BRISTOL 175 BRITANNIA

BRISTOL 175 BRITANNIAFour-engine airliner Britannia started to be developed on the instructions issued in 1946, for long-haul flights to the outskirts of the British Empire. Originally it was going to equip with piston engines, but in 1949 they were replaced TVD “Proteus”. The first prototype flew on 16 August 1952 mass production of the Britannia was carried out between September 1954, However, forced landing in Uganda in operational trials in March 1956 delayed the introduction of the aircraft on regular routes. The first flight from London to Johannesburg, the plane made 1 Feb 1957

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SKY HIGH HANG-GLIDERS!

Our correspondent met with the President of the hang gliding Federation of sports of the USSR Evgeny N. Yelizarov and asked to tell about the development of this technical sport in the country.
 
— The time has come when the sky can be described as a mass form of aviation sport. The basis of this — the creation of a production model of the glider, which is an educational-training apparatus “Slavutich-UT”, successfully passed the tests, as well as continuing development of new types gibcobrl gliders.

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SIMPLE, AS A SLEDGE

My snowmobile which I called “Ayavrik”, simple in construction, as intended to overcome huge snowdrifts. I was built for moving from hole to hole for ice fishing on a snow-covered ice, writes Anton from Togliatti. And to the river I am translating it in the trunk “Niva” (by the way it can even fit two Read more…

CUTTER FROM DOWELS

For cutting the stencils required knife cutter. It can be made from construction nails (dowels). The handle bar drilled the hole 0.5 mm smaller than the diameter of the dowel and with a depth of half its length. Trying to drive the dowel into the hole and the free end give a necessary cutting shape.

ELOCHKA, GORI!

CHRISTMAS TREE!Among the many electronic devices a special place is occupied by a simple acoustic alarms, sensors which thanks to its versatility can be used in the home is almost unlimited: from security systems to automated switches or as parts of more complex devices activated by noise (acoustic) impact. For example, warning of high levels of noise in the room (now such devices is becoming more important). As a special case, acoustic sensors can be used even in the foci, for example, on a Christmas tree, when the words “Christmas Tree!” will automatically turn on the light garlands.

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“THE PESTLE” FOR A GROUND

When landscaping a backyard or suburban area, as well as in the construction of which other individual object is constantly required to fill the fossa and sinuses soil, which needs to be sealed. Inevitable hronotropony work, and quite a large volume, for example in the preparation of the base for the concrete floor in the structure, the backfill soil into the cavities of the trench during the construction of Foundation etc. in the production of these works need a weapon impact as a tamper.

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NEW EASTERN WAY

A NEW ORIENTAL WAYAfter her victorious Russo-Japanese war, Japan immediately moved to a new class of naval powers, occupying one of leading places. After the commissioning of the trophies of the Russian fleet was owned by quite an honorable fourth place in the world. But the number greatly exceeded the quality. Especially noticeable is the discrepancy was in the class of cruisers. In 1907, the Navy of the Mikado consisted of 25 units of this class — the number of earned the respect. But they all were outdated. Suffice it to say that the largest and most modern light cruisers was a former “Varyag”, which received a new name — “Soya”. He and his colleagues were a bunch of various ships that were built in all major marine countries. Even played an important role in the battles of the last war armored cruisers in a couple of years moved into the category of “linear” units is not the second but rather the third line.

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