From R-22 to CH-47 Chinooks..
I love helicopters, they are perhaps one of the most complicated flying machines and yet they have become so essential in modern society. From search and rescue to transport. helicopters are essential machines.
Many types today are available from the smaller to the large and I have had the privialage to film some of them that pass by from the Robin R-22 to the massive military CH-47 Chinooks.
AW-109, Aw-101 Merlins, Lynx, Sea Kings, Sikorsky S-76, Eurocopter EC-135/145. These are the types of helicopters you will find filmed on 121jaykay.
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Yachts.
Liesure and Sport.
The yacht is perhaps one of the greatest sailing vessel ever devised, because in the design for speed new hulls have been developed. As a sport, it is one of the greatest for skill and team work as people battle the elements and mastery of the seas. (or rather respect of the seas).
Not all yachting is at sea, some prefer lakes and rivers or inlets and many find pleasure in relaxing and enjoying a hobby or pass time with their boats.
Racing yachting is today big bussiness around the world, with the Americas cup and Cowes week on the isle of Wight.
The yacht is perhaps one of the greatest sailing vessel ever devised, because in the design for speed new hulls have been developed. As a sport, it is one of the greatest for skill and team work as people battle the elements and mastery of the seas. (or rather respect of the seas).
Not all yachting is at sea, some prefer lakes and rivers or inlets and many find pleasure in relaxing and enjoying a hobby or pass time with their boats.
Racing yachting is today big bussiness around the world, with the Americas cup and Cowes week on the isle of Wight.
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Construction Vehicles.
Something we can never do without.
Every part of the building industry today relies on some form of vehicles to help. From roads to rails, from housing to skyscrapers. The Bulldozer and the JCB are probaly the most well known types, then (steam) rollers and various digger types, as well as tippers.
There is a longer history to construction of any thing, that meets the eye. Even in ancient history wheeled waggons, towers and carts, as well as cranes and pullys were employed in building. The Egyptian and Aztec Pyramids and many Celtic monuments such as Stone Henge and New Grange were constructed using slave labour and hundreds of animals to pull and heave blocks.
The future seems to be going down the road of Robotic automation and the use of more computer technologies.
I think the idea here is perhaps saftey, but in the long term it will mean less and less human involvement and the loss of employment sadly.
Every part of the building industry today relies on some form of vehicles to help. From roads to rails, from housing to skyscrapers. The Bulldozer and the JCB are probaly the most well known types, then (steam) rollers and various digger types, as well as tippers.
There is a longer history to construction of any thing, that meets the eye. Even in ancient history wheeled waggons, towers and carts, as well as cranes and pullys were employed in building. The Egyptian and Aztec Pyramids and many Celtic monuments such as Stone Henge and New Grange were constructed using slave labour and hundreds of animals to pull and heave blocks.
The future seems to be going down the road of Robotic automation and the use of more computer technologies.
I think the idea here is perhaps saftey, but in the long term it will mean less and less human involvement and the loss of employment sadly.
Tuesday 5 November 2013
Rockets. Part-Two.
From Chinese Firecracker to ISS.
Today rockets are big business for the telecommunications industry, everyone wants a faster Internet speed. Despite many still believing that this is based on optic fiber cables, space actually provides the links.
The rocket has only come into its own, since the end of World War-II (1939-45). The 1950's saw the development of the missile at the beginning of the 'Cold war, between Soviet Russia and the U.S. The Inter-continental ballistic Missile (ICBM) was developed by all sides to deliver multiple nuclear warheads to multiple targets, anything from 12 to 24.
In 1957 Russia launched Spunik and the first man in space Yuri Gagarin.
Despite America coming late, it took over with a man on the Moon and then developed the Space shuttle. Russia has opted for commercial satalites launches and now provides the progress Robot shuttles to the International Space Station.
Today rockets are big business for the telecommunications industry, everyone wants a faster Internet speed. Despite many still believing that this is based on optic fiber cables, space actually provides the links.
The rocket has only come into its own, since the end of World War-II (1939-45). The 1950's saw the development of the missile at the beginning of the 'Cold war, between Soviet Russia and the U.S. The Inter-continental ballistic Missile (ICBM) was developed by all sides to deliver multiple nuclear warheads to multiple targets, anything from 12 to 24.
In 1957 Russia launched Spunik and the first man in space Yuri Gagarin.
Despite America coming late, it took over with a man on the Moon and then developed the Space shuttle. Russia has opted for commercial satalites launches and now provides the progress Robot shuttles to the International Space Station.
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