The oldest rocks in Britain are found in NW Scotland and the western isles. This ancient Lewisian gneiss is almost 3,000 million years old! The Scottish Highlands are mainly formed from metamorphic rocks formed around 400-450 million years ago. Where is the oldest rock in the UK? Britain’s oldest rocks – the 3,000 million-year-old Lewisian …
Payment is part of the process of hailing a taxi. However, not all taxis are equipped with card machines, and the ones that are don’t always accept all cards. Do cabs have credit card machines? Taxis generally offer payment terminals to customers, which allow you to swipe a credit or debit card when your ride …
Both the earlier and later takeoff weights establish the An-225 as the world’s heaviest aircraft, heavier than the double-deck Airbus A380. Airbus claims to have improved upon the An-225’s maximum landing weight by landing an A380 at 591.7 t (652.2 short tons) during testing. What is the biggest plane in the world now? It boasts …
According to the Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine, the worst plane of the Second World War was a piloted rocket made of wood, that did not have any landing gear. Yep, it’s already sounding bad. The plane was the Bachem Ba 349. What were the worst planes in ww2? Messerschmitt Me-210 Messerschmitt also came up …
The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on 17 December 1903. Wright Flyer Status Preserved and displayed at the National Air & Space Museum Is the Wright Brothers plane still intact? Let me assure …
A Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) is an area where parking is only allowed on certain parts of the road for a limited time unless you have a permit. What is the purpose of the controlled zone? A CPZ is an area where parking controls are introduced to protect the parking needs of residents and their …
Designed by a team led by Frank Barnwell (who had experience as a frontline RFC pilot), the prototype Bristol Type 12 F. 2A (C3303) was first flown on 9th September 1916 at Filton, fitted with a newly available 190 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon I inline engine. Specification. F.2A F.2B Maximum Weight 2,700 lb 2,800 lb What …
There can only ever be 20 genuine Bristol Fighters. How many Bristol fighters were built? A total of 5,329 aircraft were eventually constructed, mostly by Bristol but also by Standard Motors, Armstrong Whitworth and even the Cunard Steamship Company. According to Bruce, by the time of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the “Bristol Fighter …
A variant of the Bristol Beaufighter Mk X constructed in Australia. The first Bristol Beaufighter Mk 21 flew on 26th May 1944. 364 were completed up to the end of 1945 and were fitted with 4x Browning 50 calibre machine guns rather than the 6 x . 303 installed in British planes. Where was the …
On 7 October 1935, Ralph Peo of Houde Engineering, Buffalo, New York, applied for a patent for an “Air Cooling Unit for Automobiles”. U.S. Patent 2,099,227, was granted on 16 November 1937. In 1939, Packard became the first automobile manufacturer to offer an air conditioning unit in its cars. Who made the AC Bristol car? …
