I got a Sony Reader, the current PRS-T1 model, for my birthday. Reviews have shown that it’s the e-reader with the best PDF support, very important for me. It also has Wi-Fi and a web browser. While e-ink displays are quite slow, the web browser works just fine for reading […]
[lang_nl]Foto’s van de demonstraties gedurende de Landmachtdagen 2012 te Oirschot.[/lang_nl] [lang_de]Bilder von den Vorführungen während den Landmachtdagen 2012, dem Tag der Offenen Tür des Niederländischen Heeres.[/lang_de] [lang_en]Pictures taken during the demonstrations at the Landmachtdagen 2012, the Dutch Army Days.[/lang_en]
I work in the Geodesy/Surveying team of ARCADIS Netherlands. Many of the surveying projects we do require taking pictures, e.g. for inventarisation purposes. Knowing the location where pictures have been taken is a huge benefit, so I was very happy when Sony brought out the DSC-HX5V, with built-in GPS receiver […]
While things geared up in the 18th century, the 19th century was the century of profound changes and inventions. Trains, practical electricity, the telegraph and telephone, and, late in the 19th century, the car and airplane, form the base for our modern connected world. Another invention of the time, directly […]
In its 30+ year career with the US Air Force, the F-4 Phantom II wore several distinctive paint schemes, unlike its Navy brothers. They started out in the same scheme, though – Gull gray and white: This scheme was still in use during the first months of the Vietnam War, […]
To me, the F-4 Phantom II is the greatest jet fighter, and possibly the greatest combat aircraft, ever. A development period of just a few years (compare that to current project such as the Eurofighter, F-22, or JSF) yielded an aircraft that, from its first flight in 1958, set new […]
In The Age of Airpower, Martin van Creveld writes about the history and development of airpower. The book is divided into five parts: The beginnings, World War II, the Cold War, smaller wars from 1945 on, and what he calls “war amongst the people”, i.e. counterinsurgency warfare. As such, it […]
Track planning and articles about track planning usually focus on what could be called the “tactical” aspects, which is mostly the placement of turnouts. In order to create a model railroad that is satisfying to operate, it is just as important to look at a couple of strategic aspects, which […]
Foto’s van de Luchtmachtdagen op 18 juni 2010 te Gilze-Rijen. Helaas was het weer niet zo geweldig, waardoor ook het fotograferen moeilijk was. Bijna alle foto’s op ISO800 om ook bij f8 een korte sluitertijd mogelijk te maken. En je kunt nooit genoeg millimeters hebben… In dit geval Nikon D90 […]
I have re-read two books by Stephen Coonts, Flight of the Intruder and The Intruders. They tell the story of Jake Grafton, a US Navy pilot flying the Grumman A-6 Intruder, during his second Vietnam war cruise in 1972 and a peacetime cruise in in 1972. Coonts was an Intruder […]
[lang_nl]Gisteren ben ik voor het eerst om te spotten naar Schiphol geweest. Van tevoren heb ik op Scramble veel nuttige informatie over spottersplaatsen gevonden. Door onderhoud aan de Aalsmeerderbaan (36R/18L) waren de Buitenveldertbaan (09/27), de Kaagbaan (06/24) en de Polderbaan (36L/18R) in gebruik. Plek 10, bij de McDonald’s. Mooi voor […]
This is an overview of US aircraft carriers serving in the Vietnam war. Carriers were assigned to the western Pacific, and during each cruise spent several periods on “Yankee station” in the gulf of Tonkin. Short periods of rest were in Japan, Hong Kong, or the Philippines. While all carriers […]
