20th century

A day late, but better late than never. Via Slashdot: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63583081

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnMkGZJ9DnE

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3F2odr2MsQ From the comments thread: By any chance does anybody have pictures of this, or other attempts to weaponise the rock cannon concept?

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14724794 A few photos at the link.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220919-the-sunken-steamboats-of-maines-moosehead-lake

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-09/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-buckingham-palace-charles-king/100235860

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What Hitler planned for German Railways had they won the war... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkuEP5iMRiM

Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde 1970-1975 inv.no. 1656 (stored at Zeeuws Archief). There is some correspondence preserved dating 1949-1950. The launches were never built. In December 1949 was the shipyard informed that the Commander in Chief of the Venezuelan Navy wanted to purchase 3 diesel...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58778273 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58778274

https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/10/04/2236211/germany-unveils-worlds-first-commercial-plant-for-making-synthetic-kerosene

I love airliners in model form but loathe flying as a form of travel in real life. But I have been thinking in these Covid days which is the airline which sums up the coolness of the idea of airline travel. As a Brit Imperial Airways with its silver biplanes at Croydon airport or flying boats on...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29985976 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09w8lz6 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/16/sir-clive-sinclair-inventor-early-pocket-calculator-transformed/...

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/uk-last-hovercraft-cmd/index.html Yet another topic I could have sworn we already had in one form or another.

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So, trying to compile some actual information on modern engines. additions and corrections welcome. * indicates estimates or uncorroborated figures. Russian Engines Designation Layout Mass Flow Comp Ratio Bypass Ratio Weight kg Inlet Dia. m Max Dia. m Length m TET K Dry Thrust A/B Thrust...

The year 1968 will always be remembered for its upheavels. But it also saw Nixon elected in the USA and the Breshnev doctrine crush new thinking in Eastern Europe. Alternative departures from real history in 1968 could go either way. The toymaker Marx went so far as to make a President Hubert...

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/30/donald-rumsfeld-dead-aged-88/ https://apnews.com/article/donald-rumsfeld-dead-ebd358021f476eef9f032b06f157edeb https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/former-defense-secretary-donald-rumsfeld-has-died-at-the-age-of-88-497239...