A CHAIR WITH A SECRET

CHAIR WITH A SECRETDurable, reliable, sustainable, it gives the impression of a powerfully built all-in-one monolith. But it is worth a little bit more pressure towards each other the upper cross member of the seat side — as the chair will pliable to take shape, turning into a flat package. And if reverse pressure is routed again to a certain point, forming a rigid structure, like all its parts are firmly knitted together by nails.

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THE TU-154

TU-154Scale model 1:100.

Tu-154 (NATO reporting: Careless — “Carefree,” in the slang of Russian pilots – “Tupolev” or “Aurora” (from Avrora Cruiser), for three pipes – nozzles) — trimotored passenger aircraft for medium-haul airlines, developed in the 1960s in the USSR in the Tupolev design Bureau to replace the Tu-104.

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MINI-MOKIK

MINI-MOKIKMini makiki always use the boys great success. And for good reason! Small size, cost-effective, modern appearance, excellent performance — what more can you ask for? Maybe that’s why many of them roll up his sleeve so take tools. After all, if you try, you can do mokik, able to compete with serial two-wheeled machines. However, it is not very easy, but it’s worth it.

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AIRBORNE PARAGLIDING

AIRBORNE GLIDERDesign truck for paraglider was preceded by just the fascination of paragliding, which did not come at once. First flew airplanes (and flight certificate), gliders. But one day, fly a paraglider, got into it seriously. I think it is comparable to swimming to sailing. Only even better.

First, like most parable-Aristov, used for takeoff and landing conventional three-wheeled cart. Not going to say much about all her faults (they are known to the pilots para-glider). But the most unpleasant of them tipping forward and sideways with insufficient management skills dome on takeoff and landing. But for experienced paraglider on a truck is not immune from stalling—for example, when a side gust of wind. And this is very dangerous because the rollover more likely, the higher the speed, i.e. during takeoff and especially during landing.

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A BELT OF ANTIMATTER

BELT OF ANTIMATTERAround the Earth discovered belt of antimatter.

Likely that You can Wake up and not wonder what happens to the protons that are born as a result of a collision of powerful streams of cosmic radiation with the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere.

But on Earth there are people, though few, are in search of an answer to this question lose appetite and sleep. Now their house is the holiday, astrophysicists caught in the magnetic trap of the spacecraft PAMELA a particle of antimatter that forms around our planet belt, consisting of a small number of antiprotons.

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