The Antonov An-225 ‘Mryia’ is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Soviet Union’s Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. The An-225’s name, Mriya means ‘Dream’ in Ukrainian. It is powered by six turbofan engines and was until recently the longest and heaviest aircraft ever made with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes. It also has the largest … Continue reading “Antonov AN-225”
The world’s longest aircraft (as opposed to a lighter than air ‘airship’) has just been unveiled at an airfield in Cardington, England, from where the great airships of the 1920’s flew. At first, you might mistake it for a giant airship – gas-filled balloon on top, pod slung underneath. But the unique, aerodynamic shape of the balloon – it looks … Continue reading “The World’s Longest Aircraft…..”
In July 2013 there was a great reunion of A4-class Pacific Locomotives at the National Railway Museum. ‘The Great Gathering‘ was to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ‘Mallard‘ becoming the fastest steam locomotive in the world. On 3rd July 1938 the world steam locomotive speed record was set at 125.88 miles per hour by Mallard hauling a train of six … Continue reading “‘The Great Gathering’ (with photos)…..”
To drive the Mallard, driver Joseph Duddington would have squeezed the release handle on top of the reverser (D) lever and pushed it forward from the floor. He then would have then opened the cylinder drain cock (L) by turning the valve clockwise. Duddington would then have blown the whistle (C) a couple of times using the whistle handle to … Continue reading “Driving Mallard on the record breaking run…”
Barrie Yates contacted the Website Editor recently and asked for a link to be posted following a request from a guest at the lecture. The link details the ‘Bob Boyce 101 Plate Cell‘ with ‘Toroid Coil‘ and plans to build these devices. You can find details if you copy and paste the link below into your web browser:- http://www.free-energy.hu/pajert61/BB101.pdf … Continue reading “Follow up to the ‘Zero Point Energy’ lecture by Barrie Yates…..”
There is a lecture this Thursday 20th February 2014 in the programme of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society to be give by Jim Gamble on the subject of ‘Meccano‘. This is a public lecture and so all are welcome. You can see more details by downloading the poster using this link: Meccano Lecture Poster Lecture information supplied courtesy of … Continue reading “‘Meccano’ Lecture – Leeds Phil. & Lit. Society…..”
Members of the Leeds Association of Engineers have been invited to join our good friends the Keighley Association of Engineers to celebrate their 114th Anniversary at a dinner to be held on Friday 25th April. (Full details are on their dinner form…) ‘Keighley Engineers’ have supported us at our annual dinners for many years and it would be a good … Continue reading “Keighley Association of Engineers – 114th Anniversary Dinner…..”
The 2014 Golf Tournament will be held at Scarcroft Golf Club on Monday 30th June. Steve Stacey – Hon. Golf Secretary commented…… It is a bit unusual to play it on Monday. I have settled on this to get a good price and also later in the week we could have road problems due to the Tour de France starting … Continue reading “2014 Golf Tournament…. Make a note of the date !”
You can easily find out details of forthcoming events on the website by either clicking on an item in the ‘Forthcoming Events‘ box on the right hand side or by clicking the Events‘ tab in the horizontal menu above…. The next lecture will be by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance organisation on Thursday 27th February at the Cleckheaton venue. Please note … Continue reading “Forthcoming Events…..”
