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Componentes de la Ruta fotografica a Valsendero.
DATOS TÉCNICOS DE LA ACTIVIDAD
Itinerario: Degollada de las Palomas - Barranco de Crespo - Barranco del Andén - Valsendero.
Distancia: 11 KM.
Dificultad de la Ruta: Grado 3 (Moderado).
Fecha: Sábado, 22 de mayo de 2010.
Lugar de Concentración: Plaza del Fuero Real (Fuente Luminosa) de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Hora: 08:20 horas.
Horario de regreso: 18:00 horas (Aprox).
Plazas disponibles: 28 plazas.
Precio de la actividad: 14€. (Federados en Montaña 13 €).
Periodo de inscripción: Del 17 al 21 de mayo de 2010.
Introducción: Hola a todos, continuando con nuestro programa mensual de actividades de ocio en la Naturaleza, hemos organizado una nueva Ruta Fotográfica apropiada para la estación Primaveral. En esta ocasión visitaremos el Barranco de Crespo y el Barranco del Andén.
Los barrancos que atravesaremos en esta Ruta Fotográfica son de una gran belleza y podremos disfrutar de la gran cantidad de especies florales que habitan en ellos.
Descripción de la ruta: Tras llegar en guagua hasta el punto de inicio de este recorrido, la Degollada de Las Palomas, que se encuentra situada por encima del Parador Nacional de la Cruz de Tejeda, nos dirigiremos hasta los Llanos de Constantino y Mesa de Galaz para comenzar a descender por un lomo que nos conducirá hasta el comienzo del barranco de Crespo.
En una hora aproximadamente llegaremos hasta la zona de las cuevas de Crespo y comenzaremos el descenso por el barranco del mismo nombre. Afrontaremos el descenso del barranco entre un denso pinar y nos iremos adentrando poco a poco hasta llegar a una pista de tierra que nos llevará hasta uno de los numerosos pozos existentes en la zona.
A partir del pozo enlazaremos el final del recorrido por el barranco de Crespo con un tramo del barranco de la Retamilla para finalmente tomar la pista de tierra del barranco del Andén y que nos conducirá hasta Valsendero.
Como siempre, esperamos que se animen a participar y disfrutar de esta nueva jornada fotográfica con el fantástico grupo de personas que participan habitualmente en las Rutas Fotográficas de Octavo Arte.
Nos tomaremos el recorrido con tranquilidad, inviritendo 5-6 horas aproximadamente para realizarlo por completo.
Fecha y Horarios: Les recordamos a los participantes que la fecha de la nueva Ruta Fotográfica será el próximo sábado 22 de mayo de 2010. Nos concentraremos a las 08:20 horas en la Fuente Luminosa de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Se pide puntualidad y se comunica que la guagua partirá a las 8:55 horas.
Desayuno y Almuerzo: Tras realizar el recuento de los participantes, la guagua partirá en dirección a la zona de la cumbre de Gran Canaria, aunque realizará una parada en San Mateo para tomar el desayuno.
El almuerzo se realizará a lo largo del recorrido.
Equipamiento: Les recordamos que como medida de seguridad deberán utilizar un calzado apropiado (botas), no se olviden de llevar abundante agua, de la comida y de la ropa que nos ayude a protegernos de la lluvia, si ésta aparece, y de abrigo (gorra, chubasquero, jersey, etc). Unos bastones que nos ayuden a apoyarnos a la hora de caminar serán de gran ayuda.
Además siempre les aconsejamos que incorporen una linterna en sus mochilas y que la dejen de forma permanente porque sería de gran ayuda en caso de necesidad.
Información: Les indicamos que este recorrido está catalogado como de dificultad media porque iremos por caminos y veredas que en algunos puntos presentan un mayor desnivel. Es un camino del interior de la isla que requiere estar acostumbrado a caminar por caminos similares. Aún así, algunas personas podrán notar en los días posteriores "agujetas" en sus piernas debido a algunos tramos de desnivel del terreno.
Si alguna persona tiene cualquier duda acerca de las condiciones técnicas de este recorrido y si se adapta a sus condiciones físicas, puede ponerse en contacto con el personal de las Rutas Fotográficas de Octavo Arte en el teléfono: 928.42.43.27.
Servicios ofrecidos en la actividad. La cuota por participar en esta actividad incluye:
● Servicio de organización de la actividad.
● Ficha técnica del recorrido.
● Seguro de Responsabilidad Civil.
● Seguro de Accidentes de los participantes.
● Transporte.
● Monitor de la Actividad.
Cierre de inscripciones: Recuerden que el último día para inscribirse será el viernes 21 de mayo de 2010 (Hasta las 10:00 horas).
¿Cómo pueden inscribirse para participar en la ruta fotográfica?
Si desea participar en la Ruta Fotográfica deberá seguir los siguientes pasos:
1.- Leer las Condiciones Generales de la Actividad.
2.- A través de la página web www.OctavoArte.es podrá hacer clic sobre el icono que le facilitará el acceso al formulario de inscripción (Nota: es necesario haber realizado el registro como usuario del portal para acceder al formulario).
3.- Rellenar el formulario de inscripción. (LO ENCONTRARÁN AL FINAL DE ESTA PÁGINA).
4.- Esperar a que el personal de Rutas Fotográficas de Octavo Arte le confirme que existen plazas disponibles.
5.- Realizar el pago de la cuota de participación en la Ruta Fotográfica mediante un ingreso o una transferencia de 14 € (Federados en Montaña 13 €) a la cuenta 0075-0488-20-0760003167 del Banco Popular Español S.A. a nombre de D. Gustavo Ramírez Sánchez, promotor de las Rutas Fotográficas de Octavo Arte. La reserva de la plaza en la Ruta Fotográfica será durante 48 horas, por lo que el participante deberá abonar la cuota de participación en un plazo no superior a 2 días desde que el personal de Octavo Arte le confirme la reserva de la plaza.
6.- Cuando haya realizado el abono de la cuota de participación deberá enviar el justificante de la operación al e-mail rutasfotograficas@octavoarte.es.
7.- Tras recibir el justificante del abono de la cuota, el personal de Rutas Fotográficas de Octavo Arte procederá a confirmarle la plaza en la Ruta Fotográfica.
8.- Al contratar este servicio estará declarando que conoce y acepta la normativa de esta actividad, eximiendo a la empresa organizadora de cualquier responsabilidad no asumida en las Condiciones Generales de la Actividad.
© RUTAS FOTOGRÁFICAS DE OCTAVO ARTE - Año 2010
Fuente: octavoarte.es/es/actividades/rutas/detalle.php?id=1183
For those of you who are interested in the 'bits', here are a selection of the key parts.
Not a complete rundown by covers the main mechanicals and load-bearing structures.
Car is 'drivable' with rear engine/transaxle, front tub and front drive assembly module.
Engine is an eight cylinder in 'W' format. That is two Vee-fours with their crankshafts gearedto a cenntral drive shaft.
Front and rear suspension are both by swing axles and sprung by torsion bars. The front suspension module plus straing into the front of the stressed tub and is completely self contained for load paths. The rear suspension feefs the loadparths into the engine assembly.
Not on the engine module the heat exchangers mounted in front of the rear wheels as well as behing the rear suspension module. The real Veyron has 13 heat exchangers in all. The detailing on the top of the engine asembly replicates the intake system and air-air intercoolers for the charge air.
One of the included images has the entire vehicle assembly arrayed.
Please feel free to ask any questions or request further techincal information regarding the model.
Smoothing components (chokes, capacitors) for a BD272 250kW HF broadcasting transmitter (the recently de-commissioned Sender 61 at Skelton). Note the inrush resistor-mats lower LHS, and the 'Jennings' vacuum switch just behind the one furthest away.
Electronics Hobby
Building a new components-cabinet.
Hacker (hobbyist)
In home computing, a hacker is someone who modifies software or hardware of their own private computer system. It includes building, rebuilding, modifying, and creating software (software cracking, demoscene), electronic hardware (hardware hacking, overclocking, modding), either to make it better, faster, to give it added features or to make it do something it was not originally intended to do. Hacking in this sense originated around hobbyist circles discussing the MITS Altair at the homebrew computer club.
Hacker artists[edit]
See also: Fractal art, algorithmic art and interactive art
Hacker artists create art by hacking on technology as an artistic medium. This has extended the definition of the term and what it means to be a hacker. Such artists may work with graphics, computer hardware, sculpture, music and other audio, animation, video, software, simulations, mathematics, reactive sensory systems, text, poetry, literature, or any combination thereof.
Dartmouth College musician Larry Polansky states: "Technology and art are inextricably related. Many musicians, video artists, graphic artists, and even poets who work with technology—whether designing it or using it—consider themselves to be part of the 'hacker community.' Computer artists, like non-art hackers, often find themselves on society’s fringes, developing strange, innovative uses of existing technology. There is an empathetic relationship between those, for example, who design experimental music software and hackers who write communications freeware." [3]
Another description is offered by Jenny Marketou: "Hacker artists operate as culture hackers who manipulate existing techno-semiotic structures towards a different end, to get inside cultural systems on the net and make them do things they were never intended to do." [4]
A successful software and hardware hacker artist is Mark Lottor (mkl), who has created the 3-D light art projects entitled the Cubatron, and the Big Round Cubatron. This art is made using custom computer technology, with specially designed circuit boards and programming for microprocessor chips to manipulate the LED lights.
Don Hopkins is a software hacker artist well known for his artistic cellular automata. This art, created by a cellular automata computer program, generates objects which randomly bump into each other and in turn create more objects and designs, similar to a lava lamp, except that the parts change color and form through interaction. Says Hopkins, "Cellular automata are simple rules that are applied to a grid of cells, or the pixel values of an image. The same rule is applied to every cell, to determine its next state, based on the previous state of that cell and its neighboring cells. There are many interesting cellular automata rules, and they all look very different, with amazing animated dynamic effects. 'Life' is a widely known cellular automata rule, but many other lesser known rules are much more interesting."
Some hacker artists create art by writing computer code, and others, by developing hardware. Some create with existing software tools such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP.
The creative process of hacker artists can be more abstract than artists using non-technological media. For example, mathematicians have produced visually stunning graphic presentations of fractals, which hackers have further enhanced, often producing detailed and intricate graphics and animations from simple mathematical formulas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)
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TAMPA — Recent studies have shown that heavy doses of caffeine might help prevent or delay the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
But rather than guzzling down super-caffeinated drinks such as Red Bull or taking stay-awake caffeine pills such as NoDoz, researchers at the University of South Florida say coffee might be the way to go.
A new study points not to caffeine, but rather an unidentified component in coffee that interacts with caffeine, as a potential weapon against the memory-robbing disease that afflicts more than 5 million Americans.
"Caffeinated coffee provides a natural increase in blood GCSF levels," said Dr. Chuanhai Cao of the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, a lead author of the study. But, "the exact ways that this occurs is not understood."
Cao said work has begun to identify the component in coffee, but that it could take a year or more.
Reference: Richard Martin, SP Times, June 23, 2011
Nº 48.
Opel Rekord 2.0 E Taxi (Frankfurt, 1984).
Escala 1/43.
"Taxis del Mundo" - Altaya (España).
Ixo.
Año 2014.
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"El taxi Opel Rekord 2.0 E - Más barato que un Mercedes
Los Opel, más baratos y muy fiables, fueron la principal alternativa a los taxis Mercedes en Alemania durante varias décadas. El Rekord E, un coche de líneas elegantes, espacioso y muy robusto, se ganó una buena fama entre los taxistas de finales de los años setenta.
- See more at: www.planetadeagostini.es/colecciones-altaya/miniaturas/ta...
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Opel Rekord
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Opel Rekord was a large family car/executive car which was built in eight generations by the German car manufacturer Opel. Between Summer 1953 and 1986 approximately ten million were sold.
In late summer 1986, the Rekord was replaced by the Opel Omega."
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"- Olympia Rekord (1953–1957)
- Rekord P I (July 1957 – July 1960)
- Rekord P II (1960–1963)
- Rekord A (1963–1965)
- Rekord B (1965–1966)
- Rekord C (1967–1971)
- Rekord D (1972–1977)
- Rekord E (1977–1986) :
The E model can be subdivided into Rekord E1 (1977–82) and Rekord E2 (1982–86). Over 1.4 million units were made. The Rekord E was available as a two- or four-door sedan, and as a three- or five-door Caravan (station wagon). In some markets where the tax structure was suitable, a three-door van version was also available."
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/?title=Opel_Rekord
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Opel Rekord Series E
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Opel Rekord Series E was a large family car, replacing the Rekord D on Opel's Rüsselsheim production lines in August 1977, following the end of the summer vacation plant shut-down. It shared its wheelbase and inherited most of its engines from its predecessor, but the bodies were completely new.
In October 1982 the Rekord E was extensively reworked, retaining the central portion of the body, the same windows and the principal elements of the substructure, but with redesigned front and back ends, and with several significant new engines. The pre- and post-facelift versions are commonly referred to as the E1 and E2, respectively."
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Opel Rekord E1 (1977 - 1982)
"Despite sharing its wheelbase and, at least initially, its engine range with the car it replaced, the Opel Rekord E as launched at the 1977 Frankfurt Motor Show was slightly wider, slightly longer, slightly higher and, with larger windows, significantly heavier than the Opel Rekord D. Inside it was noticeably more spacious.
Plaudits for the technologically impressive (though commercially unsuccessful) NSU Ro 80, introduced in 1968, had prompted a revived interest in aerodynamics among West German automakers, and the Rekord E came with claims of an improved drag coefficient of 0.42 Cd.)[2] In 1982 the facelifted "E2" version was released. Of a generally smoother appearance, this version featured redesigned, more aerodynamical front and rear ends, and a reshuffling of engines and equipment levels."
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Opel Rekord E2 (1982 - 1986)
"In September 1982 the Rekord E received a major upgrade. The upgrade might have been held out as marking a new Opel Rekord, but it was not: the manufacturer continued to use the "Rekord E" designation. Subsequently Rekords assembled in Rüsselsheim between 1977 and 1982 have becomes known as Rekord E1s and those assembled in that plant between 1982 and 1986 have become knowm as Rekord E2s." (...)
"The new car shared the basic chassis components from the E1. The shape of the central portion of the car was unchanged. But there were several new engines, and the front hood was reshaped to give a smoother profile.(...)
The published drag coefficient was reduced from 0.42 Cd on the Rekord E1 to 0.36 Cd on the Rekord E2.(...)
Opel now used the extra length at the car's ends to produce a Rekord E2 with a more conventionally mainstream appearance than the E1."
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The CIS Battalion provides reliable Communication Information System-services to several units of Headquarters 1 (GE/NL) Corps during Exercise Noble Justification. A Rapid CIS Element (RACE) is assigned to the Immediate Response Force Brigade in Evermoen, Norway. A second RACE supports the Exercise Command in Wildflecken and a third RACE provides controlled internet for several units at Wildflecken training area. When 2 CIS coy is not deployed for an exercise, it is located in Garderen, the Netherlands. 1 (GE/NL) Corps’ CIS Battalion is deployed with 8 RACE’s and 410 soldiers to Wildfecken and Norway for Noble Justification. Picture with courtesy of CISBn
Infermera gestora de casos de l'Hospital de Dia de Geriatria de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau ajusta els catèters a la bossa de component sanguini per una transfusió de sang a una persona atesa. Enfermera gestora de casos del Hospital de Día de Geriatría del Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau ajusta los catéteres a la bolsa de componente sanguíneo para una transfusión de sangre a una persona atendida.
Autoria: Ariadna Creus i Àngel García
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Lieutenant General Halbauer hosted several high positioned guests at Rena, Norway, Sept. 22, 2014. Among the very international invitees: ambassadors, generals, local mayors, and the Norwegian Secretary of State of the Department of Defense, mr BØ.
The distinguished visitors were informed about Exercise Noble Justification, the certification of HQ 1 GE/NL corps as Land Component Command NRF 2015, and about the multinational Immediate Response Forces brigade that is still in the field.
The guests were even able to take a look at an actual operation that was executed. At Rena Airfield a Tactical Air Landing Operation was visible: a C130 Hercules rapidly picked up infantry of the NLD 11th Brigade.
Aspirantex 2017
O Poder Naval do Brasil vai ao Mar!
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Entre os dias 12 de janeiro a 02 de fevereiro, a Marinha do Brasil realiza a comissão Aspirantex 2017, um exercício naval destinado a aprimorar os conhecimentos e auxiliar nas escolhas profissionais de cerca de 200 aspirantes embarcados, entre homens e mulheres, egressos do 2º ano da Escola Naval.
Atuando na área marítima compreendida entre o Rio de Janeiro (RJ) e Mar Del Plata (Argentina), a comissão Aspirantex 2017 está nesse momento em visita aos portos de Mar Del Plata e Montevidéu (Uruguai).
Na sequência do exercício, serão visitados os portos brasileiros de Itajaí e São Francisco do Sul, ambos localizados no estado (província) de Santa Catarina, bem ao sul do Brasil.
Para a realização da operação, o comandante em chefe da esquadra, Vice-Almirante Celso Luiz Nazareth constituiu o Grupo Tarefa (GT) 701.1, designando o comandante da 1ª Divisão da Esquadra, Contra-Almirante Valter Citavicius Filho para liderar, coordenar e conduzir os exercícios que envolvem o emprego de diversos meios operativos da Força Naval Componente.
As metas do exercício envolvem o aprestamento dos meios da Esquadra e também contribuir para a escolha da opção de corpo e área de habilitação dos aspirantes do 2º ano da Escola Naval, sediada na cidade do Rio de Janeiro.
O GT 701.1 está composto, nessa primeira fase do exercício, pelo Navio Desembarque de Carros de Combate Almirante Sabóia (G-25), onde a reportagem de Tecnologia & Defesa encontra-se embarcada, Navio Doca Multipropósito Bahia (G-40), a Corveta Barroso (V-34), o Navio Tanque Almirante Gastão Motta (G-23) e as fragatas Type-22 Greenhalg (F-46) e Rademaker (F-49).
Na segunda fase, que começará dia 24 de janeiro, também irão se juntar ao GT 701.1, em apoio as operações, o submarino Tupi (S30), o navio-patrulha Benevente (P61) e unidades aéreas do Comando da Força Aeronaval e aeronaves da Força Aérea Brasileira.
Está prevista a participação do navio-patrulha-oceânico Amazonas (P-120), mas no dia 19 de janeiro esse meio foi destacado para auxiliar na recuperação dos destroços de um avião civil que caiu no litoral do Rio de Janeiro (região de Paraty, famoso balneário de luxo).
Entre os passageiros que faleceram na queda do avião está o ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal, Teori Javascki, relator em uma das maiores investigações sobre corrupção já feitas no Brasil, a Operação Lava-Jato, que envolve diversos políticos, empresários e funcionários públicos da alta administração federal.
Aspirantes e as Operações Navais
Na desatracação do porto, no Rio de Janeiro, o GT 701.1 realizou a navegação em canal varrido (livre de minas) e enfrentou a oposição de submarino (S30) estrategicamente posicionado na saída para o mar aberto, sendo apoiados nessa tarefa por um helicóptero antissubmarino SH-16 Sea Hawk do Esquadrão HS-1 "Guerreiro" e aeronave de patrulha marítima e guerra ASW/ASUW Lockheed P-3AM da Força Aérea Brasileira.
Já em mar aberto, as operações aéreas dos helicópteros navais embarcados no NDM G-40 Bahia e nas fragatas Type-22 serviram para adestrar as tripulações dos navios dotados de convoo, nas fainas de lançamento e recolhimento desses meios.
Em paralelo a essas atividades, foram realizados treinamentos de CAV (controle de avarias), onde danos em combate e incêndios a bordo (simulados) foram combatidos por equipes compostas pelos aspirantes, orientados pelos tripulantes dos navios. Exercícios de Postos de Abandono , circulação interna a bordo e correta localização e operação das balsas salva vidas, dentre outros, demonstraram aos alunos da Escola Naval os perigos das atividades a bordo.
Em todos os dias de mar, durante a primeira fase, foram realizados inúmeros exercícios de Postos de Combate, visando verificar a prontidão operacional e aptidão das equipes de bordo, e tarefas como detecção de ruídos (A/S), Leap Frog/Light Line, manobras táticas e operações aéreas.
O tiro noturno contra granada iluminativa (GIL) e o tiro diurno contra alvo conhecido como "Killer Tomato" foi executado com o uso dos canhões automáticos de 20 mm, 40 mm e metralhadoras pesadas de 12,7 mm existentes a bordo dos navios. O NDCC G-25 Almirante Sabóia demonstrou excelente pontaria nas duas ocasiões, anotando diversos impactos certeiros nos alvos. Os outros navios do GT 701.1 não ficaram atrás, apresentando um desempenho satisfatório de tiro em ambas as ocasiões.
Os navios também se exercitaram no trânsito com oposição de superfície, a maior ameaça representada por mísseis superfície-superfície lançados pelo "inimigo". Do toque para Postos de Combate, passando pelo impacto do míssil (simulado) e o acionamento do CAV, é impressionante o profissionalismo e rapidez com que as equipes executam suas tarefas.
Esses eventos a bordo dos navios contam com a participação direta dos aspirantes, seja no preparo e planejamento, seja na execução como instruendos, ou indiretamente, como observadores, caso do tiro diurno e noturno com munição real.
Comandante de Operações Navais a bordo
O Comandante de Operações Navais da Marinha do Brasil, almirante-de-esquadra Sérgio Roberto Fernandes dos Santos, chegou a bordo do NDCC G25 Almirante Sabóia após transporte desde terra por um helicóptero UH-15/H225M da Aviação Naval (ver entrevista).
Na sequência das atividades, o CON realizou uma visita ao NDM G-40 Bahia, onde conversou com os aspirantes embarcados, mesma atividade realizada anteriormente no NDCC G-25 Almirante Sabóia, quando da sua chegada a bordo.
Light Line/ Transferência de Carga Leve
Uma das mais tradicionais fainas (tarefas) da vida no mar, o Light Line consiste na aproximação e lançamento de uma retinida (cabo leve), e na posterior troca deste por cabos cada vez mais pesados, capazes de suportar a Transferência de Carga Leve (TCL) entre os dois navios, que navegam lado a lado, mantendo velocidade e proa constantes.
Uma típica tarefa feita em equipe, é toda comandada através de toques de comando por apitos e emprego de sinaleiros, tudo isso enquanto os navios permanecem próximos.
A TCL dessa vez envolveu um marco histórico. Na faina realizada entre o NDCC G25 Almirante Sabóia e a fragata F-49 Rademaker, aconteceu a primeira travessia TCL realizada por uma mulher, a aspirante Amanda Passos. Primeiro, foi feito um teste com uma carga inerte equivalente a uma vez e meia o peso da aspirante, e após, a passagem real entre navios.
Na proa do NDCC G-25 e da F-49, tripulantes em linha ou dispostos em um "carrossel" realizaram a tração e movimentação dos cabos, a comando do Senhor Mestre do Navio, normalmente o militar de marinharia mais antigo. Comprovando a perícia das tripulações e a segurança dessa atividade, a aspirante Amanda Passos foi até a F-49 e voltou a bordo do G-25 incólume.
Mergulhadores de Combate!
O exercício denominado SURFEX 983 constou do emprego de um destacamento GRUMEC ao qual foi ordenado abordar um navio "suspeito", no caso o G-25, com o emprego da técnica Fast Rope, a partir de um helicóptero UH-15.
Em uma das portas da aeronave, um GRUMEC armado com fuzil sniper PGM Ultima Ratio, em calibre 7,62 mm, provê a segurança pelo ar do destacamento. Quando o UH-15 chega sobre o convoo, os GRUMEC descem pelo cabo e rapidamente assumem posições na proa do navio, avançando decididamente em direção ao passadiço. Do ar, e circulando sobre o navio, o UH-15 provê a cobertura aérea.
Após rápida subida pelas escadas externas, é dada a ordem para que TODOS no passadiço deitem-se no chão, para verificação (revista) e apreensão de armamento, caso seja encontrado. Na simulação, dois fuzis de assalto são encontrados com os "tripulantes", e o imediato do navio e seus oficiais subalternos são detidos para averiguação posterior, assim como os tripulantes que estavam armados. O material é confiscado e anexado nos autos de abordagem.
Os GRUMEC, tropa de elite da Marinha do Brasil, egressos do Batalhão Tonelero, apresentaram uma novidade nesse treinamento. Além do emprego de fuzis de assalto HK 416 em calibre 5,56 mm, foi possível observar os novos uniformes e equipamentos adotados (ainda em testes), como capacetes táticos, todos camuflados em vários tons de cânhamo e verde, bem diferente do material anteriormente empregado.
Após a finalização da apresentação, aconteceu uma palestra para os aspirantes a bordo, onde dúvidas sobre a carreira nas Forças Especiais da Marinha foram sanadas, e a vida desses militares foi apresentada pelo comandante do destacamento aos aspirantes. Por questões de segurança, nenhum dos GRUMEC pode ser identificado, e seus rostos nas fotos estão distorcidos intencionalmente.
GT 701.1 no Uruguai
Na chegada ao porto de Montevidéu, o NDCC G-25 Almirante Sabóia, líder do grupo de navios, saudou a terra com a tradicional salva de 21 tiros protocolares, prontamente respondida pelos uruguaios. Após a faina de atracação, que envolveu diversos rebocadores e um prático, foi realizada a bordo solenidade de recepção do Embaixador do Brasil no Uruguai, Sr. Fulano de Tal, e dos adidos militares, oficiais coronéis da Força Aérea Brasileira e Exército Brasileiro, além de autoridades uruguaias lideradas pelo Comandante-em-Chefe da Armada daquele País, almirante Fulano de Tal.
No dia 23 de janeiro, o GT.701.1 suspenderá de Montevidéu e Mar Del Plata, reunindo-se em alto mar para empreender a segunda parte da Aspirantex 2017, que envolverá treinamentos e exercícios como Transferência de Óleo no Mar (TOM) e reabastecimento de aeronave em voo (In Flight Refueling ou IFR) e Trânsito com Oposição de Submarinos, dentre outros. O destino final do GT 701.1 será a cidade do Rio de Janeiro/Base Naval da Ilha do Mocanguê.
Por Roberto Caiafa, diretamente de Montevidéu, Uruguai, para Tecnologia & Defesa.
A C-130 lands in Rena, Norway during Exercise Noble Justification Sept. 22, 2014. Exercise Noble Justification is the certification of HQ 1 GE/NL corps as Land Component Command NRF 2015, and about the multinational Immediate Response Forces brigade that is still in the field.
For those of you who are interested in the 'bits', here are a selection of the key parts.
Not a complete rundown by covers the main mechanicals and load-bearing structures.
Car is 'drivable' with rear engine/transaxle, front tub and front drive assembly module.
Engine is an eight cylinder in 'W' format. That is two Vee-fours with their crankshafts gearedto a cenntral drive shaft.
Front and rear suspension are both by swing axles and sprung by torsion bars. The front suspension module plus straing into the front of the stressed tub and is completely self contained for load paths. The rear suspension feefs the loadparths into the engine assembly.
Not on the engine module the heat exchangers mounted in front of the rear wheels as well as behing the rear suspension module. The real Veyron has 13 heat exchangers in all. The detailing on the top of the engine asembly replicates the intake system and air-air intercoolers for the charge air.
One of the included images has the entire vehicle assembly arrayed.
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Supermarine Spitfire LFVb EP120 G-LFVB
• Aircraft Type: Supermarine Spitfire Vb EP120
• Operator: The Fighter Collection
• Year of Manufacture: 1942
• Powered by: one Rolls Royce Merlin engine
• Colour Scheme: 402 Sqn, “City of Winnipeg” RCAF coded AE-A
Our Mk.V Spitfire is one of the most credited historic aircraft left anywhere in the world with an impressive SEVEN confirmed kills. EP120 was built at the Castle Bromwich factory where she was probably test flown by the legend that was Alex Henshaw. She was taken on charge by the RAF in May 1942 with 45 MU at Kinloss in Scotland. She was assigned to 501 Sqn the following month and scored six of her confirmed kills with Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Northcott at the helm. A ground collision saw her returned to Castle Bromwich for repair following which she was allocated to 19 Sqn in Cornwall. In April 1944 she was taken on charge with 402 Sqn ‘City of Winnipeg’ RCAF, coded AE-A, which are the colours she wears today.
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB BE505
If there is a "Famous Four" of the most important allied fighter aircraft of World War II, then the cream of allied fighter technology must undoubtedly include the Supermarine Spitfire, the North-American P-51 Mustang, the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk and surely, the unsung hero of the Battle of Britain, the legendary Hawker Hurricane. This aircraft, born of the famous Hawker design stable, was the creation of the great Sydney Camm and was his response to the RAF's urgent requirement for a low wing monoplane fighter to balance the threat from Nazi Germany and its re-armament during the mid 1930's. Currently, there are only twelve Hurricanes in airworthy condition throughout the world; this is in spite of a total production of some 14,231 aircraft in the period from 1937 to 1944. Surviving Hurricanes in flyable condition are therefore amongst the rarest of all warbirds. Our example, originally built in 1942 has been restored to stock Mk IIB fighter-bomber status, the only flying example of the famous ‘Hurri-bombers’.
The Hurricane IIB gained prominence at a time when RAF Fighter Command went over to the offensive following the end of The Battle of Britain during which it had been. The 'Hurri-bombers', as they came to be known, bravely carried the fight to the European mainland in late 1941 and early 1942, initially armed with a pair of 250lb bombs and later with two 500lb bombs, together with an up-rated armament of twelve Browning .303 inch machine guns from the original eight.
The Hurricane is undoubtedly the most complex of the wartime fighters to restore, with its intricate melange of steel, aluminium, wood and fabric, it represents an enormous challenge to return to flying condition. As such, this major restoration project was undertaken by the internationally renowned and pre-eminent Hurricane specialists, Hawker Restorations Ltd. This company has restored no less than five of the thirteen currently airworthy Hurricanes and has a reputation within the historic aircraft restoration industry for work of the finest quality. Based in Suffolk, UK and run by Tony Ditheridge, the undisputed Hurricane 'guru', HRL has a knowledge that spans many years of research and restoration of these wonderful aircraft.
The engine is an original Packard Merlin 29 and has been fully overhauled to zero time by Maurice Hammond at Eye Tech Engineering. Maurice is undoubtedly the finest V-12 engine re-builder outside the USA and his attention to detail and originality is second to none. All other major components were tested, refurbished and returned to service and wherever possible we used the original parts, commensurate of course with safety. She ran for the first time in September 2008 and completed a comprehensive programme of ground runs.
The complexity of the Hurricane’s primary structure, particularly Sydney Camm’s rejection of simple welded joints in favour of complex fabricated connections, was entirely aimed at easing mass production by relatively unskilled workers. Each joint and task was broken down into simple parts and jobs to allow sub-assemblies to be contracted out to non-aviation industries such as furniture manufacturers. These methods were familiar however to both Hawker production workers and the RAF fitters who maintained these aircraft. The legacy of this methodology, when compared to the Spitfire with its all metal 'monocoque' construction, is that the Hurricane is a truly massive undertaking to restore today. The average number of man hours allowed for a professional Spitfire restoration is generally estimated at around 12,000 hours. That should be considered against the Hurricane, upon which around 30,000 hours must be lavished before that distinctive shape can take to the skies once more.
The history of our aircraft is one which begins at the Canadian Car & Foundry Company factory in 1942 as construction number CCF/R20023. The aircraft was originally ordered as a Mk.1 for the RAF and allocated the military serial number AG287. The production batch was subsequently diverted to RCAF use and a new Canadian serial, 1374 was allocated. Delivered on 11 February 1942, she served with the RCAF until being returned to the factory in 1943 to be up-graded to Mk.XII standard - this included the installation of the more powerful Packard built Merlin 29 engine. Returning to RCAF use she was issued to No.1 (F) OTU (Bagotville, Quebec) where she remained until struck off charge on 6 September 1944.
Following the end of hostilities the airframe was sold off to the private sector, as were many surviving RCAF Hurricanes at that time, often becoming much needed 'hardware stores' donating their parts to keep the tractors and machinery running on the many enormous farms of the Canadian prairie. Our aircraft was lucky and remained substantially whole and was acquired by collector Jack Arnold in the 1970's. After passing through the hands of other collectors she was purchased by Tony Ditheridge of Hawker Restorations Ltd. Returning to the UK and initially stored as a future personal project, restoration work began in earnest in 2005 at HRL's facility in Suffolk. The project made steady progress until it was acquired by Hangar 11 Collection in 2007 and re-registered as G-HHII. The comprehensive restoration was completed in January 2009 and saw this rare Hurricane rolled out in fighter-bomber configuration resplendent in the markings of BE505, a Manston based Mk IIB operated by 174 (Mauritius) Squadron in spring, 1942. Her first post-restoration flight took place from North Weald on January 27, 2009.
Since then, BE505 has joined the Hangar 11 Collection and has become a firm favorite at air displays, representing as she does such a rare version of this famous and much loved classic British fighter.
KLUhv Spitfire Mk IX 3W17
The legendary Spitfire is without any doubt one of the most beautiful propeller-driven aircraft of the Second World War. Although the Dutch Spitfires had clipped wing-tips instead of the more elegant elliptical wing planform, it is the shapely lines of the single-seat fighter that make the heart of any aviation enthusiast beat faster. The Spitfire was designed by R.J.Mitchell as early as 1934. He was a brilliant aircraft designer who unfortunately died at the age of 42. The prototype made its maiden flight in 1936 and was powered by a 990-hp Merlin engine driving a two-blade propeller. Our Mk.IX has a 1720-hp Rolls-Royce Packard Merlin 224 engine and a four-blade propeller. In all, 20,351 Spitfires have been built. All of the 56 Spitfires that served in the Dutch Air Force were Mark IXs.
The SKHV Spit was built in 1943 and took part in the D-day fighting. In 1946, the 322 Fighter Section (322 JaVA) was established, which in 1947 was renamed 322 Squadron, and which included our Spit as H-25. After its return from the East Indies, 322 Squadron adopted the role of a “monthly” squadron. In that period the H-registration was replaced by the 322 Squadron code (3W) followed by a serial number, our Spit becoming 3W-17. 1953 saw the end of the military career of this legendary aircraft. The greater part of the Spitfires came to a sorry end, being plundered by souvenir hunters and scrap dealers, or being burned in fire-fighting exercises.
Shown with the base board and speaker glued in position. The base board was cut from 12mm MDF. Size 7 x 2.5 inches.
After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.
Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.
As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.
“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”
Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.
The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.
Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.
The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.
Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.
“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”
Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.
“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”
In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.
“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”
Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.
According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.
"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”
Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.
“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.
Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.
“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”
This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.
A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.
Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.
“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”
Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.
“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”
The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.
“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.
“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”
Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.
“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”
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Component welding in Cowley factory
Collection: British Leyland
Date: 1975
Reference Number: C-255197-ComponentWelding1975
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A sight which will sadden many Chelmsfordians and Marconi Veterans. The demolition of most of the historic Marconi New Street Works in Chelmsford (UK) from April 2013. The site is to be redeveloped by Bellway Homes.
Some of the site will remain but not what you see here. Marconi House in the distance which was built in 1936/8 together with its famous art deco interior will be demolished. Building 720 (built 1949) was located on the far left has already gone. The main production areas by the diggers which was part of the original 1912 factory has virtually gone too. The only buildings to remain will be the grade II listed frontage shown below, a water tower and the powerhouse.
The Marconi New Street Works was built in 1912 and was the world's first purpose built radio factory. In 1920 the first official UK radio transmission took place here by Dame Nellie Melba. This place has so much history attached to it for so many people. I started my adult working life at the New Street factory in August 1984 when around 4500 people worked here. I spent the next 15 years in manufactured components here and at the Waterhouse Lane site so what you see here is as familiar and heartbreaking to me as anyone. I'm sure there's lots of former employee's agree with me and say that the very name 'Marconi' really does get under your skin.
The factory's last incarnation occupier Selex vacated here in 2008 and the site was left derelict and vandalised. There is much on the internet about the slow decay of the historic factory after 2008 that gave so much to the people of Chelmsford but was left abandoned and forgotton.
So I bid the New Street Works a fond farewell and to rest in peace.
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This photograph was taken by my friend and colleague David and posted here with very kind permission.
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