A MODEL ROCKET CLASS S6A FROM KARELIA

A MODEL ROCKET CLASS S6A OF KARELIAOver the past 3 — 4 years in the lists of winners of major Russian competitions in sport flying are increasingly common names “rocket scientists” of the Republic of Karelia. So, on superiority of Russia among older students, the 2008 champion in the class S6A became the student of Petrozavodsk Ilya Drats. And team the victory it celebrated, too, “the rocketeer” Karelia, which was represented by pupils of school № 45. Even in the same class S3A, they were third in the overall standings in fourth place, behind the team of Belgorod and Moscow regions and the Krasnodar territory.

IF WIT…

IF WITH WIT...A quick key. Participants NTTM Novokuibyshevsk a freight motor transport enterprise Governance transport control embedded high-speed universal wrench for screwing of pins. Thanks to the use of replaceable liners with Central threaded holes for different diameters of Pins it can be used for screwing studs of any sizes.

 

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IN THE CLOUDLESS SKY OF SPAIN

IN THE CLOUDLESS SKY OF SPAINThe fighter I-16 in the civil war of Spain. The history of the airplane. This plane was largely first. In the USSR, he was the first popular fighter with retractable landing gear, the first fighter, which the pilot’s seat was equipped with an armored backrest and, finally, the world’s first fighter-bomber. We are talking about the plane I-16, created by the design Bureau of Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov, who in the second half of the 1930-ies deservedly called “king of fighters”.

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Tu-2

Tu-2Development of front-line bomber Tu-2 began in 1940 prototype (“103”) built with two engines AM-37. The first flight took place in January 1941 On it during the tests managed to get the settings close to the fighters of those years, but the air force demanded to accommodate the pilot and Navigator in a cabin-type German Ju 88 and mounted under a wing brake grids. The new four-seater has received the designation “103У”. Due to the outbreak of the war she remained in the experimental instance.

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THE SHIP’S “STANDARD”

SHIP The appearance of the first combat aircraft was not immediately made adjustments to the fighting at sea. In world war I the sky over the sea rarely harbored a threat to warships. However, in the next world war, the aircraft were able to effectively fight with the battleships and cruisers, and submarines. And the next decade put the surface fleet of all countries faced with a tough choice — either the ships will be able to repel the aircraft and only appeared guided missiles, or they will go to the scene as an independent fighting force. Hence it is understandable the enthusiasm of the Americans, which in the 1950s they began to equip their ships a variety of anti-aircraft and first missiles.

THE “SECRET” PAPER DOVE

Perhaps it can be called the first and most accessible for a child flying a model made with their own hands. And really to make a paper dove will not require any tool or special materials — just take the conventional typewritten sheet and some times it is to bend. Here’s how the baby should be show at least once: the second time he will easily repeat these simple steps for himself. When the child firmly mastered the original version — he wants the dove to fly better. And then let him in on a little secret.