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Jan. 23 – 1st flight anniversary of both BLERIOT XI & TU-126

Jan 24

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Armée de l'Air, Aviation, Bleriot XI, France, Pilots, PLS 2 / SLP 2, READ, RUSSIA, Russian AF, Tu-126, WW1 | No Comments

Thanks to the new Twitter technology, we can now embed some Twitter posts. A great aviation history’s tweep – @OlePrimdahl – pays tribute to both the Russian Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Tupolev Tu-126 Moss (January 23, 1962), and the famous French Blériot XI (January 23, 1909) flown by Louis Blériot to cross the Channel for the first time ie 6 months later:

#Onthisday in #aviation #history: First flight of the Tupolev Tu-126 “Moss” AEW & C aircraft in 1962. bit.ly/xw7toq

— Ole Primdahl (@OlePrimdahl) January 23, 2012

#Onthisday in #aviation #history: First flight of the Blériot XI light monoplane aircraft in 1909. bit.ly/xWjfA0

— Ole Primdahl (@OlePrimdahl) January 23, 2012

Tags: 1909, 1962, AEW&C, AIRCRAFT, Aviation, Bleriot XI, Channel, Flight, FRANCE, FRENCH AIR FORCE, HISTORY, Louis Blériot, Maiden, Ole Primdahl, Pilots, PLS 2222, READ, RUSSIA, Russian AF, Tu-114, Tu-126, Tupolev, Twitter

PEARL HARBOR ATTACK & WWII

Dec 7

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A6M Zero, American, Aviation, B5N Kate, D3A Val, Guam, Japan, Japan ASDF, LISTEN, Pearl Harbor, PLS 2 / SLP 2, Sailors, USA, USAF, Veterans, Wake Isl., Warships | No Comments

The Pearl Harbor Attack(called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters – Operation Z in planning – and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) happened on Sunday December 7, 1941 ie 70 years ago. Here is a video of remembrance of the infamous day which dragged the United States of America into World War II:

Pearl Harbor: A Landmark in History, part 5 from Pacific Historic Parks on Vimeo.

Tags: 1941, 1945, A6M, Aichi, American, ARMY AVIATION, ASIA, Attack, Aviation, B-29, B29, B5N, Bombing, Burma, Capsizing, Congress, D3A, Death toll, Declaration, Doolittle Raid, Empire of Japan, Ground-Attack, Guadalcanal, Guam, Hawaii, Hiroshima, HISTORY, Islands, James Ralph Doolittle, JAPAN, Japanese, Kate, LISTEN, Midway, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nakajima, NAVY, Pacific, Pacific fleet, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, PLS 2222, Remembrance, Rescuers, Sailors, SHIPS, Survivors, Tokyo, U.S., US, USA, USAAF, USAF, USS California, USS Hornet, USS Oklahoma, USS Utah, Val, Veterans, Video, Wake, War, World War, WW2, WWII, Yamamoto, Zero

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FALLOUT

Dec 4

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Accidents, Australian, Civilians, Earthquake, Firefighting, Floods, Japan, LISTEN, Mud, NRBC, Nuclear, PLS 2 / SLP 2, PRONOUNCE, Radioactive contamination, READ, Water | No Comments

Firefighters, as well as military personnel might be involved in a CRO (Crisis Response Operation – WARNING as this acronym has many other meanings in the military).

To whom it may concern, a short vocabulary review could be useful in case of (let’s hope you won’t deal with it) either natural disasters or a nuclear powerplant accident.

For instance:

“Fallout” is used in the headline above, and it means “consequences” but it also means “fallout” like in “radioactive/radiological fallout” (retombees radioactives/radiologiques)
NRBC (Nuclear, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical) or CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear)
Meltdown scenario = scenario de fusion du coeur du reacteur
Plume of smoke = Panache de fumee
Tidal wave, tsunami = Tsunami
Earthquake, quake = Tremblement de terre
Tremor = Secousse, replique
Shake, shaking = Secousse
Mud slide (prononcez [meud slaïd])/Land slide = Coulee de boue/Glissement de terrain
Flood/Flooding (prononcez [fleud] ou [fleuding]) = innondation
Fire/Arson = Incendie/Incendie criminel

…and so on. Watch, and listen carefully to the following video:

Tags: 2011, Arson, Australian, Catastrophe, CBRN, CIVILIAN, Contamination, CRO, Daichi, Disaster, Documentary, Earthquake, Emergency, Fallout, Fire, Firefighters, Firefighting, Flood, Fukushima, JAPAN, Japanese, LISTEN, Meltdown, Mud, Natural disaster, NRBC, Nuclear, PLS 2222, Plume, Powerplant, PRONOUNCE, Quake, Radiation, Radioactive, Radiological, Reactor, READ, Recce 233 Savoie, Sea, Shake, Situation, Smoke, Tidal wave, Tremor, Tsunami, Video

SAAB GRIPEN wins tender in Switzerland

Dec 1

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in AESA, EO/IR, F-5, Flight Helmet, France, Gripen, IRST, PLS 2 / SLP 2, R&D, Rafale, READ, Sweden, Swiss AF, Switzerland, Typhoon | No Comments

11/30/2011 – The news broke today : The Swiss Air Force is to acquire 22 Sweedish SAAB GRIPEN fighter aircraft. The Swiss government had warned that they were compelled to squeeze their budget for this $3.36 billion bid as they could not afford to purchase the 33 fighter aircraft planned for the replacement of their F-5 Tiger fleet.

In spite of its outstanding performances during the tests as well as over the battlefields in Afghanistan, and in Libya, the Dassault Rafale was not chosen. Moreover, like the EADS Eurofighter/Typhoon, it was deemed too expensive for Switzerland could not buy as many aircraft within the budget allocated.

The Gripen is a good option for Switzerland since it is the cheapest one. The version to be delivered – JAS 39E/F or Gripen Demo/NG – is believed to be an excellent one – IRST (InfraRed Search and Track); ES-05 Raven AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar & SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar); Electronic Warfare (EW) systems; Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD)…

However, this new-generation Gripen NG is a single engine fighter aircraft. It was tactically outperformed by its opponents, and last but not least, it has not yet been produced. As a matter of fact, the Swiss should be involved in the R&D works.

Tags: AESA, AIRCRAFT, Bid, Budget, Business, Dassault, Dassault Aviation, EADS, ES-05, Eurofighter, EUROPE, F-5, F5, FIGHTER aircraft, FIGHTERS, Flight helmet, FRANCE, French, Gripen, Gripen Demo, Gripen NG, HMSD, JAS 39, JAS 39E/F, JAS 39NG, Money, MULTIROLE, NAC, NEWS, PLS 2222, Procurement, R&D, Radar, RAFALE, Raven, READ, Recce 233 Savoie, RUAG, SAR, Sweden, Swedish, Swiss, Swiss AF, Switzerland, Tender, Tiger, Typhoon

WWI REMEMBRANCE DAY

Nov 11

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Belgium, England, France, PLS 2 / SLP 2, Poetry, READ, Troops, Veterans, WW1 | No Comments

Flanders Fields Poem, John McCrae - Photo © Wikipedia user: Lx_121

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae (1872-1918) – Ypres battlefield 1915. Photo: Lx 121, Wikipedia courtesy

The War to End All Wars left 37,000,000 casualties – 16 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The Allies lost 5.7 million soldiers. May their souls rest in peace

Tags: 1914, 1915, 1918, Afghanistan, Allied, Armistice, Battlefield, Belgium, British, British Empire, Canadian, Carnage, Cenotaph, Day, Dead, Death, FRANCE, Generations, George V, Grief, HISTORY, Human cost, In Flanders fields, John McCrae, King, London, Loss, Memorial, Military, Mourning, Nations, November 11, Peace, Permanent, PLS 2222, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Poppies, Poppy, READ, Remember, Remembrance, Repatriation, Rethondes, Salute, Soldiers, Tomb, UK, Unidentified, Universality, Unknown, Veterans, Victory, War, Whitehall, WW1, WWI, Ypres

Machine Guns – How they work

Oct 22

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in American, GUNS, Misc., PLS 2 / SLP 2, SCRIPTS | No Comments

TRANSCRIPT of this video from 00′:28″ – hereafter:

At its core, a machine gun is a gun. Its job is to shoot a bullet.

A bullet is a slug of metal – usually either steel or lead. The bullet is packaged in a metal casing, and the casing is filled with gunpowder that is going to explode and fire the bullet out of the gun. The bullet casing also contains a primer – a small charge that explodes when you hit it. When this small charge explodes, it lights the main charge of gunpowder.

Most machine guns are rifles with long-grooved barrels. The barrel gets the bullet heading in the right direction, and the grooves spin the bullet so that it flies straight. At one end into the barrel is a mechanism called the firing pin. When you pull the trigger, the firing pin hits the primer, and makes the bullet fire. The bullet comes screaming out of the barrel at roughly the speed of sound.

The machine-part of the machine gun is the bullet-powered engine. When the shell fires, the bullet goes one way, and the shell casing goes the other. It is a perfect example of equal and opposite reaction. The energy of that shell casing can be harnessed to drive a spring-operated bolt.

The bolt does three things. As the bullet fires and starts driving the bolt back, the bolt can extract the casing and eject it from the gun. Then, as the bolt starts moving forward again, it can ram a bullet into the barrel, and then hit the bullet with the firing pin. The newly exploding bullet starts a cycle all over again.

A typical machine gun can shoot anywhere from one hundred to six hundred rounds per minute depending on the size of the gun and the size of the bullet.

So, that’s how machine guns work.

Tags: American, Armament, Arms, AUDIO and SCRIPT, Barrel, Bolt, Bullet, Bullets, Casing, Charge, Explode, Firearms, Groove, Gun, Gunpowder, LISTEN, Machine Gun, Mechanism, PLS 2222, Primer, Reaction, Recce 233 Savoie, Rounds, Shell, Shells, Slug, Spring, Video, Weapon

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