The Mi8 Hip Prototype made its first flight on June 24th 1961 (images courtesy Of Russian Helicopters JSC)
So over the years it’s been a pleasure to see either Mi8 or M17 so here are my photos from likes of Farnborough 2016, Heli-Russia 2017, Dubai Air Show 2017 and Austrian Airpower 2019...
1992
20thcentury
21st century
mineral water
mineral-enhanced treated tap water
only fools and horses
peckham spring
sidcup
the coca-cola company
united kingdom
According to Wikipedia there was an attempt to revive the project in the late 2000s (from 2006 onwards, and possibly into the early 2010s) in co-operation with the Russians. Initially at least this version of the plan included an air launch element. It appears to have been at this time when the...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxaJgxXavc
Note that this video was made before the current Covid-19 related model making renaissance had really gotten underway.
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=45038
https://www.tor.com/2020/11/30/legendary-science-fiction-author-ben-bova-has-passed-at-the-age-of-88/
The hits still just keep coming as 2020 draws to a close.
Rest In Peace. :(
2020, the year that just keeps giving:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/11/25/diego-maradona-dead-aged-60-according-reports-argentina/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/25/diego-maradona-one-greatest-footballers-game-has-ever-seen/...
Thought we already had a thread touching on this general subject, but could not find it for the life of me.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54904756
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Narco-Submarines-Covert-Shores-Recognition/dp/B086G11WMM
My third book, this time attempting to make sense of the many and varied 'narco submarines' used by drug smugglers. Mostly between Colombia and Mexico, but also in the Atlantic. As well as piecing together...
If you follow this thread you will see that not only have they confirmed the existence of the first planet to be discovered in the planetary system, but there is also an indication of a third planet orbiting our nearest star Proxima Centauri.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12114
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V
For some time during last year and earlier this year I was visiting Russian State Library, and had an opportunity to make photos of pages of several military-related magazines from 1950s-2010s stored there, such as
Interavia's IDR predecessor - five...
I love very much the delightful novel "The two Georges" in which American revolution (and French revolution) never happened,and in a 1995 in many respects very similiar to 1935, British Empire reigns over great part of the world.
My question is which can be the more plausible alternate timeline...
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