Sunday Things - aeronautical aedition
posted in Links by Cargo Cult on Sunday January 29 2017
It continues. Somehow.
Photos: An Inside Look of an Antonov An-124 - while recently walking to the bus in Seattle, I heard an apocalyptic rumbling noise from above. Looking up, I saw a big, many-wheeled bugger flitting through gaps in the low cloud - hang on, I thought, that looks familiar. No, it wasn't the utterly massive Antonov An-225 Mriya I'd seen at Farnborough in 1990 (this new interloper had four engines, not six, along with a more conventional tail and no Buran-carrying bumps on its back) - instead it was its little brother the An-124, likely delivering aircraft parts for Boeing. The interior looks like the second cousin to an old Soviet submarine. Bonus video!
Delivery - speaking of Boeing, deliveries and Seattle, one gets to see all sorts of things while riding one's bike round here. I thought they were peculiar, oversized fuel tankers from a distance. No, they were something much more interesting.
EEVblog #854 - B52 Bomber Automatic Astro Compass Teardown - enthusiastic Australian Dave Jones hammers his way into an analogue mechanical guidance computer, then somehow avoids losing his fingers in the intricate mechanisms within.
Bonus Antiquated Recording Media corner:
- Retro Tech: The Wire Recorder - audio ghosts from the 1950s, with this early home recording system
- Vintage Electronics - The Tefifon - pre-recorded cartridges resembling a cross between an 8-track cassette and a vinyl record, this 1950s German system looks like it escaped from an alternate future.
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