B-58 “Hustler”

B-58 Supersonic B-58 was created by the firm “Konver” as a replacement for the b-47. The first flight took place on 11 November 1956. Six weeks later, on 30 December 1956, the new car has exceeded the speed of sound, and after six months -29 June 1957 – Hasler made the first flight with the speed, twice the sound (M=2,03 at an altitude of about 13 km). 1 August 1960 to the customer was delivered the first production aircraft.

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THE MODEL CLASS F-W-E

THE MODEL CLASS F-W-EThis velocity model of his own design, is designed to perform a figure of course. The model can be made in the traditional method where the frames are assembled with plywood with thickness of 1 mm, a keel from a piece of wood a cross section of 6X10 mm, the stem is made of plywood of 3 mm thickness, stringers — strips of a cross section of 4×4 mm. the Hull is sheathed with millimeter plywood; experienced modelers make it from fiberglass, pre-prepared matrix. To strengthen the hull glued the keel bar, and extra stringers and a bulkhead separating the engine compartment from the compartment with the radio.

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TRACTOR-UNIVERSAL

TRACTOR-UNIVERSALThis tractor for almost 20 years, and all these years he not only regularly serves his Creator A. A. Safenano from the village of Alexandrov, the Tambov region, but also constantly improving. A feature of the car is a bucket-loader which is quite rare among self-made designs. This device is good because it optionally can be used as a blade, for example, when clearing snow from roads.

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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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