AGUSTA A-109

AGUSTA A-109The oldest Italian aviation company Agusta (Gallart, Northern Italy) has been manufacturing helicopters in 1952. The first President and General Manager of the helicopter company was Dominic Augusta, his assistant Mario Agusta, chief instructor — Filippo Zappata. Initially, the company specialized in the licensed production of helicopters of Bell, then worked with the companies of Sikorsky and Boeing-Vertol. In addition, Agusta designs and produces small series helicopters of its own design.

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ASSAULT TANKS OF THE WEHRMACHT

ASSAULT TANKS OF THE WEHRMACHTClassification of self-propelled artillery of the Wehrmacht were quite complex and confusing. There were several main classes of ACS: Sturmgeschütze — assault guns, Selbstfahrlafetten — self-propelled carriages, . und Jagdpanzer self — propelled anti-tank guns, anti-tank, Flakpanzer — anti-aircraft self-propelled guns. The confusion in classification is exacerbated by the fact that the machines belong to one type when upgrading actually acquired the characteristic features of the other. For example, the assault gun StuG III after the re-75-mm long-barreled gun turned into a classic tank destroyer — Jagdpanzer, and in this capacity was used, although up to the end of the war was still called an assault weapon.

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LAMP FAN

LAMP FANFans of tinkering a small chandelier for bedroom or small room. It is simple in design, and vultures even schoolchildren, who owns a jigsaw and a file. For its production you will need several sheets of plywood of appropriate size and thickness of 3-4 mm and one sheet of thin plastic or heavy paper for a light diffusing cylinder.

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IF THE SEA TROUBLE…

IF THE SEA TROUBLE...Model boats ROSTOK. There is a class of courts, representatives of which can be found in all sea countries, to see in any major seaport. This court, lifeguards, created to provide assistance at sea of vessels in distress and the ships, fighting fires, repairing hull damage, pumping water from flooded compartments, lifting off the rocks and towed into port. Such vessels vary with displacement, speed and technical capabilities. A significant group of such vessels constitute a fire and rescue boat. We are introducing our readers-modelers one of these boats, called ROSTOK — such vessels operate in the seaport of Rostock (Germany).

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FIAT STILO — LEADER OF THE FUTURE FIVE YEARS

FIAT STILO — LEADER OF THE FUTURE FIVE YEARSThe history of FIAT, now numbering more than a hundred years goes back to minor at first glance, the events in 1898. It was then that the engineer Giovanni Battista Ceirano, who at that time produced bicycles with the support of the entrepreneurs and financiers of the city of Turin has launched the development of a new car with a view to its serial production at the newly created firm Ceirano. In March 1899 prototype of the new car WELLEYES designed by Aristide Faccioli, built. It was a crew with two-cylinder engine working volume of 663 cm3 and a two-speed transmission.

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THE RETURN OF THE MINI

THE RETURN OF THE MINIFRONT-WHEEL DRIVE MINI COOPER S 2002 ISSUE. Until now, the main trend of the world design was the desire to create a car that did not create one. The designers were looking for new shapes, the designers designed new components and assemblies, engineers have developed advanced technological processes… In the end, the car dealers were flooded with futuristic concept cars, which, according to the plans of producers in a few years was to fill the city streets. But more recently, designers have adopted another principle of creating new cars, which on the basis of the stage model of yesteryear.

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A COMPACT CAR FOR THE BIG CITY

COMPACT CAR FOR THE BIG CITYAsk car enthusiasts about which meaning is embedded in “tree” — the emblem of the famous French firm Citroen and you will get a variety of answers. And, maybe one out of ten say that the sign shows a pair of teeth of the herringbone gear, the production of which had been established by company founder andré citroën.

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