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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hotelicopter – The Flying Hotel

The Mil V-12 (also referred to as the Mi-12, NATO reporting name “Homer”) is the largest helicopter ever built. The name “Mi-12″ would have been the name for the production helicopter. Since the V-12 never went into production and only two prototypes were built. Currently, one of these machines is an exhibit of the Russian Air Force Museum at Monino (Moscow area). The second is in the suburban Punk at the Moscow Helicopter Plant. In 2004, one second, was purchased, transferred to the West and turned it into a flying hotel. Enjoy watching! Just smile

17 Interesting Facts about Feet

Your feet are among the most vital of all limbs for anyone hoping to lead any semblance of a normal life. After all without them you can’t move. But how much do you know about your feet? Read up, what you learn could save you from all sorts of unpleasantness…

Friday, October 1, 2010

Preparations For Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The host city of the Games will be Rio de Janeiro. They are scheduled to be held from August 5 to 21, 2016. Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro_001

This vertical structure will be placed in Copacabana Island. It will be both an observation Tower , and a welcome sign for the visitors arriving by air and by sea at Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games 2016 will take place.
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The project is from Zurique, and utilizes solar energy during the day with its solar power panels, to pump the sea water as seen in the model. The movement of the water will be also utilized to turn the turbines and produce the power to work the system at night time.
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In the Solo City Tower is the Cafe amphitheatre, auditorium, shops etc. lifts will take the visitors to the top, where the view will be fantastic, and bungee jumping will have a special platform.
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World's Largest Vehicle - Bagger 288

The Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp is world's largest vehicle. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA's Crawler-Transporter, used to carry the Space Shuttle and Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle, as the largest tracked vehicle in the world at 13,500 tons.

Incredible Funchal’s Airport Runaway in Portugal

Now this is what I call an expensive runway! In Portugal, A special airport has been made — the airport’s runway with a length of 2781 meters (9124 ft.), of which 1000 meters (3281 ft.) of the runway is supported by 180 pillars, each pillar 50 meters height (about 17 floors) , surprisingly, the runway is designed for B-747.

Look at the cars parked below the runway. Pretty awesome isn’t it?

Why Madeira? Madeira is an archipelago with volcanic origins from a Hot Spot and a city near Funchal, Portugal that has long been recognized for its airport. Originally, the airport runway was something of a spectacle for its outrageously short length. Being that it was surrounded by the ocean on one side and mountains on the other, even the most skilled pilots had a hard time pulling planes in to land. Madeira is definitely a great spots for tourist destinations.

This new runway extension was built over the ocean. Instead of using landfill to construct the extension, the runway sits on 180 columns that are 70 meters tall. After it was completed, the Madeira Runway extension won the Outstanding Structures Award by the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering. This is considered the “Oscar” for engineering structure in Portugal. The new runway is widely celebrated as a great feat in architecture due to its sheer size and the amount of labor it took to erect it.

The total construction costs for the extension amounted to more than 500 million Euros, a small price to pay considering pilots and passengers can now land without fear. The new airport runway can accommodate all kinds of commercial and private aircraft and more than three million passengers per year.

Local pilots are often still said to be the most proficient at landing and taking off at Madeira Airport being that there is still ocean on either end. Nevertheless, no matter who is flying the plane, the new runway at Madeira is an architectural wonder both in appearance and in function.