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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Tucson Bone Yard (Davis Monthan Air Force Base)

If you are ever in the Tucson area, the weekly tours of the bone yard are still given through the Tucson Air Museum, located just south of Davis Monthan Air Force Base.

The precision in the way they are parked is impressive. It is difficult to comprehend the size of the "Bone yard" and the number of aircraft stored there. Of course the important thing to remember is that they are all capable of being returned to flying condition if the
need ever arises.

Both the museum and the bone yard are very popular attractions in the Arizona desert. It is difficult to comprehend the number of military aircraft in dead storage until you see these photographs!

This is the 3rd largest Air Force in the world is sitting on the ground here. It's the only unit in the U.S. Air Force that actually makes a profit.

Thanks Julie

Friday, April 06, 2007

Early Submarine

Submarine history started when English Mathematician, William Bourne sketched his idea into a blueprint in 1578. In 1620, Dutch designer, Cornelius van Drebbel started the development of submarine by built-up a small wooden ship covered by waterproof skin. It's equipped with air hose to the surface.

He successfully traveled under water for three hours in Thames river. First submarine for military was built by American, David Bushnell in 1776.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

9000 Years Prehistoric Dental Drill

Researchers say prehistoric man invented dental drill 9,000 years ago. Below is an experimental reconstruction photos of a probable method for producing the drilled molar crowns found at a 7000-9000 BP Neolithic graveyard in Mehrgarh, Pakistan.(AP Photo/Luca Bondioli, Pigorini Museum, Rome)

Source : Discovery Channel

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Early IBM Hard Disk Drive

Its a hard disk in 1956. The Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956.

In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

India and Pakistan - Rare Pictures

Here are some rare pictures of the time of partition

Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946

Direct Action Day: Calcutta, Aug.16, 1946.

Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947

Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN; India 1947. Trains packed with refugees - Hindus and Sikhs headed for India, and Muslims headed for Pakistan - were convenient targets for gangs of killers on both sides of the border. Inadequately protected 'Refugee Specials' were typically stopped, and the occupants butchered, several times in the course of the journey.

The dead - Punjab, 1947

Ghandhiji Addressing people

1948: The news of Gandhi's assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta.

1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Gandhi's funeral procession.

1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of militaryand diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.

A Library being divided at the time of partition. My heart trembles to see this sight and it is tough to imagine the state of the nation at the moment when people needed to hold hands.

Tags : photography , India , Pakistan , conflict , history

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with the 60-foot (18.3 m) sculptures of former U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278 acres (518 hectares), and is 5,725 ft (1,745 m) above sea level. It is managed by the National Park Service, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior. The memorial attracts around 2 million people annually.

Tags : photography , Mount Rushmore , South Dakota , national memorial