Blogs
Aviation Blog |
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Air Tractor customerAir Tractor has launched production of the AT-802U light strike and surveillance aircraft, having received an order from an undisclosed foreign customer. The converted crop-duster made its international debut in Paris last year and is optimized for counter-insurgency missions with a mix of precision and standard weapons. The AT-802U has nine hardpoints and is able [...] |
History Blog |
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The Kremlin ConspiracyThe real story of why the Cold War happened. For 1,000 years the rulers of Russia have been expanding their fiefdom – and it hasn’t stopped yet., |
Sport Blog |
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Notts County – from rags to riches and back again.What an interesting twelve months for Notts County. The oldest professional club in the world briefly became a prince, and quickly crashed back down to earth into relative football poverty. But the club remained at the ball after midnight, securing the League Two title despite a distinctly pumpkin-like appearance. I tried to jump on board the [...] |
Military Blog |
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Welcome to the Ian Allan Military BlogWelcome to the Ian Allan Publishing Military blog where we’ll be making regular posts regarding news on the military, both in the UK and worldwide. Make sure you pop in regularly, or better still, subscribe to our blog and you’ll receive a notification email every time we make a new post. You can also catch us in [...] |
Naval and Maritime Blog |
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The Idiot FactorThe hysteria surrounding the forthcoming ‘defence review’, aka arbitrary slashing of the budget while not slashing commitments, has been reaching fever pitch. The suggestion that Britain and France might share aircraft carriers resulted in a predictable round of Gallo-bashing in the Daily Mail in particular, ignoring the fact that Anglo-French naval co-operation has a long [...] |
Railways |
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I’d planned to take my two-year-old daughter out for a spin on the train on Saturday. The plan was 40145 from Peterborough to Cambridge where we’d meet my wife, have a family day and drive back, stopping to photo the 40 on the way back if the weather was ok.
It didn’t happen. No sooner had [...]
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Masonic Blog |
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Mesmer, Mozart and MasonryThe Key to the Abundant Creativity When we are trying to be creative we can’t! It’s a simple fact. The creative mindset is like sleep; it’s something that we need to have happen naturally, a bit like trying to go to sleep. Because this is a subconscious activity the harder we try the less things flow. Modern [...] |
Transport Blog |
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Compromise settles Preston sell-off sagaStagecoach and the Competition Commission have reached a compromise that obliges Stagecoach to sell Preston Bus, but keep one of the routes in the original divestment package. The high-frequency 11 between the city centre and Gamull Lane via Ribbleton Lane, one of the first launched in competition with then employee-owned Preston Bus in 2007, [...] |
General Blog |
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Evolved from TenguIn every country legends of supernatural creatures appear; fairies, goblins and imps. It seems mankind holds a common belief in a race of mischievous little people to punish the foolish and trick the unwary. In Japan this is also true. They have a belief in a race of bird people known as Tengu (天狗) which live [...] |
Scale Models Blog |
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Fowler ‘7F’ decorated sampleOn display at the Bachmann open day in July was this hand painted decorated sample of the forthcoming Fowler ‘7F’ 2-8-0. The model is due for release in November/December this year. |