This snake can move more quickly across the sand than any other creature. Its unique locomotive style also helps to minimize its contact with the burning hot desert surface.
Sidewinder Desert Viper [crotalus cerastes]
The Focke Achgelis Fa-330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) was a type of rotary kite, essentially an unpowered Autogyro. They were towed behind German U-boats during World War II to allow a lookout to see further, giving the submarines a better chance of escape in a war that was becoming increasingly dangerous ...
Type: Multi-Role SeaplaneOrigin: Ernst Heinkel AG, Marienehe production subcontracted to Walter Bachmann AG, Ribnitz also some built under license (About 1935) by Arado FlugzeugwerkeModels: B, C, D, E and NFirst Flight: September, 1931Service Delivery: August 1932Final Delivery: 1936---------------- ...
The principle of ducted fans is well understood now. They require a duct with correct tapering at each end and a low drag but powerful engine at its core. Multiple-bladed propellers, or a fan as on a modern high-bypass turbofan are needed for efficiency. Placing a Tiger Moth engine inside a fat tube ...
AMX in-flight refueling problems..The AMX International AMX Ghibli is a surface attack aircraft for battlefield interdiction, close air support and reconnaissance missions. It is built by the AMX International joint venture. In the Brazilian Air Force, it is designated the A-1.The AMX is capable of ...
"Go Down Swinging"Honors:#78 - Top Favorites (Today) - Entertainment#83 - Top Rated (Today) - EntertainmentThis is a fan-made spot to promote the TV Show Supernatural!Supernatural is a show about two brothers Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) who travel the states hunting spirit ...
"Answer Me"This is a fan-made spot to promote the TV Show Supernatural!Supernatural is a show about two brothers Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) who travel the states hunting spirits, demons and creatures of urban legend. It starts as a quest to find their father and the demon ...
The Su-37 is a super-maneuverable thrust vectoring russian fighter derived from an Su-35 prototype. This demo shows the pilot literally throwing 20 tons of military metal in the sky. Two Lyulka AL-37FU vectored-thrust afterburning turbofans (30,855 lb thrust each) give this aircraft its extreme flig ...
For more info:http://www.nasa.gov/centers/god dard/n...Earths oceans are wide reaching and teeming with life. One microscopic aquatic organism plays a major role in making life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. Under certain conditions, excessive phytoplankton growth can result in an area known as a ...
This video has English subtitles (use button under the video to turn them on)The first Russian 5th generation fighter is scheduled to have its first flight in 2009 and enter service with the Air Force subsequently. The PAK FA will incorporate technology from both the Su-47 and the MiG 1.44. it will ...
