Highway, Autobahn etc.
Most people across the globe today have traveled on one type or another of these roads. But it takes a fleet of many types of vehicles to maintain and service the needs of modern travel.
Sometimes in our journeys we will notice cone crews at work in a most dangerous environment. We will also see various other vehicles doing jobs such as changing signage and bridge repairs, while also monitoring traffic flows.
The fleets are made up of common civilian trucks, cars, vans and tractor units, because these are cheaper to replace at the end of their working lives.
Thursday 26 September 2013
Thursday 19 September 2013
Yakolev Yak-24. Horse.
Twin Rotor Helicopters.
Everyone likes to think that it was the Americans who where the first to concieve this type of helicopter, the Boeing-Vertol 107 Knight and the YHC-1B Chinook. Both these machines made their public debut in 1961 and since then it has been the Chinook CH-47 that has taken the field.
But these helicopter platform systems developed by the United States were the end result of an abandoned Soviet project known as the Yak-24, which was developed from 1954. The Soviet army needed a helicopter that could move troops and more than one vehicle to the battle from. A civil version for Aeroflot known as the Yak-24P could carry 39 passengers and fly at 130 mph, cruising at 112mph and a range of 186 miles. It could had a weight ratio of 35-38,500lbs.
Later development of the machines into the 1960's was halted, after stability problems and the Russians felt the development and deployment of the Mil Mi-6/10K was a far better option.
Everyone likes to think that it was the Americans who where the first to concieve this type of helicopter, the Boeing-Vertol 107 Knight and the YHC-1B Chinook. Both these machines made their public debut in 1961 and since then it has been the Chinook CH-47 that has taken the field.
But these helicopter platform systems developed by the United States were the end result of an abandoned Soviet project known as the Yak-24, which was developed from 1954. The Soviet army needed a helicopter that could move troops and more than one vehicle to the battle from. A civil version for Aeroflot known as the Yak-24P could carry 39 passengers and fly at 130 mph, cruising at 112mph and a range of 186 miles. It could had a weight ratio of 35-38,500lbs.
Later development of the machines into the 1960's was halted, after stability problems and the Russians felt the development and deployment of the Mil Mi-6/10K was a far better option.
Thursday 12 September 2013
Cranes.
Free Standing and Telescopic.
We today live in a world where we think cranes are something new? But we have had a pulley crane of some description since humans needed to lift heavy weights. Those fantastic monuments of the past such as the Pyramids in Egypt, the great wall of China and the many neolithic monuments needed cranes.
Today cranes come in all sizes and formats. They are the centre of the construction of high rise buildings and also entry work to underground tunnels. Cranes in the telescopic type are used to lift heavy weight objects, from piping units to wind turbine segments to skips of materials needed at certain heights or depths.
Some cranes work on a segmented construction basis, while others are deployed from an eight to twelve wheel truck unit.
We today live in a world where we think cranes are something new? But we have had a pulley crane of some description since humans needed to lift heavy weights. Those fantastic monuments of the past such as the Pyramids in Egypt, the great wall of China and the many neolithic monuments needed cranes.
Today cranes come in all sizes and formats. They are the centre of the construction of high rise buildings and also entry work to underground tunnels. Cranes in the telescopic type are used to lift heavy weight objects, from piping units to wind turbine segments to skips of materials needed at certain heights or depths.
Some cranes work on a segmented construction basis, while others are deployed from an eight to twelve wheel truck unit.
Thursday 5 September 2013
Yachts.
Yachting...
The modern Yacht captures the charm and the challenges of the sail ship on a much smaller scale. But to captain or work a Yacht is a very demanding event, especially in a racing event or a single handed around the world trip.
Yachts are for pleasure and sport, but in earlier days some were used in world exploration trips. Racing yachts of various types have helped in the development of improved hull design in bigger ships and military patrol vessels. Speed and stability are the two keys to ship design improvements.
As a carrier they have only really become associated with the smuggling and illegal importation of narcotics.
The modern Yacht captures the charm and the challenges of the sail ship on a much smaller scale. But to captain or work a Yacht is a very demanding event, especially in a racing event or a single handed around the world trip.
Yachts are for pleasure and sport, but in earlier days some were used in world exploration trips. Racing yachts of various types have helped in the development of improved hull design in bigger ships and military patrol vessels. Speed and stability are the two keys to ship design improvements.
As a carrier they have only really become associated with the smuggling and illegal importation of narcotics.
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