Kingman Training Chaser Pistol Unboxing
July 15, 2010
WOW, MUST HAVE GUN!!!!!
Cessna Citation Columbus 850, Interior Tour
July 15, 2010
Cessna’s latest interior configuration for its Columbus business jet, due in 2014, maximizes storage space and comfort for eight cabin occupants.
L-15 Advanced Jet Trainer Chengdu J-10 china military force ??
July 15, 2010
?????2009?06?15?:???????????????6?The L-15 Falcon advanced jet trainer is being developed by Nanchang-based Hongdu Aviation Industry Group (HAIG). The development programme was reportedly assisted by Russian Yokovlev OKB. The first prototype made its maiden flight on 13 March 2006, and the second prototype #03 first flew on 10 May 2008. The aircraft is designed to provide pilot training for the third-generation fighters such as Su-27, Su-30, J-10, and J-11. The L-15 is a direct rival to the Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co. (GAIC) JiaoLian-9 in competition for the PLAAF’s next-generation advanced trainer aircraft. HAIG unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its L-15 advanced lead-in trainer (LIFT) in the 2004 Zhuhai air show. Powered by two DV-2F or AI-222K-25F turbofan engines with afterburner, the L-15 has many features of third-generation fighters, such as digital quadruple fly-by-wire (FBW), glass cockpit, and hands-on-throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) flight control. The aerodynamic performance of the aircraft is enhanced by its large leading edge extensions (LEX) design, which gives a maximum angle of attack of 30°. This feature is highly useful when trying to simulate the manoeuvres of advanced third-generation fighters such as the J-10 and J-11. With the L-15, student pilots will be able to complete mission flight training and advanced combat training for the third-generation fighters such as J-10 and J-11, as well as complete all basic jet flight training …
Why Isn’t Poor Old Pluto a Planet Anymore?
July 15, 2010
Poor old Pluto, for billions of years it lay unnoticed, out there on it’s own, not bothering anyone, content to spin around by it’s lonesome. Then in 1930, the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona declared it as a planet. And so Pluto became Pluto, up until then happily anonymous; it was christened by an eleven year old Oxford schoolgirl, Venetia Burney, calling it Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld who was able to make himself invisible. Pluto was now a famous planet, recognisable to school-children – but what a strange planet it was – it was tiny, only coming in at one hundredth the size of earth and is primarily constituted of nitrogen ice – so it is a great chunk of ice, floating out there on its own. Sitting on Pluto, our mighty sun would be simply just another small star amongst the may others. It’s orbit of the sun is equally bizarre, unlike every other planet, it does not orbit the sun like all the other planets – circularly but rather elliptically. Horribly, towards the end of the twentieth century, this odd, little planet was considered perhaps to odd and debate raged as to whether it was a planet at all. The Kuiper belt was discovered in 1992 – similar to an asteroid belt but constituted by frozen ices such as methane, ammonia and water. In this Kuiper belt were discovered many objects similar to Pluto, and so if Pluto was allowed into the Planet Club, these others would too and that would never do. So on 24 August, 2006 the International Astronomical Union defined the term ’planet’ for the first time and surprise, surprise Pluto didn’t make the grade. So as soon as it was promoted to a planet it was demoted, fickle humans eh?
Bullhead City, AZ Monsoon Storm PART 5 of 6
July 15, 2010
While house-sitting for my Mother who lives in Bullhead City, AZ; I shot this monsoon storm (in 6 separate parts) off my Mom’s back patio porch on May 26th, 2009.
