraft Douglas A-26 Invader. Combat experience with the A-26 neither one of the planes of the US air force and made his first combat flight over Europe in September 1944, the aircraft remained in service for more than 25 years and flew combat missions during the Vietnam war until the early 1970s.

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NEW OLD UMBRELLA

NEW OLD UMBRELLAFolding umbrella is much more comfortable, against this one can hardly argue. Meanwhile, to alter a simple umbrella in the transforming is not so difficult. First of all, the umbrella must be almost completely dismantled, that is, remove the cloth, remove the wire ring — joints of the spokes and struts. A pair of “needle — brace” parse should not be, it can be modified and assembled.

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MOTORCYCLE FOR PEROUTKA

MOTORCYCLE FOR PEROUTKAReaders of the magazine “modelist-Konstruktor” are simple wheel-ski snowmobile, designed for movement on snow-covered dirt roads, and even the virgin lands. Snowmobile — truck mount with two rear driving tires and one controlled by the front ski. The design of the snowmobile in comparison with other machines of this type are very simple, that allows you to make it even in a home workshop.

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“LET A HUNDRED DIFFERENT FLOWERS…”

In 1868 in Japan coup “Meiji ISIN”, which restored the power of the Emperor, the Country emerged from the rule of feudal clans unified and became the Navy Military Ministry (in charge originally appeared, and the Navy) got a weird set of ships, which with the big stretch can be called a martial and which are not explicitly represented the Navy it consisted of ships and the bakufu feudal government, and the ships, inherited from his defeated opponents, first of all, the powerful clan of Satsuma Among them was the only battleship, purchased from rebel American Confederate southern States, a wooden Corvette and kolodka, as well as several armed steamers and sailboats to Japan in a dilemma, either to restore old ships, or upgrade your fleet, the Japanese have gone on the second way In 1870 was chosen as the benchmark the most powerful Navy in the world — the British.

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