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Jun
17

The History of Flight

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The History of Flight

The Wright brothers are credited as the first people to have flown an aircraft however it may have been Richard Pearse from New Zealand that flew first. Pearse was just 26 when he decided to fly a monoplane he built and designed. This was in March 1903 eight months later the Wright Brother’s plane took off. The wing span of the machine that Pearse flew was 21-feet. The one who operated the machine had to sit beneath its wing and More

Jun
6

Alternative Energy Solutions

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Alternative Energy Solutions

For many years people have not quite seriously approached the idea of generating electricity in a rather different way, using the power that alternatives have. They can power everything - from tattoo removal UK clinics to large corporations in the South of Europe. However, wind power and solar power being the examples, people have not really considered them serious power sources until very recently. Currently, more and more attention is given to the distribution of such energy among consumers. This More

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