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Some background:
In early 1968, the Soviet Ministry of Defense decided to develop a specialized shturmovik armored assault aircraft in order to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces. The idea of creating a ground-support aircraft came about after analyzing the experience of shturmovaya (ground attack) aviation during World War II, and in local wars during the 1950s and 1960s. The Soviet fighter-bombers in service or under development at this time (Su-7, Su-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23) did not meet the requirements for close air support of the army. They lacked essential armor plating to protect the pilot and vital equipment from ground fire and missile hits, and their high flight speeds made it difficult for the pilot to maintain visual contact with a target. Ordnance load and loiter time were also insufficient.
In March 1969, a competition was announced by the Soviet Air Force that called for designs for a new battlefield close-support aircraft. Participants in the competition were the Design Bureaus of Sukhoi, Yakovlev, Ilyushin and Mikoyan. The original request was for a simple, relavtively light aircraft, that was easy to produce and maintain and would allow a high survivabilty in a combat environment.
The aircraft was to be powered by two Ivchenko AI-25T non-afterburning turbofans, each with a thrust of 1.750 kgp (3.860 lbst) - a modification of the AI-25 developed for the Yak-40 feederliner, and the same engine that powered the Czech-built L-39 Albatros trainer. The aircraft was to carry an internal cannon and was only intended to carry unguided weapons - bombs of up to 500 kg caliber and rockets/rocket pods.Sighting was to be simple, consisting of a collimating gunsight and a laser rangefinder.
Normal combat payload was to be 1.500 kg (3.310 lb), increasing to 2.500 kg (5.511 lb) in overload configuration. Normal TOW would be 8.200 kg (18.080 lb) and MTOW in the 10.000 kg (22.050 lb) range
All OKBs made submissions, but in the course of the proposals the requirements were widened, eventually necessitating a bigger, more capable aircraft. This eventually led to the Ilyushin’s Il-42 (later renamed into Il-102) and Sukhoi’s T-8 (the later Su-25), which remained in the official competition and the Su-25 would, aftre a long development phase, turn out to be the winner.
OKB Yakovlev had been late with its submission, which was still based on the original requirement. it was clear that their aircraft, internally known as the Yak-35, would neither meet the more demanding profile, nor offer the development potential for a heavier type. Anyway, OKB Yakovlev kept the development going, as a lot of export potential was expected.
Until May 1970 a total of three prototypes were built and successfully tested. The Yak-35 was a compact aircraft with clean lines, and it took the experience from the recently built (but rejected) Yak-30/32 trainer (NATO code "Magnum/Mantis") further. The modern design featured shoulder-mounted, slightly swept wings and a swept cruciform tail. The AI-25T engines were buried side by side in the rear fuselage, fed by lateral air intakes. The pilot sat in an armored cockpit that would withstand 0.5" caliber fire, and the slanted nose offered good for- and downward view. The aircraft reminded vaguely of the Saab 105 trainer or Sukhoi's initial, light T-8 design.
The rugged landing gear with single low pressure tires retracted into the fuselage. Armement compriseda pair of 30mm Nudelman-Richter NR-30 cannons with 100RPG, mounted under the air intakes, and a total of seven hardpoints (three under each wing, one under the fuselage) for ordnance. The inner pair of pylons was "wet" and could carry PTB-600 drop tanks, the fuselage hardpoint was intended for extre equipment like a reconnaissance pod, an ECM jammer or (in later versions, see below) guidance pods for air to ground missiles. For self-defence, IR-guided missiles like the R-3S, R-13M and later the R-60 could be carried on the outer pylons.
Avionics included a passive SPO-10 Sirena 3M RHAWS, coupled with a set of KDS-23 chaff/flare dispensers at the rear base of the fin, and an active SPS-141 Siren jammer. A Fon laser rangefinder was fitted into the nose tip, coupled with an S-17VG-1sighting mechanism, a DISS-7 doppler speed and drift measurement unit and a PKB-3 sight for toss bombing, an ASP-17B gunsight, an RV-5R radar altimeter and a V-144 computer.
Western officials first became aware of the new type during the October Parade 1972 in Moscow, when the three initial Yak-35 made a single pass at medium altitude. The unknown type immediately received the NATO code "Fraudster". The prototypes and two static airframes continued the development program at slow pace - no serious problem occured, and the Yak-35 turned out to be a stable and agile weapon platform, receiving positive praise from the test pilots.
As time went by, things turned into favor of the the Yak-35, which eventually got its chance: As the shturmovaya program around the Su-25 ran into more and more delay, and a new attack aircraft was direly needed - not long ago, tensions with China concerning the disputed Damanskiy and Kirkinskiy Islands on the Ussuri River had caused much alert. Finally, the Yak-35 was ordered into production, while parts of its fuselage design had already been used for the Yak-38 VTOL aircraft for the Soviet Navy.
From 1974 on the Yak-35 was delivered to front line squadrons, in parallel with the VG Su-17 fighter bomber. The service aircraft were updated with Delta-N radio guidance equipment, placed in a fairing in front of the fin, which would allow the Yak-35D ('dorabotanyy' = Updated; NATO code "Fraudster B") to carry radio-guided AGMs like the Kh23 or Kh-25 missiles. The emitter had to be carried in an external pod, though, normally placed under the fuselage. A pair of these missiles could be carried on launch rails on the inner pair of pylons.
A total of 110 Yak-35Ds were built until 1979, all of them remained in Soviet Air Force Service, and almost exclusively in transbaikalian units. None of them were deployed to Afghanistan, as the rather weak engine powered was deemed unsatisfactory for the 'hot and high' conflict theatre.
From 1982 on the Yak-35Ds were quickly replaced by the then-finally-ready Su-25 and relegated into second line services. Most of the remaining Yak-35Ds were kept in use for weapon training, mostly at flight academies along MiG-21 fighters until 1990, and some served as target tugs with frontline units in the Far East. No specimen was ever exported.
General characteristics
Crew: One
Length incl. pitot: 14.54 m (47 ft 7 3/4 in) incl. pitot
Wingspan: 9,52 m (31 ft 2½ in)
Height: 4.6 m (15 ft ½ in)
Empty weight: 6.525 kg (14.375 lb)
Loaded weight: 8.750 kg (19.275 lb)
Max. take-off weight: 11.400 kg (25.110 lb)
Powerplant:
2× Ivchenko AI-25T non-afterburning turbofans, each with a thrust of 1.750 kgp (3.860 lbst)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 1.050 km/h (652 mph/Mach 0.9) at height, clean configuration; 825 km/h (512 mph) with external stores at sea level
Range: 1.450 km (900 mi); high, clean configuration
Ferry range: 2.500 km (1,553 mi)
Service ceiling: 14.000 m (45.850 ft)
Rate of climb: 76 m/s (14.936 ft/min)
Thrust/weight: 0.54
Armament:
2× NR-30 30mm cannons with 100 RPG
7 hardpoints for up to 2.500 kg (5.511 lb) of external ordnance, including rails for 2× IR-guided air-to-air missiles for and a wide variety of general-purpose bombs, cluster bombs, gun pods, rocket pods, drop tanks and radio-guided air-to-surface missiles like the Kh-23 or Kh-25.
The kit and its assembly:
This fantasy thing was spawned by the vague thought that one could turn the rather crude Yak-38 kit from Tsukuda Hobby into "something pretty". The plan had been lingering for some time, and when I got hands on an incomplete Yak-38 (Revell re-boxing of the kit, canopy missing) I eventually started with the surgery, letting inspiration and donation parts flow.
I had a vague idea of what the aircraft should look like, but the overall layout evolved step by step. One initial measure was to shorten the fuselage considerably: plugs from in front of and behind the original wings were cut out, and the remaining three fuselage pieces glued together. As the fuselage has an almost even diameter and shape all along its length, this turned out to be pretty easy, but still needed considerably putty work.
The original fittings for the wings and tail surfaces were then filled with styrene plugs and sanded even.
Moving the wings from their original mid-position to the shoulders was already something I had in mind before the project started. But the eventual solution just evolved as I had the fuselage ready and could judge positions and proportions.
The wings I used come from a Alpha Jet (Heller), and they were not simply stuck to the fuselage. Due to the curved back of the Yak-38 I had to add a kind of console, made from the upper wing's mid section of a Matchbox SBC Helldiver biplane (!). This connector piece was placed into a carved fairing on top of the fuselage, the new wings attached to it, and the missing bodywork sculpted with 2C putty. This way I was able to blend the new arrangement into the rest of the body with matching wing roots, without having it look as if the wings had simple been stuck onto it. The result is pretty good, looks rather organic.
The tail is new, too. Original plan had been to use the Yak-38 tail, maybe with a T-tail arrangement - but that simply did not look good. Finding a replacement was tough, I finally settled on an A-4M (Italeri) fin, which had to be modified with a clipped top, Yak-38 style, in order NOT to remind too much of the Douglas creation! It fits in shape and size, though.
New stabilizers had to be used, too - the original Yak-38 looked much too small and flimsy. A T-tail was not possible anymore, so I used a cruciform tail, A-4 style, even though the stabilizers had to be moved upwards since the Yak-38 tail is much wider than an A-4. The stabilizers themselves are new, too: a pair of F-86 fins(!), leftover from Hobby Boss kits. They are a bit thick, but look great and blend well into the whole arrangement.
The main landing gear was taken OOB, but with new wheels and extra struts fitted. The front wheel is totally new, it belongs to a Fiat G-91. The cockpit received a new seat (from a MiG-29), a pilot figure and a primitive dashboard, and a donation canopy had to be found and integrated (I think it comes from a Tamiya 1:100 F-105).
All around the hull small details were added, including the seven pylons and the rocket pod ordnance.
Painting and markings:
It took a while and some research to turn up a suitable, tactical paint scheme. Normally I keep whifs rather subtle, and I did not want to paint the Yak-35 in a dark green/brown scheme, typical for Eastern Europe aircraft.
Afghanistan was a vague idea, a desert/mountainous scheme, as well as the Su-25 prototype which appreared at Le Bourget ("301 Blue"), with its two-tone brown livery and a few green accents.
I finally found a Su-7UM trainer in a light, three-tone camouflage which I transplanted on my Yak-35. It consists of two sand tones (Humbrol 187 and 63) and a green tone (Humbrol 155). Looks rather surreal! The undersides are kept in Russian Blue (Humbrol 115).
Since much of the fuselage consists of pure putty and re-engraving would be rather hazardous I painted panel lines, with a mix of sepia ink and acrylic matt varnish. A second-best solution, but the result is O.K., when you do not take a closer look...
The whole thing received a light wash with black ink in order to emphasize panel line and details and the leading edges were lightly dry-brushed with pale grey. Basic colors were also ‘tamed down’ trough dry painting with shades of light beige and grey, for a worn and bleached look.
Cockpit interior was painted in typical, Soviet "anti fatigue" turquoise, the landing gear was painted in a mix of Aluminum and Olive Drab. Di-electric panels were painted in a bright green, a mix of Humbrol 2 and 175.
Most markings come from the scrap box, insignia and tactical code come from a Carpena Decals 1:72 MiG17 aftermarket sheet.
This thing was a major surgical act, but turned out nicely. With an arrestor hook this could also have become a maritime fighter bomber, e. g. an alternative to the French Dassault Ètendard or the Jaguar M? It looks familiar, has some serious Su-25 appeal, yet the thing looks unique. And the desert/mountain style paint scheme suits the aircraft well.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 11, 2016, at the Hilton Hotel in Munich, Germany, before a meeting of the International Syria Support Group. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]
In recognition of their recent success and to support their promotion to the national league, Ganesh Velautham has donated new sports shoes to the under-15 netball team at Vada Hindu Girls College in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. At Kopay Maha Vidyalaya school, after having won gold and silver (respectively) within the Northern Province division, the under-15 boy and girls team are preparing for their admission into national league. The Shivan Foundation is providing healthy food, nutrition and milk for all players as well as a collection of league-standard volleyballs to facilitate their practice sessions. Like many local school teams, both groups are heavily underfunded and their members often come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
At the bus stop. It's part of a bench for sitting waiting for the bus. But it's a nice design, I thought, sort of cantilevered or something. I'm not sure there's a word for this.
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we bought these stickers for the tables and all the proceeds went to the fight for marriage equality
People like Cristy Garcia make this slice of life better for all of us. Please pass on some support and affirmation to someone you know today.
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Be sure to take a minute to pause this Remembrance Day.
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OZARK, Ala. — U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Adam Arrogante, a registered nurse assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Camp Pendleton, wishes the civilian emergency room hospital staff well on the final clinical day at Dale Medical Center during the COVID-19 response operations in Ozark, Alabama, Nov. 7, 2021. The medical response team deployed from California and Washington in September to support the local community during the pandemic. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lehman)
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International support... assisting in containing the fire, as this is the biggest wildfire we ever experienced in one of the most beautiful nature reserve in Israel.. More than 5 million trees are burned to the ground :(
41 people died in a tragic way as they rushed to assist and rescue and their buss caught fire...
20,000 people evacuated from their home
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The IAF is thankful for the ongoing support from Greece, Cyprus, Great Britain, Turkey, Russia, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Jordan, USA, Spain, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Canada and other countries and communities throughout the world, as we battle the fire in northern Israel."The cooperation is simply exceptional", said the Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. General Ido Nehushtan.
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A dolmen (also known as cromlech (Welsh), anta, Hünengrab, Hunebed, Goindol, quoit, and portal dolmen) is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table). Most date from the early Neolithic period (4000 to 3000 BC). Dolmens were usually covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow, though in many cases that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone "skeleton" of the burial mound intact.
"Dolmen" originates from the expression taol maen, which means "stone table" in Breton, and was first used archaeologically by Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne. The etymology of the German Hünenbett or Hünengrab and Dutch Hunebed all evoke the image of giants building the structures. Of other Celtic languages, "cromlech" derives from Welsh and "quoit" is commonly used in Cornwall. Anta is the term used in Portugal, and dös in Sweden.
Megalithic tombs are found from the Baltic Sea and North Sea coasts south to Spain and Portugal. Hunebedden are chamber tombs similar to dolmens and date to the middle Neolithic (Funnelbeaker culture, 4th millennium BC). They consist of a kerb surrounding an oval mound which covered a rectangular chamber of stones with the entrance on one of the long sides. Some have a more complex layout and include an entrance passage giving them a T-shape. It has been suggested that this means they are related to the passage graves found in Denmark and elsewhere.
Dolmen sites fringe the Irish Sea and are found in south-east Ireland, Wales, Devon and Cornwall. In Ireland, however, dolmens are more to be found on the west coast, particularly in the Burren and Connemara, where some of the more well-known examples, such as Poulnabrone dolmen, are to be found. Examples have also been found in northern Ireland where they may have co-existed with the court cairn tombs. It is thought that the dolmens themselves evolved from a simpler cist burial method.
A great many examples can also be found on the Channel Island of Jersey, such as La Pouquelaye de Faldouet, La Hougue des Géonnais and La Sergenté. The most famous of these sites is La Hougue Bie a 6,000 year old neolithic site that sits inside a large mound; later a chapel was built on the top of the mound.
Amongst the vast Neolithic collections of the Carnac stones in Brittany, France, several dozen dolmens are found. And all around the country, several dolmens still stand, such as the ones of Passebonneau and des Gorces near Saint-Benoît-du-Sault.
Various menhirs and dolmens are located around the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo. Pottery uncovered in these structures allowed the attribution of the monuments to the Tarxien cemetery culture of the Early Bronze Age.[1] This later culture is not to be confused with the Neolithic inhabitants of Malta, who built the Tarxien Temples circa 3100 BC.
In France, important megalithic zones are situated in Brittany, Vendée, Quercy and in the south of France (Languedoc, Rouergue and Corsica). More than 10,000 dolmens and menhirs cover a large part of the country (west and south). Importants menhirs alignments in Brittany (Carnac's alignments count more than 1,000 menhirs)
In Spain dolmens can be found in Galicia (such as Axeitos, pictured below), Catalonia (like Romanyà de la Selva or Creu d'en Cobertella) and Andalusia (like the Cueva de Menga).
Dolmens can be found all over Portugal, from simple ones [1] to the more complex examples of megalithic architecture, such as the Almendres Cromlech or the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro.
In Mecklenburg and Pomerania (Germany) and Drenthe (The Netherlands), large numbers of these graves were disturbed when harbours, towns, and cities were built. The boulders were used in construction and road building. There are still many thousands left today in Europe.
In Italy some dolmens can be found in the south (Puglia) and in Sardinia.
In Bulgaria there are many dolmens, and more are being recorded by archaeologists.
The largest dolmen in Europe is the Brownshill Dolmen in County Carlow, Ireland. Its capstone weighs about 150 tonnes
Les dolmens de Kerbourg ou aussi "dolmens de l'ile de la Motte", sont des allées couvertes situées sur la commune de Saint-Lyphard, à proximité du Village de La Madeleine (commune de Guérande), dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique, en France.
Les dolmens de Kerbourg sont situés au sud-ouest du hameau de Kerbourg, près de La Madeleine, à peu près à mi-distance entre Saint-Lyphard et Guérande, sur le bord d'un champ et est accessible grâce à un chemin, à coté des moulins.
Lors du défrichement des landes en 1874-1876 au sommet de la colline de Kerbourg, près des moulins à vent, deux dolmens ont été dégagés. Le ou les (?) cairns ont alors été arasés ne laissant que la partie mégalithique en place.
L'aspect de ces sépultures devait être celui du cairn de Gavrinis, ou celui du tumulus de Dissignac à Saint-Nazaire.
Les dolmens de Kerbourg sont classés à l'inventaire des monuments historiques depuis 1951.
Datant du néolithique ancien ou moyen (vers 4500 / 4000 avant JC), d'une longueur de 7 mètres et d'une largeur de 3, souvent qualifié d'allée couverte, il s'agit en réalité d'un dolmen à couloir (dit en P)[1]. Il est constitué d'un corridor débouchant sur une chambre plus haute et plus large.
La structure mégalithique est bien conservée et est toujours recouverte par quatre tables de granite. Son style de construction est à rapprocher du Tumulus de Dissignac. Ce dolmen était auparavant recouvert d'un cairn, actuellement disparu et dont les derniers vestiges ont probablement été arasé lors du défrichement de 1874-1876. Un dessin de 1866-1867 montre le dolmen dans la même configuration qu'aujourd'hui[2]. Les fouilles sommaires de l'époque ont montré que ces sépultures avaient été vidées à la fin du Néolithique, au Campaniforme, et pillées à l'époque romaine. (Fouillé par le Capitaine Lukis, le produit de ces fouilles non publiées serait, sous toute réserve, au British Museum, à Londres)
Ce second dolmen, probablement de même nature que le précédent, est très ruiné. Seuls subsistent des éléments de la chambre sépulcrale, sur le bord du chemin, une vingtaine de mètres après Kerbourg 1. Elle a fait l'objet de fouilles sommaires de M. Benoist, notaire à Guérande, puis par H. Quilgars en avril 1897.
A proximité des dolmens de Kerbourg, de l'autre coté de la route reliant Guérande à Saint-Lyphard, se trouve le menhir de la Pierre Blanche (ou menhir de La Madeleine). C'est un bloc de quartz blanc, haut de plus de 2 m. Un second menhir se trouvait à proximité immédiate, mais il a été détruit au début du XXe siècle.
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You must have a network of people around you that support your work. Your talent as an artist is only a small part of the equation when it comes to the growth of your work.
What you don't see in this photo, is my dad, freezing his ass off as I make him remotely fire the shutter over and over again. My exposures for this shot ranged from 3 seconds to 20 seconds so when you do this several times, it adds up quick in low 40 degree weather. I'm up in Port Townsend, Washington visiting my dad this weekend. He always supports what I do and he is part of a network of people I choose to surround myself for critiques, input and inspiration. This is one of the most important aspects of art. Period. You cannot grow as an artist, or a writer, or a photographer, or any other talent-based profession in a closed environment. You need to show people your work, take feedback constructively and most of all surround yourself with a support group who will not hesitate to tell you is straight.
If you do this, you will flourish faster than you will with any amount of closed door practice. Find people you respect, find feedback you can act on, and you'll find yourself a support group you can always count on.
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Supporting Syrians 2017 Helsinki, Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Director, UN Women and Mr. Kai Mykkänen, Finnish MInister for Foreign Trade and Development
This is my bag I use everyday for IT Support. You'll see there is no laptop because all the work is done on the Clients computer obviously :).
The bag is a Rapper Tablet Bag
Bag Contents:
- iPad Air 2 64GB Wi-Fi in a Bodyglove Case
- LG G4 32GB Smartphone
- BIC 4-in-1 pen and stylus combo
- Moleskine Reporters Notebook
- Various USB Drives with Recovery software and some Linux LiveCD software on them
- LG QuadBeat3 earphones
- Lightning to USB cable
U.S. Army Sgt. Rakan Falah, and U.S. Airforce Tech Sgt. John Rodan, assigned to the 24th Civil Support Team, 53rd Troop Command, New York Army National Guard, dress into their class A Hazmat suits during their radiological material detection and identification training event at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2020. The 24th CST is based at Fort Hamilton and aids civilian authorities when responding to chemical, biological and weapons of mass destruction events in New York City. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Erick Butler)
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Test train 1Q75 sits above the arches of Chancel Street, on a warm August Monday lunchtime, waiting for platform 4 at Blackfriars to become vacant. 73 962 'Dick Mabbutt' leads the four coach formation, with sister locomotive 73 961 'Alison' on the rear.