From day one to now.
Modern humanity today cannot now survive without the 'Automobile, it was also the same prior to the development of the car that we relied on the horse and cart for thousands of years.
When does are car become a classic?
Ten years old, twenty or more, some actually just after they have been revealed to the public. Because their design and build and their limited number produced, is the factor that makes them very desirable.
What kind of car do you consider to be a classic?
Everyone will have their own favourites so I will state my own cars that I would like to have.
Mustang, Rolls Royce silver Ghost, Jensen, Triumph Stag, Mercedes-Benz 1300, Austin Riley, Riva Cossack, Jaguar of any type or period and the Lamborghini in orange.
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Tuesday 17 February 2015
ICBM. Part-One
The Inter-continental Ballistic Missile.
From the development of the atomic bomb to the Sputnik, the ICBM was the launch vehicle to get payloads into space. The highlight of the ICBM development was the Saturn V rocket, which took the first man to the Moon and many other Americans into space. This rocket was developed from those that had earlier failed.
Soviet Russia built their own versions, while both super powers raced to develop better and faster and larger multiple launchers to bomb each other.
Today the world has changed with many other nations such as Iran, Pakistan, China, and N-Korea now possessing their own versions of the ICBM. With the capability of a possible nuclear strike or their own need to get into space.
From the development of the atomic bomb to the Sputnik, the ICBM was the launch vehicle to get payloads into space. The highlight of the ICBM development was the Saturn V rocket, which took the first man to the Moon and many other Americans into space. This rocket was developed from those that had earlier failed.
Soviet Russia built their own versions, while both super powers raced to develop better and faster and larger multiple launchers to bomb each other.
Today the world has changed with many other nations such as Iran, Pakistan, China, and N-Korea now possessing their own versions of the ICBM. With the capability of a possible nuclear strike or their own need to get into space.
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Police Aviation. Part-One.
Aircraft and Helicopters.
Nearly every police force around the world has access either to aircraft and helicopters of various types. The 'Eye in the Sky' is a vital tool in fighting crime from serious incidents such as civil disturbances to full blown rioting, burglary, car crime, chases and searching for missing people, children, bodies and stray or escaped animals.
Helicopters are the ideal tool for large cities and towns where take-off and landing can be made almost any where, if needs be. Bell-206, 222, EC-135, 145, Eccuril, Hughes-500, Robinson R-22/44.
Aircraft need runways and are limiting in that sense, but they can have long duration flights up to twelve hours with some types such as the Britten-Norman Defender.
Aircraft can also cover huge areas of open land, forests and water and they can be deployed for long range observation annd reconnaissance in the case of para-military controlled or unstable conflict zones. Cessna O-2/337, FR-172, 152, Optica, and similar light and cheap aircraft.
Nearly every police force around the world has access either to aircraft and helicopters of various types. The 'Eye in the Sky' is a vital tool in fighting crime from serious incidents such as civil disturbances to full blown rioting, burglary, car crime, chases and searching for missing people, children, bodies and stray or escaped animals.
Helicopters are the ideal tool for large cities and towns where take-off and landing can be made almost any where, if needs be. Bell-206, 222, EC-135, 145, Eccuril, Hughes-500, Robinson R-22/44.
Aircraft need runways and are limiting in that sense, but they can have long duration flights up to twelve hours with some types such as the Britten-Norman Defender.
Aircraft can also cover huge areas of open land, forests and water and they can be deployed for long range observation annd reconnaissance in the case of para-military controlled or unstable conflict zones. Cessna O-2/337, FR-172, 152, Optica, and similar light and cheap aircraft.
Tuesday 3 February 2015
'Under Water. Part-Two.
World War-11 (1939-45)
It was during these six years of war that the submarine came into its real value as a weapon, with the Nazi-German navy in the early years being a menace to Allied shipping. The Wolf packs were very successful, until the German Enigma code and Sonar was broken and invented.
These submarines remained cramped to live and operate in, but they could stay underwater for longer and were faster. In fact only after world war-II was it discovered how much of a 'Coffins were the U-Boats.
It takes a certain type of person to be a submariner, the confined and underwater life would mark out men and woman to this present day. Because the submarine now is more about going deeper and not being seen at all.
It was during these six years of war that the submarine came into its real value as a weapon, with the Nazi-German navy in the early years being a menace to Allied shipping. The Wolf packs were very successful, until the German Enigma code and Sonar was broken and invented.
These submarines remained cramped to live and operate in, but they could stay underwater for longer and were faster. In fact only after world war-II was it discovered how much of a 'Coffins were the U-Boats.
It takes a certain type of person to be a submariner, the confined and underwater life would mark out men and woman to this present day. Because the submarine now is more about going deeper and not being seen at all.
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