Category Archives: Art

English Winter

Posted on Fri, 2011-11-25 by gravityloss

even though it’s Finland. No snow so far. Been riding the bike to work almost every day. Also noticed that the blog had been hidden from search engines with some option. That should be cleared now.

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Nature Photo of the Year 2011

Posted on Mon, 2011-10-17 by gravityloss

http://palkitut.vuodenluontokuva.fi/palkitut.htm

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Video Testing…

Posted on Sun, 2011-09-25 by gravityloss
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21st Century Jet – Making The Boeing 777

Posted on Wed, 2011-03-09 by gravityloss

The movie’s available on Google Video, embedded above. Enjoy!

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Aerospace Video Blog: Lift to Drag Modestly Demonstrated

Posted on Mon, 2010-11-15 by gravityloss

This is the most awesome thing I have seen in a very very long while.

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Sankrithi Channels Wallis

Posted on Mon, 2010-09-27 by gravityloss

Most people with interest in aerospace history know of Barnes Wallis’ geodetic structures, most famously used on the Vickers Wellington. He first invented them for the R100 airship, basically a weave of thin aluminum shapes going in different directions, forming … Continue reading →

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The Turn-Boost-Glide-Back approach for first stages

Posted on Sun, 2010-09-26 by gravityloss

In a patent by the famous Barnaby Wainfan. EDIT: corrected the link. This patent was filed in 2006 and granted in 2008.

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Rockwell X-33 Pictures!

Posted on Thu, 2010-09-23 by gravityloss

From NASA Langley – they did wind tunnel tests on a model. Lots more pictures of various aerospace projects there too, some of them are quite weird. Thanks to Secret Projects forum for the info! Naturally since Rockwell built the … Continue reading →

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The Last Mammoth Song

Posted on Wed, 2010-09-22 by gravityloss

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demvBmVqbjg] Alina Orlova from Lithuania

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Automotive X-Prize Winners

Posted on Sat, 2010-09-18 by gravityloss

Huh, it always takes a long time to find anything on web pages that are so cluttered up. Here. No idea what the MPGe or miles per gallon equivalent is. EDIT: Here’s ERA’s video (they didn’t win, although they were … Continue reading →

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